רָאמוֹתRâʼmôwth
Ramoth, the name of two places in Palestine
Pronunciation: raw-moth' · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H7216
Meanings
1. Heights, Ramôth
a. in Gilead (Joshua 21:38; Joshua 21:36; Deuteronomy 4:43)
c Levitical city in Issachar (1 Chronicles 6:58; Joshua 19:21; Joshua 21:29)
Same root
Where it appears
Appears 4 times in the Bible.
- Deuteronomy 4:43 These were the cities: Bezer on the wilderness plateau for the tribe of Reuben; Ramoth in Gilead for the tribe of Gad; Golan in Bashan for the tribe of Manasseh.
- Joshua 20:8 On the east side of the Jordan River, across from Jericho, the following cities were designated: Bezer, in the wilderness plain of the tribe of Reuben; Ramoth in Gilead, in the territory of the tribe of Gad; and Golan in Bashan, in the land of the tribe of Manasseh.
- 1 Chronicles 6:73 Ramoth, and Anem, each with its pasturelands.
- 1 Chronicles 6:80 And from the territory of Gad, they received Ramoth in Gilead, Mahanaim,
Source: Brown, Driver and Briggs, Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain; markup by unfoldingWord, CC BY (github.com/unfoldingWord/Brown-Driver-Briggs-Enhanced).