H763 אֲרַם נַהֲרַיִם
ʼĂram Nahărayim — Aram of (the) two rivers (Euphrates and Tigris) or Mesopotamia
KJV: Aham-naharaim, Mesopotamia.
Built from אֲרָם ʼĂrâm (Aram or Syria, and its inhabitants) + נָהָר nâhâr (a stream)
Occurs 10 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 24:10 — The servant took ten of his master’s camels, and departed, having a variety of good things of his master’s with him. He…
- Deuteronomy 23:5 — because they didn’t meet you with bread and with water on the way when you came out of Egypt, and because they hired…
- Judges 3:8 — Therefore the LORD’s anger burned against Israel, and he sold them into the hand of Cushan Rishathaim king of…
- Psalms 60:2 — For the Chief Musician. To the tune of “The Lily of the Covenant.” A teaching poem by David, when he fought with Aram…
- 1 Chronicles 19:6 — When the children of Ammon saw that they had made themselves odious to David, Hanun and the children of Ammon sent one…