אֲרָםʼĂrâm
proper name, masculine: Aram
Pronunciation: arawm' · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H758
Meanings
1. 5th son of Shem (Genesis 10:22; Genesis 10:23; 1 Chronicles 1:17)
2. grandson of Nahor (Genesis 22:21)
4. a descendant of Asher (1 Chronicles 7:34)
a. the Aramoeans, people, singular collective (2 Samuel 8:5; 2 Samuel 8:6; 1 Kings 20:20)
b. Aram, less often clearly of land (Numbers 23:7; 2 Samuel 15:8; 2 Chronicles 20:2)
c. often indeterminate, perhaps primarily land but often including people (Judges 2:11; Judges 10:6; 1 Kings 10:29)
Same root
- אַרְמוֹןʼarmôwn · H759a citadel (from its height)
- אֲרַם צוֹבָהʼĂram Tsôwbâh · H760Aram of Tsoba (or Coele-Syria)
- אֲרַמִּיʼĂrammîy · H761an Aramite or Aramaean
- אֲרַם נַהֲרַיִםʼĂram Nahărayim · H763Aram of (the) two rivers (Euphrates and Tigris) or Mesopotamia
- פַּדָּןPaddân · H6307Paddan or Paddan-Aram, a region of Syria
Where it appears
Appears 143 times in the Bible.
- Genesis 10:22 The descendants of Shem were Elam, Asshur, Arphaxad, Lud, and Aram.
- Genesis 10:23 The descendants of Aram were Uz, Hul, Gether, and Mash.
- Genesis 22:21 The oldest was named Uz, the next oldest was Buz, followed by Kemuel (the ancestor of the Arameans),
- Genesis 25:20 When Isaac was forty years old, he married Rebekah, the daughter of Bethuel the Aramean from Paddan-aram and the sister of Laban the Aramean.
- Genesis 28:2 Instead, go at once to Paddan-aram, to the house of your grandfather Bethuel, and marry one of your uncle Laban’s daughters.
- Genesis 28:5 So Isaac sent Jacob away, and he went to Paddan-aram to stay with his uncle Laban, his mother’s brother, the son of Bethuel the Aramean.
See every passage
- Genesis 10:22, 10:23, 22:21, 25:20, 28:2, 28:5, 28:6, 28:7, 31:18, 33:18, 35:9, 35:26, 46:15
- Numbers 23:7
- Judges 3:10, 10:6
- 2 Samuel 8:5, 8:6, 8:12, 8:13, 10:6, 10:8, 10:9, 10:11, 10:13, 10:14, 10:15, 10:16, 10:17, 10:18, 10:19, 15:8
- 1 Kings 10:29, 11:25, 15:18, 19:15, 20:1, 20:20, 20:21, 20:22, 20:23, 20:26, 20:27, 20:28, 20:29, 22:1, 22:3, 22:11, 22:31, 22:35
- 2 Kings 5:1, 5:2, 5:5, 6:8, 6:9, 6:11, 6:23, 6:24, 7:4, 7:5, 7:6, 7:10, 7:12, 7:14, 7:15, 7:16, 8:7, 8:9, 8:13, 8:28, 8:29, 9:14, 9:15, 12:17, 12:18, 13:3, 13:4, 13:5, 13:7, 13:17, 13:19, 13:22, 13:24, 15:37, 16:5, 16:6, 16:7, 24:2
- 1 Chronicles 1:17, 2:23, 7:34, 18:5, 18:6, 19:6, 19:10, 19:12, 19:14, 19:15, 19:16, 19:17, 19:18, 19:19
- 2 Chronicles 1:17, 16:2, 16:7, 18:10, 18:30, 18:34, 20:2, 22:5, 22:6, 24:23, 24:24, 28:5, 28:23
- Isaiah 7:1, 7:2, 7:4, 7:5, 7:8, 9:12, 17:3
- Jeremiah 35:11
- Ezekiel 16:57, 27:16
- Hosea 12:12
- Amos 1:5, 9:7
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).