Difference between revisions of "Aram"

<p> ("high table land".) </p> <p> '''1.''' The elevated region from the [[N. E]]  of [[Palestine]] to the Euphrates and Tigris. Balaam's home (&nbsp;Numbers 23:7; &nbsp;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 &nbsp;Genesis 24:10 (Heb.) Aram Naharaim means "the highland between the two rivers," i.e. Mesopotamia. [[Padan]] Aram (from '''''Paddah''''' , a plow), "the cultivated highland," is the same as Aram (&nbsp;Genesis 31:18). In Shalmaneser's inscriptions, 900-860 B.C. the [[Hittites]] (Khatte), under the name Palena, occur as occupying the valley of the [[Orontes]] and eastward. </p> <p> Some identify this name with Padan Aram and [[Batanaea]] or Bashan. Many petty kingdoms in David's time formed parts of the whole Aram, Aram Rehob, Aram Zobah, etc. (See [[Aram]] [[Rehob, Aram Zobah]] ) Damascus subsequently absorbed these. In Genesis 10 Aram is described as son of Shem; Elam, Asshur, Arphaxad, and Aram (arranged in the geographical order from E. to W.) being the four brethren. Aram (Syrian) stands for [[Assyrian]] in &nbsp;2 Kings 18:26; &nbsp;Jeremiah 35:11. </p> <p> '''2.''' Another Aram (&nbsp;Genesis 22:21), son of Kemuel, descended from Nahor; probably head of the tribe Ram, to which belonged Elihu, Job's friend (&nbsp;Job 32:2). </p>

<p> [[Aram]] ( ''Â'Ram'' ), ''High Region'' 1. A son of Shem. &nbsp;Genesis 10:22-23; &nbsp;1 Chronicles 1:17. 2. A descendant of Nahor, Abraham's brother. &nbsp;Genesis 22:21. 3. An Asherite. &nbsp;1 Chronicles 7:34. 4. The son of Esrom, elsewhere called Ram. &nbsp;Matthew 1:3-4; &nbsp;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. &nbsp;Numbers 23:7; &nbsp;1 Chronicles 1:17; &nbsp;1 Chronicles 2:23. It was nearly identical with Syria. Aram-naharaim of &nbsp;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>