the effusion of them; a high heap
Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary
IRAM.A duke of Edom (Gen_36:43=1Ch_1:54).
Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible
Edited by James Hastings, D.D. Published in 1909
Gen_37:43. The "kings" of Edom there enumerated (Gen_37:31; Gen_37:39) did not precede the "dukes" (Gen_37:40-43), but reigned contemporaneously with them, and were elected by them at every vacancy in the throne. The names (Gen_37:31-39) are probably those of the cities where the "dukes" named before (Gen_37:15-19) had their seat of government; so that we should translated "duke of Magdiel, duke of Iram," etc. Timnah and Kenaz called their cities after their own names. The Horites were probably not finally destroyed immediately after Esau's settlement in their land, if we judge by the analogy of the conquest of Canaan (Deu_2:12; Deu_2:22).
Fausset's Bible Dictionary
By Andrew Robert Fausset, co-Author of Jamieson, Fausset and Brown's 1888.
I'ram. (belonging to a city). A leader of the Edomites, Gen_36:43; 1Ch_1:54, that is, the chief of a family or tribe. No identification of him has been found.
Smith's Bible Dictionary
By Dr. William Smith.Published in 1863
ı̄?ram (עירם, ‛ı̄rām; Septuagint variously in Gen): A ?chief? of Edom (Gen_36:43 parallel 1Ch_1:54).
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia
PRINTER 1915.
Iram
(Heb. Ira-m', עַירָם, citizen, otherwise watchful; Sept. ᾿Ηράμ, but Ζαφωίν in Gen_36:43; Vulg. Ifiraim), the last-named of the Edomite phylarchs in Mount Seir, apparently contemporary with the Horite kings (Gen_36:43; 1Ch_1:54). B.C. perhaps cir. 1618. SEE IDUMIEA.
CYCLOPEDIA OF BIBLICAL, THEOLOGICAL AND ECCLESIASTICAL
press 1895.