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From: Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary

 Abiram
    father of height; i.e., "proud." (1.) One of the sons of Eliab,
    who joined Korah in the conspiracy against Moses and Aaron. He
    and all the conspirators, with their families and possessions
    (except the children of Korah), were swallowed up by an
    earthquake (Num. 16:1-27; 26:9; Ps. 106:17).
      (2.) The eldest son of Hiel the Bethelite, who perished
    prematurely in consequence of his father's undertaking to
    rebuild Jericho (1 Kings 16:34), according to the words of
    Joshua (6:26). (See JERICHO.)

From: Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (late 1800's)

 Abiram, high father; father of deceit