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Abiram

The eldest son of Hiel, the Bethelite. Joshua having destroyed the city of Jericho, pronounced this curse: “Cursed be the man, before the Lord, that riseth up and buildeth this city, Jericho: he shall lay the foundation thereof in his first-born, and in his youngest son shall he set up the gates of it,” Joshua vi, 26. Abiram is rendered in the installed Bible Names resource as “high father; father of deceit.” This unified study connects 6 installed resource categories without replacing their source records.

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high father; father of deceit According to Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary

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Hitchcock’s Bible Names Dictionary (1869)

Abiram

high father; father of deceit

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A Biblical and Theological Dictionary

ABIRAM

the eldest son of Hiel, the Bethelite. Joshua having destroyed the city of Jericho, pronounced this curse: “Cursed be the man, before the Lord, that riseth up and buildeth this city, Jericho: he shall lay the foundation thereof in his first-born, and in his youngest son shall he set up the gates of it,” Joshua vi, 26. Hiel of Bethel, about five hundred and thirty-seven years after this imprecation, having undertaken to rebuild Jericho, whilst he was laying the foundation of it, lost his eldest son, Abiram, 1 Kings xvi, 34;

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Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary

Abiram

Meaning:
high father; father of deceit

Indexed occurrences: 0

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