Amram

Meaning: high people or kindred of the High; i.e., “friend of Jehovah.”

This is the name of 2 biblical men.

1. Amram, a son of Kohath and a grandson of Levi

   He married Jochebed, “his father’s sister,” and was the father of Aaron, Miriam, and Moses (Exodus 6:18, 20; Numbers 3:19).

   He died in Egypt at the age of 137 years (Exodus 6:20). His descendants were called Amramites (Numbers 3:27; 1 Chronicles 26:23).

2. Amram, an Israelite father whose sons are listed as having had forbidden foreign (KJV: “strange”) wives (Ezra 10:34)