אֲרָם
a.ram
A man living at the time of the Patriarchs, first mentioned at Gen.10.22;
son of: Shem (H8035);
brother of: Asshur (H0804H), Elam (H5867C), Arpachshad (H0775) and Lud (H3865);
father of: Uz (H5780), Hul (H2343), Gether (H1666) and Mash (H4851)
§ Aram or Arameans = "exalted"
1. Aram or Syrian nation
2. the Syrian or Aramean people
Aram = "exalted"
n m
3. fifth son of Shem
4. a grandson of Nahor
5. a descendant of Asher
§ Aram or Arameans = "exalted"
Aram or Syrian nation
A man of the tribe of Asher living at the time of Divided Monarchy, only mentioned at 1Ch.7.34;
son of: Shomer (H7763H);
brother of: Ahi (H0277H), Rohgah (H7303) and Jehubbah (H3160)
§ Aram or Arameans = "exalted"
1. Aram or Syrian nation
2. the Syrian or Aramean people
Aram = "exalted"
n m
3. fifth son of Shem
4. a grandson of Nahor
5. a descendant of Asher
§ Aram or Arameans = "exalted"
Aram or Syrian nation
Aram or Arameans = "exalted"
Aram or Syrian nation
Another spelling of a.ram na.ha.ra.yim (אֲרַם נַהֲרַיִם "Mesopotamia" H0763)
Lexicon: STEPBible Tyndale House Brief Lexicons (TBESH / TBESG) (CC BY 4.0)
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Concordance 128 verses
- Genesis 10:22 וַֽאֲרָֽם׃
The sons of Shem: Elam, Asshur, Arphaxad, Lud, and Aram.
- Genesis 10:23 אֲרָ֑ם
The sons of Aram: Uz, Hul, Gether, and Mash.
- Genesis 22:21 אֲרָֽם׃
Uz the firstborn, his brother Buz, Kemuel (the father of Aram),
- Genesis 25:20 אֲרָ֑ם
and Isaac was forty years old when he married Rebekah, the daughter of Bethuel the Aramean from Paddan-aram and the sister of Laban the Aramean.
- Genesis 28:2 אֲרָ֔ם
“Go at once to Paddan-aram, to the house of your mother’s father Bethuel, and take a wife from among the daughters of Laban, your mother’s brother.
- Genesis 28:5 אֲרָ֑ם
So Isaac sent Jacob to Paddan-aram, to Laban son of Bethuel the Aramean, the brother of Rebekah, who was the mother of Jacob and Esau.
- Genesis 28:6 אֲרָ֔ם
Now Esau learned that Isaac had blessed Jacob and sent him to Paddan-aram to take a wife there, commanding him, “Do not marry a Canaanite woman,”
- Genesis 28:7 אֲרָֽם׃
and that Jacob had obeyed his father and mother and gone to Paddan-aram.
- Genesis 31:18 אֲרָ֑ם
and he drove all his livestock before him, along with all the possessions he had acquired in Paddan-aram, to go to his father Isaac in the land in Canaan.
- Genesis 33:18 אֲרָ֑ם
After Jacob had come from Paddan-aram, he arrived safely at the city of Shechem in the land of Canaan, and he camped just outside the city.
- Genesis 35:9 אֲרָ֑ם
After Jacob had returned from Paddan-aram, God appeared to him again and blessed him.
- Genesis 35:26 אֲרָֽם׃
And the sons of Leah’s maidservant Zilpah were Gad and Asher. These are the sons of Jacob, who were born to him in Paddan-aram.
- Genesis 46:15 אֲרָ֔ם
These are the sons of Leah born to Jacob in Paddan-aram, in addition to his daughter Dinah. The total number of sons and daughters was thirty-three.
- Numbers 23:7 אֲ֠רָם
And Balaam lifted up an oracle, saying: “Balak brought me from Aram, the king of Moab from the mountains of the east. ‘Come,’ he said, ‘put a curse on Jacob for me; come and denounce Israel!’
- Judges 3:10 אֲרָ֑ם
The Spirit of the LORD came upon him, and he became Israel’s judge and went out to war. And the LORD delivered Cushan-rishathaim king of Aram into the hand of Othniel, who prevailed against him.
- Judges 10:6 אֲרָם֩
And again the Israelites did evil in the sight of the LORD. They served the Baals, the Ashtoreths, the gods of Aram, Sidon, and Moab, and the gods of the Ammonites and Philistines. Thus they forsook the LORD and did not serve Him.
- 2 Samuel 8:5 אֲרַ֣םבַּֽאֲרָ֔ם
When the Arameans of Damascus came to help King Hadadezer of Zobah, David struck down twenty-two thousand men.
- 2 Samuel 8:6 בַּאֲרַ֣םאֲרָם֙
Then he placed garrisons in Aram of Damascus, and the Arameans became subject to David and brought him tribute. So the LORD made David victorious wherever he went.
- 2 Samuel 8:12 מֵאֲרָ֤ם
from Edom and Moab, from the Ammonites and Philistines and Amalekites, and from the spoil of Hadadezer son of Rehob, king of Zobah.
- 2 Samuel 8:13 אֲרָ֖ם
And David made a name for himself when he returned from striking down eighteen thousand Edomites in the Valley of Salt.
- 2 Samuel 10:6 אֲרַ֨םאֲרַ֣ם
When the Ammonites realized that they had become a stench to David, they hired twenty thousand Aramean foot soldiers from Beth-rehob and Zoba, as well as a thousand men from the king of Maacah and twelve thousand men from Tob.
- 2 Samuel 10:8 וַאֲרַ֨ם
The Ammonites marched out and arrayed themselves for battle at the entrance of the city gate, while the Arameans of Zobah and Rehob and the men of Tob and Maacah were by themselves in the open country.
- 2 Samuel 10:9 אֲרָֽם׃
When Joab saw the battle lines before him and behind him, he selected some of the best men of Israel and arrayed them against the Arameans.
- 2 Samuel 10:11 אֲרָם֙
“If the Arameans are too strong for me,” said Joab, “then you will come to my rescue. And if the Ammonites are too strong for you, then I will come to your rescue.
- 2 Samuel 10:13 בַּֽאֲרָ֑ם
So Joab and his troops advanced to fight the Arameans, who fled before him.
- 2 Samuel 10:14 אֲרָ֔ם
When the Ammonites saw that the Arameans had fled, they too fled before Abishai, and they entered the city. So Joab returned from fighting against the Ammonites and came to Jerusalem.
- 2 Samuel 10:15 אֲרָ֔ם
When the Arameans saw that they had been defeated by Israel, they regrouped.
- 2 Samuel 10:16 אֲרָם֙
Hadadezer sent messengers to bring more Arameans from beyond the Euphrates, and they came to Helam with Shobach the commander of Hadadezer’s army leading them.
- 2 Samuel 10:17 אֲרָם֙
When this was reported to David, he gathered all Israel, crossed the Jordan, and went to Helam. Then the Arameans arrayed themselves against David and fought against him.
- 2 Samuel 10:18 אֲרָם֮מֵאֲרָ֗ם
But the Arameans fled before Israel, and David killed seven hundred charioteers and forty thousand foot soldiers. He also struck down Shobach the commander of their army, who died there.
- 2 Samuel 10:19 אֲרָ֔ם
When all the kings who were subject to Hadadezer saw that they had been defeated by Israel, they made peace with Israel and became subject to them. So the Arameans were afraid to help the Ammonites anymore.
- 2 Samuel 15:8 בַּאֲרָ֖ם
For your servant made a vow while dwelling in Geshur of Aram, saying: ‘If indeed the LORD brings me back to Jerusalem, I will worship the LORD in Hebron.’”
- 1 Kings 10:29 אֲרָ֖ם
A chariot could be imported from Egypt for six hundred shekels of silver, and a horse for a hundred and fifty. Likewise, they exported them to all the kings of the Hittites and to the kings of Aram.
- 1 Kings 11:25 אֲרָֽם׃פ
Rezon was Israel’s enemy throughout the days of Solomon, adding to the trouble caused by Hadad. So Rezon ruled over Aram with hostility toward Israel.
- 1 Kings 15:18 אֲרָ֔ם
So Asa withdrew all the silver and gold that remained in the treasuries of the house of the LORD and the royal palace. He entrusted it to his servants and sent them with this message to Ben-hadad son of Tabrimmon, the son of Hezion king of Aram, who was ruling in Damascus:
- 1 Kings 19:15 אֲרָֽם׃
Then the LORD said to him, “Go back by the way you came, and go to the Desert of Damascus. When you arrive, you are to anoint Hazael as king over Aram.
- 1 Kings 20:1 אֲרָ֗ם
Now Ben-hadad king of Aram assembled his entire army. Accompanied by thirty-two kings with their horses and chariots, he marched up, besieged Samaria, and waged war against it.
- 1 Kings 20:20 אֲרָ֔םאֲרָ֔ם
and each one struck down his opponent. So the Arameans fled, with the Israelites in pursuit. But Ben-hadad king of Aram escaped on horseback with the cavalry.
- 1 Kings 20:21 בַאֲרָ֖ם
Then the king of Israel marched out and attacked the horses and chariots, inflicting a great slaughter on the Arameans.
- 1 Kings 20:22 אֲרָ֖ם
Afterward, the prophet approached the king of Israel and said, “Go and strengthen your position, and take note what you must do, for in the spring the king of Aram will come up against you.”
- 1 Kings 20:23 אֲרָ֜ם
Meanwhile, the servants of the king of Aram said to him, “Their gods are gods of the hills. That is why they prevailed over us. Instead, we should fight them on the plains; surely then we will prevail.
- 1 Kings 20:26 אֲרָ֑ם
In the spring, Ben-hadad mobilized the Arameans and went up to Aphek to fight against Israel.
- 1 Kings 20:27 וַאֲרָ֖ם
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.
- 1 Kings 20:28 אֲרָם֙
Then the man of God approached the king of Israel and said, “This is what the LORD says: ‘Because the Arameans think the LORD is a god of the hills and not of the valleys, I will deliver all this great army into your hand. Then you will know that I am the LORD.’”
- 1 Kings 20:29 אֲרָ֛ם
For seven days the armies camped opposite each other, and on the seventh day the battle ensued, and the Israelites struck down the Arameans—a hundred thousand foot soldiers in one day.
- 1 Kings 22:1 אֲרָ֖ם
Then three years passed without war between Aram and Israel.
- 1 Kings 22:3 אֲרָֽם׃
who said to his servants, “Do you not know that Ramoth-gilead is ours, but we have failed to take it from the hand of the king of Aram?”
- 1 Kings 22:11 אֲרָ֖ם
Now Zedekiah son of Chenaanah had made for himself iron horns and declared, “This is what the LORD says: ‘With these you shall gore the Arameans until they are finished off.’”
- 1 Kings 22:31 אֲרָ֡ם
Now the king of Aram had ordered his thirty-two chariot commanders, “Do not fight with anyone, small or great, except the king of Israel.”
- 1 Kings 22:35 אֲרָ֑ם
The battle raged throughout that day, and the king was propped up in his chariot facing the Arameans. And the blood from his wound ran out onto the floor of the chariot, and that evening he died.