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Lexicon :: Strong's H758 - 'ărām

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אֲרָם
Transliteration
'ărām
Pronunciation
arawm'
Part of Speech
masculine noun, proper masculine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
From the same as אַרְמוֹן (H759)
Dictionary Aids

TWOT Reference: 163

Strong’s Definitions

אֲרָם ʼĂrâm, arawm'; from the same as H759; the highland; Aram or Syria, and its inhabitants; also the name of the son of Shem, a grandson of Nahor, and of an Israelite:—Aram, Mesopotamia, Syria, Syrians.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 132x

The KJV translates Strong's H758 in the following manner: Syria (67x), Syrians (56x), Aram (7x), Syriadamascus (with H4601) (1x), Syriamaachah (with H4601) (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 132x
The KJV translates Strong's H758 in the following manner: Syria (67x), Syrians (56x), Aram (7x), Syriadamascus (with H4601) (1x), Syriamaachah (with H4601) (1x).
proper masculine noun

  1. Aram or Arameans = "exalted"

    1. Aram or Syria the nation

    2. the Syrian or Aramean people

      masculine noun

  2. Aram = "exalted"

    1. fifth son of Shem

    2. a grandson of Nahor

    3. a descendant of Asher

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
אֲרָם ʼĂrâm, arawm'; from the same as H759; the highland; Aram or Syria, and its inhabitants; also the name of the son of Shem, a grandson of Nahor, and of an Israelite:—Aram, Mesopotamia, Syria, Syrians.
STRONGS H758: Abbreviations
אֲרָם 149 proper name, masculine Aram (Assyrian Aramu, etc., see DlPa 257; Thes and others propose √ ארם = רום but compare Nö as below) —
1. 5th son of Shem Genesis 10:22, 23; 1 Chronicles 1:17.
2. grandson of Nahor Genesis 22:21.
3. 1 Chronicles 2:23.
4. a descendant of Asher 1 Chronicles 7:34. — Elsewhere only of Aramæan people & land (= 1 above), feminine 2 Samuel 8:5 masculine 2 Samuel 10:14.
a. people, singular collective = the Aramæans, a leading branch of the Shemitic stock inhabiting Mesopotamia & northern Syria, in many tribes & settlements; 2 Samuel 8:5 (twice in verse); 2 Samuel 8:6 + 1 Kings 20:20, 21 + 1 Chronicles 19:10, 12 + (64 times Samuel Kings Chronicles) Amos 9:7; Isaiah 7:2, 4, 5, 8; Isaiah 9:11; Isaiah 17:3; Jeremiah 35:11; so Ezekiel 16:57; Ezekiel 27:16, but Co in both אדום עַם אֲרָם Amos 1:5; of particular divisions of Aram, בית רְחוֺב א׳ 2 Samuel 10:6, צוֺבָא א׳ 2 Samuel 10:6, 8; [H760 Psalm 60:2 [Psalm 60:1] (title)], דַּמֶּשֶׂק א׳ 2 Samuel 8:5 compare 1 Chronicles 18:5,
[H763 even נַהֲרַיִם א׳ Psalm 60:2 [Psalm 60:1] (title)];
(note that Assyrian never gives name Aramu to people west of Euphrates, but Chatti instead, with other particular names, COT Genesis 10:22, also Dll.c.); on 2 Samuel 8:12, 13; 1 Chronicles 18:11 see אֱדוֺם.
b. less often clearly of land, Aram Numbers 23:7; 2 Samuel 15:8; 2 Chronicles 20:2 (read however here אדום Thes Add and others), שְׂדֵה א׳ Hosea 12:13;
[H763 also of particular divisions of the territory נַהֲרַיִם א׳ 'Mesopotamia,' i.e. probably land between Euphrates & Chaboras, so Di after Kiep, Genesis 24:10; Deuteronomy 23:5 [Deuternonomy 23:4]; Judges 3:8 (compare Psalm 60:2 [Psalm 60:1] above]);
compare א׳ פַּדַּן Paddan-Aram Genesis 25:20; Genesis 31:18; Genesis 33:18; Genesis 35:9, 26; Genesis 46:15, א׳ פַּדֶּ֫נָה Genesis 28:2, 5, 6, 7 see פדן; דַּמֶּשֶׂק א׳ 2 Samuel 8:6 compare 1 Chronicles 18:6.
c. often indeterminate, especially in מֶלֶךְ א׳ etc., perhaps primarily land but often including people: so Judges 2:11; Judges 10:6 (אֱלֹהֵי א׳) 1 Kings 10:29 2 Chronicles 1:17 + (41 times Kings & Chronicles) Isaiah 7:1. — (compare especially NöSehenkel BL, ZMG 1871, 113; Hermes see 3, 443 f. DlPa 257.)
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

10:22; 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

2:11; 10:6

2 Samuel

8:5; 8:5; 8:5; 8:6; 8:6; 8:12; 8:13; 10:6; 10:6; 10:8; 10:14; 15:8

1 Kings

10:29; 20:20; 20:21

1 Chronicles

1:17; 2:23; 7:34; 18:5; 18:6; 18:11; 19:10; 19:12

2 Chronicles

1:17; 20:2

Isaiah

7:1; 7:2; 7:4; 7:5; 7:8; 9:11; 17:3

Jeremiah

35:11

Ezekiel

16:57; 27:16

Hosea

12:13

Amos

1:5; 9:7