AMRAM
“exalted people.”
(a) Member of the tribe of Levi, son of Kohath, husband of Jochebed and founder of the patriarchal house of the Amramites (Num. 3:27; 1 Chron. 26:23).
He was an ancestor of Aaron and Moses, reaching the age of 137 (Ex. 6:20; cp. The expressions of Gen. 46: 16-18, 19-22; Mt. 1: 5, 6, 8, 11 ).
(b) Son of Bani, who took a foreign wife; Ezra persuaded him to send her away (Ezra 10:34).