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People of the Bible

Amram

1571 BC – · Tribe of Levi

Family

Father
Kohath
Partner
Jochebed
Brothers and sisters
Hebron, Izhar, Uzziel
Children
Aaron, Miriam, Moses
Died
Egypt

In the story

  • Birth of Moses · 1570 BC

Easton’s Bible Dictionary

The son of Kohath, the son of Levi. He married Jochebed, “his father’s sister,” and was the father of Aaron, Miriam, and Moses (Ex. 6:18, 20; Num. 3:19). He died in Egypt at the age of 137 years (Ex. 6:20). His descendants were called Amramites (Num. 3:27; 1 Chr. 26:23).

From M. G. Easton, Illustrated Bible Dictionary (1893), in the public domain.

Named in 11 verses

Exodus
6:18, 6:20
Numbers
3:19, 26:58, 26:59
1 Chronicles
6:2, 6:3, 6:18, 23:12, 23:13, 24:20

The family, dates and events on this page come from Theographic, a knowledge graph of the Bible by Robert Rouse, used and shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. It is a work in progress, and its dates follow one reconstruction of biblical chronology among several. The dictionary article above is separately in the public domain.