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Aram Scripture - Matthew 1:3

And Judas begat Phares and Zara of Thamar; and Phares begat Esrom; and Esrom begat Aram;...

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Aram Scripture - 1 Chronicles 2:23

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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Aram in Wikipedia

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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Aram Scripture - Matthew 1:4

And Aram begat Aminadab; and Aminadab begat Naasson; and Naasson begat Salmon;...

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Aram in the Bible Encyclopedia - ISBE

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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Aram in Naves Topical Bible

(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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Aram in Smiths Bible Dictionary

(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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Aram in Hitchcock's Bible Names

highness...

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Aram in Easton's Bible Dictionary

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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Aram in Fausset's Bible Dictionary

("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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