Aram
And Aram begat Aminadab; and Aminadab begat Naasson; and
Naasson begat Salmon;...
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And Judas begat Phares and Zara of Thamar; and Phares begat
Esrom; and Esrom begat Aram;...
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And he took Geshur, and Aram, with the towns of Jair, from
them, with Kenath, and the towns thereof, [even] threescore
cities. All these [belonged to] the sons of Machir the father
of Gilead....
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According to the Table of Nations in Genesis 10 of the
Hebrew Bible, Aram (אֲרָם or ʾĂrām) was a son of Shem, and the
father of Uz, Hul, Gether and Mash.
In older historiographic sources, he is usually regarded as
being the eponymous ancestor of the Aramaean people of
Northern Mesopotamia and Syria. While the historical
Aramaeans do not make t...
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a'-ram ('aram): (1) A son of Shem (Gen 10:22; 1 Ch 1:17). See
ARAMEANS; SYRIA. (2) A grandson of Nahor (Gen 22:21). (3) A
descendant of Asher (1 Ch 7:34). (4) Aram, King James Version:
Greek form of Ram (thus the Revised Version (British and
American) Mt 13:4; Arni Lk 3:33), grandson of Perez....
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(The name of various regions, and of several men. The word
signifies highlands, and is applied in its compounds
to
various highland districts of Syria)
-1. The region whence Balaam came at Balak's command
Nu 23:7
-2. A region north of Canaan
1Ch 2:23
-3. Son of Shem
Ge 10:22,23; 1Ch 1:17
-4. Son of Kemuel
Ge 22:21
-5. Son of Shamer
1Ch...
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(high).
1. The name by which the Hebrews designated,
generally, the country lying to the northeast of Israel; the
great mass of that high tableland which, rising with sudden
abruptness from the Jordan and the very margin of the Lake
of Gennesaret, stretched at an elevation of no less than
2000 feet above the level of the sea, to the banks of ...
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the son of Shem (Gen. 10:22); according to Gen. 22:21, a
grandson of Nahor. In Matt. 1:3, 4, and Luke 3:33,
this word is
the Greek form of Ram, the father of Amminadab (1 Chr.
2:10).
The word means high, or highlands, and as the name of
a
country denotes that elevated region extending from
the
northeast of Israel to the Euphrates. It corre...
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("high table land".)
1. The elevated region from the N. E. of Israel to
the Euphrates and Tigris. Balaam's home (Numbers 23:7;
Deuteronomy 23:4). Syria, stretching from the Jordan and
lake Gennesareth to the Euphrates, rising 2000 feet above
the level of the sea. In contrast to Canaan, the lowland
bordering on the Mediterranean. In Genesis 2...
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