Bible Person

Iram

Meaning: the effusion of them; a high heap · Male · 2 cross references

Iram is an Edomite chief-name preserved in the late lists of Esau's descendants. It belongs to the remembered leadership structure of Edom. First appears in Gen 36:43.1

AI summary: Iram matters because the cross references place the name within the succession of Edomite chiefs, showing that neighboring peoples too are remembered in ordered political terms. Even a brief chief-list entry contributes to the dynastic texture of the wider biblical world. Taken together, the material presents Iram as an Edomite chief-name whose place supports the recorded structure of Esau's house.1

Central Figure

Iram

Meaning: the effusion of them; a high heap

Citizen, chief of an Edomite tribe in Mount Seir (Gen.