אֲרָם
a.ram
“Aram”
Definition
Aram or Syria, and its inhabitants; also the name of the son of Shem, a grandson of Nahor, and of an Israelite
from the same as H759 (אַרְמוֹן); the highland;
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Grammar & Morphology
Proper Noun (Masculine)
N:N-M-P
Proper Noun, Masculine
Occurrences
אֲרָם appears 124 times in the Old Testament.
Distribution by Book
Key Passages
The sons of Shem:Elam, Asshur, Arphaxad, Lud, and Aram.The sons of Aram: Uz, Hul, Gether, and Meshech.
The Israelites also mobilized, gathered supplies, and marched out to meet them.The Israelites camped before them like two small flocks of goats, while the Arameans covered the countryside.
Jehoahaz had no army left, except fifty horsemen, ten chariots, and ten thousand foot soldiers, because the king of Aram had destroyed them and made them like the dust at threshing.
And they tracked them as far as the Jordan, and indeed, the whole way was littered with the clothing and equipment the Arameans had thrown off in haste. So the scouts returned and told the king.
And David made a name for himself when he returned from striking down eighteen thousand Edomites in the Valley of Salt.
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