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| == Fausset's Bible Dictionary <ref name="term_37207" /> ==
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| <p> RAMA or RAMAH ("an elevated spot".) </p> <p> 1. In [[Benjamin]] (Jeremiah 31:15; Matthew 2:18). The cry of the weeping mothers and of [[Rachel]] is poetically represented as heard as far as Rama, on the E. side of the N. road between [[Jerusalem]] and Bethel; [[Rama]] where [[Nebuzaradan]] gathered the captive [[Jews]] to take them to Babylon. Not far from [[Gibeah]] of [[Saul]] (1 Samuel 22:6; Hosea 5:8; Isaiah 10:28-32). Now [[Er]] Ram, five miles from Jerusalem (Judges 4:5; Judges 19:13; Joshua 18:25). There is an Er [[Ram]] one mile and a half E. of Bethlehem; but explain Jeremiah 31:15 as above. </p> <p> [[Baasha]] fortified it, to prevent his subjects from going S. to Jerusalem to the great feasts, and so joining the kingdom of [[Judah]] (1 Kings 15:17-21; 2 Chronicles 16:1-5). (See BAASHA; ASA.) The coincidence is dear between Rama's being built by Israel, its overthrow by Judah, and the emigration from [[Israel]] to Judah owing to Jeroboam's idolatry (1 Kings 12:26; 2 Chronicles 11:14-17); yet the events are named separately, and their connection only inferred by comparison of distinct passages, a minute proof of genuineness. Its people returned after the captivity (Ezra 2:26; Nehemiah 7:30). The Rama, Nehemiah 11:33, was further W. </p> <p> 2. The house of Elkanah, Samuel's father (1 Samuel 1:19; 1 Samuel 2:11). Samuel's birthplace, residence, and place of burial. Here he built an altar to [[Jehovah]] (1 Samuel 7:17; 1 Samuel 8:4; 1 Samuel 15:34; 1 Samuel 16:13; 1 Samuel 19:18; 1 Samuel 25:1; 1 Samuel 28:3). Contracted from [[Ramathaim]] Zophim, in Mount [[Ephraim]] (which included under its name the northern parts of Benjamin, Bethel, and Ataroth: 2 Chronicles 13:19; 2 Chronicles 15:8; Judges 4:5; 1 Samuel 1:1). Muslim, Jewish, and [[Christian]] tradition places Samuel's home on the height Neby Samwil, four miles N.W. of Jerusalem, than which it is loftier. [[Arculf]] (A.D. 700) identifies it as "Saint Samuel." </p> <p> The professed tomb is a wooden box; below it is a cave excavated like Abraham's burial place at Hebron, from the rock, and dosed against entrance except by a narrow opening in the top, through which pilgrims pass their lamps and petitions to the sacred vault beneath. The city where Samuel anointed Saul (1 Samuel 9-10) was probably not Samuel's own city Rama, for the city of Saul's anointing was near Rachel's sepulchre adjoining [[Bethlehem]] (1 Samuel 10:2), whereas Mount Ephraim wherein was Ramathaim [[Zophim]] did not reach so far S. [[Near]] Neby Samwil, the probable site of Samuel's Rama, is the well of [[Sechu]] to which Saul came on his way to Rama, now "Samuel's fountain" near Beit Isku. Beit Haninah (probably Naioth) is near (1 Samuel 19:18-24). Hosea (Hosea 5:8) refers to Rama. The appended "Zophim" distinguishes it from Rama of Benjamin. Elkanah's ancestor [[Zuph]] may have been the origin of the "Zophim." </p> <p> 3. A fortress of [[Naphtali]] in the mountainous region N.W. of the sea, of Galilee. Now Rameh, eight miles E.S.E. of Safed, on the main track between Akka and the N. of the sea of Galilee, on the slope of a lofty hill. </p> <p> 4. On Asher's boundary between [[Tyre]] and Sidon; a Rama is still three miles E. of Tyre. </p> <p> 5. [[Ramoth]] [[Gilead]] (2 Kings 8:29; 2 Chronicles 22:6). </p> <p> 6. Re-occupied by Benjamin on the return from [[Babylon]] (Nehemiah 11:33). Identified by [[Grove]] with Ramleh. </p>
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| | <p> is, in Hindu mythology, the name common to three incarnations of Vishnu, of Parasurhma, Ramachandra, and Balarama. (See [[Vishnu]]) </p> <p> . </p> |
| == Easton's Bible Dictionary <ref name="term_33252" /> ==
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| <li> The same as Ramoth-gilead (q.v.), 2 Kings 8:29; 2 Chronicles 22:6 . <div> <p> [[Copyright]] StatementThese dictionary topics are from M.G. Easton M.A., D.D., Illustrated [[Bible]] Dictionary, [[Third]] Edition, published by [[Thomas]] Nelson, 1897. Public Domain. </p> <p> Bibliography InformationEaston, Matthew George. Entry for 'Rama'. Easton's Bible Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/ebd/r/rama.html. 1897. </p> </div> </li>
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| == Smith's Bible Dictionary <ref name="term_74603" /> ==
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| <p> Ra'ma. Matthew 2:15 referring to Jeremiah 31:15. It is the [[Greek]] form of Ramah. See [[Ramah]]. </p> | |
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| == Morrish Bible Dictionary <ref name="term_68350" /> ==
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| <p> The place where [[Rachel]] was said to be 'weeping for her children.' The prophecy is in the N.T. applied to the occasion of the massacre of the infants by Herod. Matthew 2:18 . The same as RAMAHNo. 1. </p>
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| == Holman Bible Dictionary <ref name="term_43420" /> ==
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| Matthew 2:18
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| == Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature <ref name="term_57492" /> ==
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| <p> Ραμᾶ, the [[Greek]] form of Ramah. found in Matthew 2:18, referring to Jeremiah 31:15. The original passage alludes to a massacre of Benjamites or Eph-raimites (comp. Jeremiah 31:9; Jeremiah 31:18) at the [[Ramah]] in [[Benjamin]] or in Mount Ephraim. This is seized by the evangelist and turned into a touching reference to the slaughter of the innocents at Bethlehem, near to which was (and is) the sepulchre of Rachel. The name of [[Rama]] is alleged to have been lately discovered attached to a spot close to the sepulchre. If it existed there in Matthew's day, it may have prompted his allusion, though it is not necessary to suppose this, since the point of the quotation does not lie in the name Ramah, but in the lamentation of [[Rachel]] for the children, as is shown by the change of the υἱοῖς of the original to τέκνα . The allusion is doubtless to Ramah, one of the leading cities of Benjamin, and not, as many have supposed, to some place of that name near Bethlehem. The passage is a difficult one, but the difficulty may be solved by a careful examination of the topography of the district. The difficulties are these: </p> <p> 1. Why is Rachel, the mother of Benjamin, represented as weeping for her children, seeing that [[Bethlehem]] was in [[Judah]] and not in Benjamin? The reply is, Rachel died and was buried near Bethlehem (Genesis 35:19); the border of the tribe of Benjamin reached to her sepulchre (1 Samuel 10:2); not only were the children of Bethlehem slain, but also those "in all the coast thereof," thus including part of Benjamin. The spirit of the departed Rachel is then represented as rising from the tomb and mourning her slaughtered children. </p> <p> 2. But why was the voice of lamentation heard in Ramah nearly ten miles distant? The answer is now easy. So deep was the impression made by the cruel massacre, that the cry of distress went through the whole land of Benjamin, reaching to the capital of the tribe. </p>
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| == The Nuttall Encyclopedia <ref name="term_78844" /> ==
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| <p> In the Hindu mythology an avatar of Vishnu, being the seventh, in the character of a hero, a destroyer of monsters and a bringer of joy, as the name signifies, the narrative of whose exploits are given in the "[[Râmâyana]] " ( <i> q. v </i> .). </p>
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| == International Standard Bible Encyclopedia <ref name="term_7642" /> ==
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| <p> ''''' rā´ma ''''' ( Ῥαμᾶ , <i> ''''' Rhamá ''''' </i> ): the King James Version; [[Greek]] form of [[Ramah]] (which see) (Matthew 2:18 ). </p> | |
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| | | <ref name="term_57499"> [https://bibleportal.com/encyclopedia/cyclopedia-of-biblical-theological-and-ecclesiastical-literature/rama+(2) Rama from Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature]</ref> |
| <ref name="term_37207"> [https://bibleportal.com/dictionary/fausset-s-bible-dictionary/rama Rama from Fausset's Bible Dictionary]</ref> | |
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| <ref name="term_33252"> [https://bibleportal.com/dictionary/easton-s-bible-dictionary/rama Rama from Easton's Bible Dictionary]</ref>
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| <ref name="term_74603"> [https://bibleportal.com/dictionary/smith-s-bible-dictionary/rama Rama from Smith's Bible Dictionary]</ref>
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| <ref name="term_68350"> [https://bibleportal.com/dictionary/morrish-bible-dictionary/rama Rama from Morrish Bible Dictionary]</ref>
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| <ref name="term_43420"> [https://bibleportal.com/dictionary/holman-bible-dictionary/rama Rama from Holman Bible Dictionary]</ref>
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| <ref name="term_57492"> [https://bibleportal.com/encyclopedia/cyclopedia-of-biblical-theological-and-ecclesiastical-literature/rama Rama from Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature]</ref>
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| <ref name="term_78844"> [https://bibleportal.com/encyclopedia/the-nuttall-encyclopedia/râma Rama from The Nuttall Encyclopedia]</ref>
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| <ref name="term_7642"> [https://bibleportal.com/encyclopedia/international-standard-bible-encyclopedia/rama Rama from International Standard Bible Encyclopedia]</ref>
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