אֲרָרַטʼĂrâraṭ

Ararat (or rather Armenia)

Pronunciation: ar-aw-rat' · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H780

Meanings

proper name [of a territory]: Ararat, a district in Eastern Armenia between the river Araxes & lakes Van & Oroomiah (Jeremiah 51:27; Genesis 8:4; 2 Kings 19:37; Isaiah 37:38)

Where it appears

Appears 4 times in the Bible.

  • Genesis 8:4 exactly five months from the time the flood began, the boat came to rest on the mountains of Ararat.
  • 2 Kings 19:37 One day while he was worshiping in the temple of his god Nisroch, his sons Adrammelech and Sharezer killed him with their swords. They then escaped to the land of Ararat, and another son, Esarhaddon, became the next king of Assyria.
  • Isaiah 37:38 One day while he was worshiping in the temple of his god Nisroch, his sons Adrammelech and Sharezer killed him with their swords. They then escaped to the land of Ararat, and another son, Esarhaddon, became the next king of Assyria.
  • Jeremiah 51:27 Raise a signal flag to the nations. Sound the battle cry! Mobilize them all against Babylon. Prepare them to fight against her! Bring out the armies of Ararat, Minni, and Ashkenaz. Appoint a commander, and bring a multitude of horses like swarming locusts!

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).