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== Smith's Bible Dictionary <ref name="term_71461" /> == | == Smith's Bible Dictionary <ref name="term_71461" /> == | ||
<p> '''A'ram.''' ''(High).'' </p> <p> 1. The name by which the Hebrews designated, generally, the country lying to the northeast of Palestine; 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 the [[Euphrates]] itself. </p> <p> Throughout the Authorized Version, the word is, with only a very few exceptions, rendered, as in the [[Vulgate]] and LXX, | <p> '''A'ram.''' ''(High).'' </p> <p> 1. The name by which the Hebrews designated, generally, the country lying to the northeast of Palestine; 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 the [[Euphrates]] itself. </p> <p> Throughout the Authorized Version, the word is, with only a very few exceptions, rendered, as in the [[Vulgate]] and LXX, [[Syria]] . Its earliest occurrence in the book of [[Genesis]] is in the form of ''Aram-Naharaim,'' that is, the "highland of or between the two rivers." Genesis 24:10. Authorized Version, ''"Mesopotamia".'' </p> <p> In the later history, we meet with a number of small nations or kingdoms forming parts of the general land of [[Aram]] ; but as [[Damascus]] increased in importance, it gradually absorbed the smaller powers, 1 Kings 20:1, and the name of [[Aram]] was at last applied to it alone. Isaiah 7:8, also 1 Kings 11:24-25; 1 Kings 15:18, etc. </p> <p> 2. Another Aram is named in Genesis 22:21 as a son of [[Kemuel]] and descendant of Nahor. </p> <p> 3. An Asherite, one of the sons of Shamer. 1 Chronicles 7:34. </p> <p> 4. Son of [[Esrom]] or Hezron, and the Greek form of the Hebrew, [[Ram]] . Matthew 1:3-4; Luke 3:33. </p> | ||
== Fausset's Bible Dictionary <ref name="term_34134" /> == | == Fausset's Bible Dictionary <ref name="term_34134" /> == | ||
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== People's Dictionary of the Bible <ref name="term_69489" /> == | == People's Dictionary of the Bible <ref name="term_69489" /> == | ||
<p> | <p> [[Aram]] (''Â'Ram'' ), ''High Region'' 1. A son of Shem. Genesis 10:22-23; 1 Chronicles 1:17. 2. A descendant of Nahor, Abraham's brother. Genesis 22:21. 3. An Asherite. 1 Chronicles 7:34. 4. The son of Esrom, elsewhere called Ram. Matthew 1:3-4; Luke 3:33, A. V., but the R. V. reads Ami. </p> <p> '''Aram,''' ''Highlands.'' The elevated region northeast of Palestine, toward the Euphrates river. Numbers 23:7; 1 Chronicles 1:17; 1 Chronicles 2:23. It was nearly identical with Syria. Aram-naharaim of Genesis 24:10 is translated [[Mesopotamia]] in the English Version, and refers to the region between the Euphrates and Tigris rivers. There were probably several petty kingdoms included under Aram, as Aram-zobah, Aram Beth-rehob, Aram Damascus, Padan-aram; all these were gradually absorbed by that of Damascus, which became the capital of all "Aram," or Syria. </p> | ||
== Easton's Bible Dictionary <ref name="term_30444" /> == | == Easton's Bible Dictionary <ref name="term_30444" /> == | ||
