# H758 אֲרָם

אֲרָם (ʼĂrâm), Strong’s H758: 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.. Occurs 133 times.

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*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](https://besorah.bible/word/H759) (a citadel)

Occurs 133 times.

## 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](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/genesis/10?v=22) — The sons of Shem were: Elam, Asshur, Arpachshad, Lud, and Aram.
- [Genesis 10:23](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/genesis/10?v=23) — The sons of Aram were: Uz, Hul, Gether, and Mash.
- [Genesis 22:21](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/genesis/22?v=21) — Uz his firstborn, Buz his brother, Kemuel the father of Aram,
- [Numbers 23:7](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/numbers/23?v=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](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/judges/3?v=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](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/judges/10?v=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](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/2-samuel/8?v=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](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/2-samuel/8?v=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](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/2-samuel/8?v=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](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/2-samuel/8?v=13) — David earned a reputation when he returned from striking down eighteen thousand men of the Syrians in the Valley of…