Difference between revisions of "Ramoth"

<p> (Heb. Ramoth', '''''רָמוֹת''''' [but '''''רָאמוֹת''''' in &nbsp;Deuteronomy 4:43; &nbsp;Joshua 20:8; &nbsp;1 Chronicles 6:73; &nbsp;1 Chronicles 6:80], ''Heights,'' plur. of [[Ramah]] [q.v.]; Sept. usually '''''῾Ραμώθ''''' ) '','' but '''''῾Ρημώθ''''' in &nbsp;Ezra 10:29 '', '''''῾Ραμμώθ''''' '' in &nbsp;2 Chronicles 18:2-3; &nbsp;2 Chronicles 18:5, etc.), the name of three towns in Palestine, and also of one man. </p> <p> '''1.''' (Sept. '''''Ἡ''''' '''''῾Ραμώθ''''' ''.'' ) One of the four [[Levitical]] cities of [[Issachar]] according to the catalogue in &nbsp;1 Chronicles 6:73. In the parallel list in &nbsp;Joshua 21:28-29, among other variations, JARIMUTH (See Jarimuth) (q.v.) appears in place of Ramoth. It seems impossible to decide which is the correct reading; or whether, again, REMETH (See [[Remeth]]) (q.v.), a town of Issachar, is distinct from them, or one and the same. </p> <p> '''2.''' A city in the tribe of [[Gad]] (&nbsp;Deuteronomy 4:43; &nbsp;Joshua 20:8; &nbsp;Joshua 21:38; &nbsp;1 Chronicles 6:80), elsewhere called RAMOTH-GILEAD (See [[Ramoth-Gilead]]) (q.v.). </p> <p> '''3.''' (Sept. '''''῾Ραμᾶ''''' ''.'' ) A city in the tribe of [[Simeon]] ("South Ramoth," &nbsp;1 Samuel 30:27). (See [[Ramath-Negeb]]). </p> <p> '''4.''' (Heb. text ''Yirmoth','' '''''יַרְמוֹת''''' ''',''' marg. ''Ve-Ramoth', '''''וְרָמוֹת''''' '' , and ''Ramoth;'' Sept. '''''Ρημώθ''''' v. r. '''''Μημών''''' .) An [[Israelitish]] layman of the sons of Bani, who renounced his strange wife at Ezra's instigation (&nbsp;Ezra 10:29). B.C. 458. </p>

== International Standard Bible Encyclopedia <ref name="term_7681" /> ==

<p> ''''' rā´moth ''''' ( רמות , <i> ''''' rāmōth ''''' </i> , <i> ''''' Ḳerē ''''' </i> for <i> ''''' yerēmōth ''''' </i> (&nbsp; Ezra 10:29 the King James Version); the Revised Version margin <i> ''''' Kethı̄bh ''''' </i> makes the name similar to those in &nbsp;Ezra 10:26 , &nbsp;Ezra 10:27 ): One of the offenders in the matter of foreign marriages. The English Revised Version and the American Standard Revised Version, adopting <i> ''''' Kethı̄bh ''''' </i> , read [[Jeremoth]] (which see). </p>