1)persoonsnaam "mijn vader is verheven"; 1a) een Reubeniet, zoon van Elam (Num. 16;1); 1b) zoon van Hiel die hielp Jericho te herbouwen (1 Kon. 16:34).
Brown-Driver-Briggs Abridged Hebrew Lexicon
אֲבִירָםn.pr.m. ((the) Exalted One is (my) father1 a Reubenite, son of Eliab 2 son of Hiel the Bethelite
Strong Concise Dictionary Of The Words In The Hebrew Bible
H48אֲבִירָםʼĂbîyrâm; from 1 and 7311; father of height (i.e. lofty); Abiram, the name of two Israelites — Abiram.