Word Study · Strong's H48 · Hebrew
אֲבִירָם
Abiram
ab-ee-rawm'
Strong's 1890 spelling: ʼĂbîyrâm
“Abiram, the name of two Israelites”
Strong's Dictionary · 1890 · public domain
Abiram, the name of two Israelites
Rendered in the KJV as
Abiram.
- 11occurrencesin the Old Testament
- 4 of 39Old Testament bookswhere the word stands
- 8inflected formsdistinct spellings
Across 11 occurrences
The word itself
Inflected forms · 8
- וַאֲבִירָ֜ם3
- וַאֲבִירָ֑ם2
- אֲבִירָֽם׃1
- בַּאֲבִירָ֨ם1
- וַאֲבִירָ֖ם1
- וַאֲבִירָֽם׃1
- וְלַאֲבִירָ֖ם1
- וְלַאֲבִירָ֗ם1
How it is rendered · 4
- and Abiram7
- and to Abiram2
- Abiram1
- by Abiram1
The sense the word carries at each spot — how the translators read it there, not a fixed translation.
How it parses · 4
- conjunction (“and”) + proper noun (a name)7
- conjunction (“and”) + preposition + proper noun (a name)2
- proper noun (a name)1
- preposition + proper noun (a name)1
Show the grammar codes as tagged
- HC/Npm · 7
- HC/R/Npm · 2
- HNpm · 1
- HR/Npm · 1
All 11, in canonical order
The ledger of occurrences
Where this word lives
Numbers carries the most and opens below; every other book is one click.
Numbers8 occurrences
- Numbers 16:1וַאֲבִירָ֜םvaaviramconjunction (“and”) + proper noun (a name)Now Korah son of Izhar, the son of Kohath son of Levi, along with some Reubenites—Dathan and Abiram, sons of Eliab, and On son of Peleth—conductedhere: and Abiram
- Numbers 16:12וְלַאֲבִירָ֖םvelaaviramconjunction (“and”) + preposition + proper noun (a name)Then Moses summoned Dathan and Abiram, the sons of Eliab, but they said, “We will not come!here: and to Abiram
- Numbers 16:24וַאֲבִירָֽם׃vaaviramconjunction (“and”) + proper noun (a name)“Tell the congregation to move away from the dwellings of Korah, Dathan, and Abiram.”here: and Abiram
- Numbers 16:25וַאֲבִירָ֑םvaaviramconjunction (“and”) + proper noun (a name)So Moses got up and went to Dathan and Abiram, and the elders of Israel followed him.here: and Abiram
- Numbers 16:27וַאֲבִירָ֖םvaaviramconjunction (“and”) + proper noun (a name)So they moved away from the dwellings of Korah, Dathan, and Abiram. Meanwhile, Dathan and Abiram had come out and stood at the entrances to their tents with their wives and children and infants.here: and Abiram
- Numbers 16:27וַאֲבִירָ֜םvaaviramconjunction (“and”) + proper noun (a name)So they moved away from the dwellings of Korah, Dathan, and Abiram. Meanwhile, Dathan and Abiram had come out and stood at the entrances to their tents with their wives and children and infants.here: and Abiram
- Numbers 26:9וַאֲבִירָ֑םvaaviramconjunction (“and”) + proper noun (a name)and the sons of Eliab were Nemuel, Dathan, and Abiram. It was Dathan and Abiram, chosen by the congregation, who fought against Moses and Aaron with the followers of Korah who rebelled against the LORD.here: and Abiram
- Numbers 26:9וַאֲבִירָ֜םvaaviramconjunction (“and”) + proper noun (a name)and the sons of Eliab were Nemuel, Dathan, and Abiram. It was Dathan and Abiram, chosen by the congregation, who fought against Moses and Aaron with the followers of Korah who rebelled against the LORD.here: and Abiram