H758 אֲרָם
ʼĂrâm — Aram or Syria, and its inhabitants; also the name of the son of Shem, a grandson of Nahor, and of an Israelite
KJV: Aram, Mesopotamia, Syria, Syrians.
Derived from אַרְמוֹן ʼarmôwn (a citadel)
Occurs 133 times. Every verse with this word
Brown–Driver–Briggs
- אֲרָם n.pr.m. Aram
- 1 5th son of Shem
- 2 grandson of Nahor
- 4 a descendant of Asher —Elsewhere only of Aramæan people & land (= 1 supr.)
- a people, sg. coll. = the Aramæans, a leading branch of the Shemitic stock inhabiting Mesopotamia & northern Syria, in many tribes & settlements
- b less often clearly of land; also of particular divisions of territory א׳ נַהֲרַיִם ‘Mesopotamia,’ i.e. prob. land between Euphrates & Chaboras; cf. פַּדַּן א׳ Paddan-Aram
- c often indeterminate
Where it occurs
- Genesis 10:22 — The sons of Shem were: Elam, Asshur, Arpachshad, Lud, and Aram.
- Genesis 10:23 — The sons of Aram were: Uz, Hul, Gether, and Mash.
- Genesis 22:21 — Uz his firstborn, Buz his brother, Kemuel the father of Aram,
- Numbers 23:7 — He took up his parable, and said, “From Aram has Balak brought me, the king of Moab from the mountains of the East…
- Judges 3:10 — The LORD’s Spirit came on him, and he judged Israel; and he went out to war, and the LORD delivered Cushan Rishathaim…
- Judges 10:6 — The children of Israel again did that which was evil in the LORD’s sight, and served the Baals, the Ashtaroth, the gods…
- 2 Samuel 8:5 — When the Syrians of Damascus came to help Hadadezer king of Zobah, David struck twenty two thousand men of the Syrians.
- 2 Samuel 8:6 — Then David put garrisons in Syria of Damascus; and the Syrians became servants to David, and brought tribute. The LORD…
- 2 Samuel 8:12 — of Syria, of Moab, of the children of Ammon, of the Philistines, of Amalek, and of the plunder of Hadadezer, son of…
- 2 Samuel 8:13 — David earned a reputation when he returned from striking down eighteen thousand men of the Syrians in the Valley of…