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'''Abiram''', also spelled '''Abiron''' ({{langx|he|אֲבִירָם}}  "my [[ab (father)|father]] is exalted"),<ref>{{cite web|url=http://biblehub.com/hebrew/48.htm|title=Strong's Hebrew 48_ אֲבִירָם (Abiram) -- exalted father, an Israelite name|access-date=2015-08-02}}</ref> is the name of two people in the [[Old Testament]].
* One was a  member of the [[Tribe of Reuben]],  the son of [[Eliab]], who, along with his brother [[Dathan]], joined [[Korah]] in the conspiracy against [[Moses]] and [[Aaron]]. He and all the conspirators, with their families and possessions, were swallowed up by the ground.<ref>{{bibleverse||Numbers|16:1-40|9}}</ref><ref>{{bibleverse-nb||Numbers|26:9-11|9}}</ref><ref>{{bibleverse||Psalms|106:17|9}}</ref><ref>{{CathEncy|wstitle=Core, Dathan, and Abiron}}</ref>
* The second was the eldest son of Hiel (also spelled Chiel<ref>{{cite web|url=https://biblehub.com/hebrew/2419.htm|title=Strong's Hebrew 2419: Chiel}}</ref>) the [[Bethel]]ite, who perished prematurely in consequence of his father's undertaking to rebuild [[Tell es-Sultan|Jericho]].<ref>{{bibleverse|1|Kings|16:34|9}}</ref><ref>{{bibleverse||Joshua|6:26|9}}</ref>

The name ''Abram'' is thought to be [[Abraham#Renaming|the same name, etymologically]]; the name is attested in a 24th-century Babylonian form.<ref name="je">{{cite encyclopedia |title=Abraham |encyclopedia=[[Jewish Encyclopedia]] Volume I |url=http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.49015002282318;view=1up;seq=129 |publisher=Funk & Wagnalls/[[Hathi Trust]] |year=1925 |orig-year=1902}}</ref>

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