Syrian

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Webster's Dictionary [1]

(1): ( n.) A native of Syria.

(2): ( a.) Of or pertaining to Syria; Syriac.

King James Dictionary [2]

Syr'Ian, a. Pertaining to Syria.

Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature [3]

(אֲרִמַּי, Arummi,  Genesis 25:20;  Genesis 28:5;  Genesis 31:20;  Genesis 31:24;  Deuteronomy 26:5, 2 Kings 5, 20; fem. אֲרִמַּיּה, Arammiydh,  1 Chronicles 7:14, "Aramitess;" plur. masc. אֲרִמַּי, Arammim,  2 Kings 8:28-29;  2 Kings 16:6 [where the text has ארומים, which the marg. corrects to אֲרוֹמַי, Edomites ];  2 Chronicles 22:5; but "Syrians" is elsewhere the rendering of אֲרִם, Aranz; Σύρος , [ Luke 4:27), an inhabitant either of Western Syria, i.e. on the Mediterranean (2 Kings 5, 20), or of Eastern, i.e. Mesopotamia (Genesis loc. cit.). (See Syria).

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