758. Aram
Strong's Lexicon
Aram: Aram

Original Word: אֲרָם
Part of Speech: proper name, masculine; feminine; masculine
Transliteration: Aram
Pronunciation: ah-RAHM
Phonetic Spelling: (arawm')
Definition: Aram
Meaning: Aram, Syria

Word Origin: Derived from the root word רוּם (rum), meaning "high" or "elevated."

Corresponding Greek / Hebrew Entries: - G Συρία (Syria): Refers to the region of Aram in the New Testament context.

- G Ἀραμαῖος (Aramaios): Refers to an Aramean or Syrian.

Usage: In the Bible, "Aram" refers to a region and its people, often translated as "Syria" in modern contexts. It denotes both a geographical area and a group of people who were descendants of Aram, the son of Shem, according to Genesis 10:22. The term is used to describe the Aramean people and their kingdom, which played a significant role in the history of Israel.

Cultural and Historical Background: Aram was a significant region in the ancient Near East, located in what is now modern-day Syria. The Arameans were known for their language, Aramaic, which became a lingua franca of the region and was widely used during the time of the Persian Empire. The Arameans frequently interacted with the Israelites, sometimes as allies but often as adversaries. The kingdom of Aram-Damascus was a prominent political entity during the biblical period, and its interactions with Israel are well-documented in the Old Testament.

NAS Exhaustive Concordance
Word Origin
of uncertain derivation
Definition
Syria and its inhab., also the names of a son of Shem, a grandson of Nahor, and an Isr.
NASB Translation
Aram (65), Aram-maacah* (1), Arameans (64).

Brown-Driver-Briggs
אֲרָם149 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 AramÊan people & land (= 1 above), feminine2Samuel 8:5 masculine2Samuel 10:14.

a. people, singular collective = the Aramoeans, 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 t. 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; Psalm 60:2 (title), דַּמֶּשֶׂק ׳א 2 Samuel 8:5 compare 1 Chronicles 18:5, even נַהֲרַיִם ׳א Psalm 60:2 (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 2Chronicles 20:2 (read however here אדום Thes Add and others), ׳שְׂדֵה א Hosea 12:13; 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; Judges 3:8 (compare Psalm 60:2 above); compare ׳מַּדַּן א Paddan-Aram Genesis 25:20; Genesis 31:18; Genesis 33:18; Genesis 35:9,26; Genesis 46:15, ׳מַּדֶּ֫נָה א 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 2Chronicles 1:17 + (41 t. Kings & Chronicles) Isaiah 7:1. — (compare especially NöSehenkel BL, ZMG 1871, 113; Hermes see 3, 443 f. DlPa 257.)

Strong's Exhaustive Concordance
Aram, Mesopotamia, Syria, Syrians

From the same as 'armown; 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.

see HEBREW 'armown

Forms and Transliterations
אֲ֠רָם אֲרַ֣ם אֲרַ֤ם אֲרַ֨ם אֲרָ֑ם אֲרָ֔ם אֲרָ֖ם אֲרָ֗ם אֲרָ֛ם אֲרָ֜ם אֲרָ֡ם אֲרָ֣ם אֲרָ֤ם אֲרָ֥ם אֲרָֽם׃ אֲרָם֒ אֲרָם֙ אֲרָם֩ אֲרָם֮ ארם ארם׃ בַּֽאֲרָ֑ם בַּֽאֲרָ֔ם בַּאֲרַ֣ם בַּאֲרָ֔ם בַּאֲרָ֖ם בַֽאֲרָ֔ם בַאֲרָ֖ם בארם וַ֠אֲרָם וַֽאֲרָֽם׃ וַאֲרַ֨ם וַאֲרָ֑ם וַאֲרָ֖ם וַאֲרָ֥ם וַאֲרָֽם׃ וַאֲרָם֙ וארם וארם׃ לַֽאֲרָ֔ם לַאֲרָ֑ם לארם מֵאֲרָ֑ם מֵאֲרָ֗ם מֵאֲרָ֤ם מארם ’ă·ram ’ă·rām ’ăram ’ărām aRam Arom ba’ăram ba’ărām ḇa’ărām ba·’ă·ram ba·’ă·rām ḇa·’ă·rām baaRam la’ărām la·’ă·rām laaRam mê’ărām mê·’ă·rām meaRam VaaRam Vaarom wa’ăram wa’ărām wa·’ă·ram wa·’ă·rām
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Genesis 10:22
HEB: וְאַרְפַּכְשַׁ֖ד וְל֥וּד וַֽאֲרָֽם׃
NAS: and Arpachshad and Lud and Aram.
KJV: and Arphaxad, and Lud, and Aram.
INT: and Arpachshad and Lud and Aram

Genesis 10:23
HEB: וּבְנֵ֖י אֲרָ֑ם ע֥וּץ וְח֖וּל
NAS: The sons of Aram [were] Uz and Hul
KJV: And the children of Aram; Uz, and Hul,
INT: the sons of Aram Uz and Hul

Genesis 22:21
HEB: קְמוּאֵ֖ל אֲבִ֥י אֲרָֽם׃
NAS: and Kemuel the father of Aram
KJV: and Kemuel the father of Aram,
INT: and Kemuel the father of Aram

Numbers 23:7
HEB: וַיֹּאמַ֑ר מִן־ אֲ֠רָם יַנְחֵ֨נִי בָלָ֤ק
KJV: hath brought me from Aram, out of the mountains
INT: and said from Aram has brought Balak

Judges 3:10
HEB: רִשְׁעָתַ֖יִם מֶ֣לֶךְ אֲרָ֑ם וַתָּ֣עָז יָד֔וֹ
INT: Cushan-rishathaim king Aram prevailed his hand

Judges 10:6
HEB: וְאֶת־ אֱלֹהֵ֣י אֲרָם֩ וְאֶת־ אֱלֹהֵ֨י
NAS: the gods of Aram, the gods
KJV: and the gods of Syria, and the gods
INT: and the Ashtaroth the gods of Aram the gods of Sidon

2 Samuel 8:5
HEB: וַתָּבֹא֙ אֲרַ֣ם דַּמֶּ֔שֶׂק לַעְזֹ֕ר
NAS: When the Arameans of Damascus came
KJV: And when the Syrians of Damascus came
INT: came Arameans of Damascus to succour

2 Samuel 8:5
HEB: וַיַּ֤ךְ דָּוִד֙ בַּֽאֲרָ֔ם עֶשְׂרִֽים־ וּשְׁנַ֥יִם
NAS: killed 22000Arameans.
KJV: slew of the Syrians two
INT: slew David Arameans and twenty two

2 Samuel 8:6
HEB: דָּוִ֤ד נְצִבִים֙ בַּאֲרַ֣ם דַּמֶּ֔שֶׂק וַתְּהִ֤י
NAS: garrisons among the Arameans of Damascus,
KJV: garrisons in Syria of Damascus:
INT: David garrisons the Arameans of Damascus became

2 Samuel 8:6
HEB: דַּמֶּ֔שֶׂק וַתְּהִ֤י אֲרָם֙ לְדָוִ֔ד לַעֲבָדִ֖ים
NAS: of Damascus, and the Arameans became
KJV: of Damascus: and the Syrians became servants
INT: of Damascus became and the Arameans to David servants

2 Samuel 8:12
HEB: מֵאֲרָ֤ם וּמִמּוֹאָב֙ וּמִבְּנֵ֣י
NAS: from Aram and Moab and the sons
KJV: Of Syria, and of Moab,
INT: Aram and Moab and the sons

2 Samuel 8:13
HEB: מֵהַכּוֹת֥וֹ אֶת־ אֲרָ֖ם בְּגֵיא־ מֶ֑לַח
NAS: 18000Arameans in the Valley
KJV: from smiting of the Syrians in the valley
INT: returned smiting Arameans the Valley of Salt

2 Samuel 10:6
HEB: וַיִּשְׂכְּרוּ֩ אֶת־ אֲרַ֨ם בֵּית־ רְח֜וֹב
NAS: and hired the Arameans of Beth-rehob
KJV: and hired the Syrians of Bethrehob,
INT: of Ammon and hired the Syrians of Bethrehob and the Syrians

2 Samuel 10:6
HEB: רְח֜וֹב וְאֶת־ אֲרַ֣ם צוֹבָ֗א עֶשְׂרִ֥ים
NAS: of Beth-rehob and the Arameans of Zobah,
KJV: of Bethrehob, and the Syrians of Zoba,
INT: the Syrians of Bethrehob and the Syrians of Zoba twenty

2 Samuel 10:8
HEB: פֶּ֣תַח הַשָּׁ֑עַר וַאֲרַ֨ם צוֹבָ֤א וּרְחוֹב֙
NAS: of the city, while the Arameans of Zobah
KJV: of the gate: and the Syrians of Zoba,
INT: the entrance of the city the Arameans of Zobah Rehob

2 Samuel 10:9
HEB: וַֽיַּעֲרֹ֖ךְ לִקְרַ֥את אֲרָֽם׃
NAS: [them] against the Arameans.
KJV: against the Syrians:
INT: and arrayed against the Arameans

2 Samuel 10:11
HEB: אִם־ תֶּחֱזַ֤ק אֲרָם֙ מִמֶּ֔נִּי וְהָיִ֥תָה
NAS: If the Arameans are too
KJV: And he said, If the Syrians be too strong
INT: If strong the Arameans are too become

2 Samuel 10:13
HEB: עִמּ֔וֹ לַמִּלְחָמָ֖ה בַּֽאֲרָ֑ם וַיָּנֻ֖סוּ מִפָּנָֽיו׃
NAS: to the battle against the Arameans, and they fled
KJV: that [were] with him, unto the battle against the Syrians: and they fled
INT: with to the battle the Arameans fled before

2 Samuel 10:14
HEB: כִּי־ נָ֣ס אֲרָ֔ם וַיָּנֻ֙סוּ֙ מִפְּנֵ֣י
NAS: saw that the Arameans fled,
KJV: saw that the Syrians were fled,
INT: for fled the Arameans they fled before

2 Samuel 10:15
HEB: וַיַּ֣רְא אֲרָ֔ם כִּ֥י נִגַּ֖ף
NAS: When the Arameans saw
KJV: And when the Syrians saw
INT: saw the Arameans for had been defeated

2 Samuel 10:16
HEB: וַיֹּצֵ֤א אֶת־ אֲרָם֙ אֲשֶׁר֙ מֵעֵ֣בֶר
NAS: and brought out the Arameans who
KJV: and brought out the Syrians that [were] beyond
INT: and Hadadezer and brought the Arameans who that beyond

2 Samuel 10:17
HEB: חֵלָ֑אמָה וַיַּעַרְכ֤וּ אֲרָם֙ לִקְרַ֣את דָּוִ֔ד
NAS: to Helam. And the Arameans arrayed
KJV: to Helam. And the Syrians set themselves in array
INT: to Helam arrayed and the Arameans against David

2 Samuel 10:18
HEB: וַיָּ֣נָס אֲרָם֮ מִפְּנֵ֣י יִשְׂרָאֵל֒
NAS: But the Arameans fled before
KJV: And the Syrians fled before
INT: fled and the Syrians before Israel

2 Samuel 10:18
HEB: וַיַּהֲרֹ֨ג דָּוִ֜ד מֵאֲרָ֗ם שְׁבַ֤ע מֵאוֹת֙
NAS: charioteers of the Arameans and 40,000
KJV: chariots of the Syrians, and forty
INT: slew and David of the Syrians seven hundred

2 Samuel 10:19
HEB: וַיַּֽעַבְד֑וּם וַיִּֽרְא֣וּ אֲרָ֔ם לְהוֹשִׁ֥יעַ ע֖וֹד
NAS: and served them. So the Arameans feared
KJV: and served them. So the Syrians feared
INT: and served feared the Arameans to help anymore

133 Occurrences

Strong's Hebrew 758
133 Occurrences


’ă·rām — 107 Occ.
’ă·rām — 3 Occ.
ba·’ă·rām — 6 Occ.
la·’ă·rām — 2 Occ.
mê·’ă·rām — 4 Occ.
wa·’ă·rām — 10 Occ.
wa·’ă·rām — 1 Occ.















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