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        <p> <b> ARIMATHaeA </b> <b> ( </b> Ἁριμαθαία) is mentioned in Matthew 27:57, Mark 15:43, Luke 23:51, and John 19:38 as the place from which Joseph, who buried the body of Jesus, came up to Jerusalem. In the <i> Onomasticon </i> (225. 12) it is identified with Ἁρμαθὲμ Σειφά (Ramathaimzophim ^* ^{[Note: On this name (which is almost certainly based on a textual corruption), see Hastings’ DB, vol. iv. p. 198a note.]} ), the city of [[Elkanah]] and Samuel ( 1 Samuel 1:1), near [[Diospolis]] (Lydda) and in the district of [[Timnah]] (Tibneh). In 1 [[Maccabees]] 11:34, [[Ramathem]] is referred to along with [[Aphaerema]] and [[Lydda]] as a [[Samaritan]] toparchy transferred, in 145 b.c., to Judaea. These notices of Ramathaim point to <i> Beit-Rima </i> , 13 miles E.N.E. of Lydda, and 2 miles N. of Timnah,—an identification adopted by G. A. [[Smith]] ( <i> HGH </i> ^L ^{[Note: GHL Historical Geog. of Holy Land.]} 254 n ^. ^{[Note: note.]} 7) and Buhl ( <i> GA </i> ^P ^{[Note: AP Geographic des alten Palästina.]} 170). Another possible site is <i> Râm-allah </i> , 3 miles S.W. of Bethel, suggested by Ewald ( <i> Hist. </i> ii. 421). The proposed sites S. of [[Jerusalem]] are not ‘in the hill-country of Ephraim’ ( 1 Samuel 1:1). If Arimathaea, then, be identified with the Ramathaim of Elkanah, it may well be at the modern hill-village of <i> Beit-Rima </i> . The LXX [[Septuagint]] form of Ramathaim is Ἁρμαθαίμ ( 1 Samuel 1:1 and elsewhere), thus providing a link between Ramathaim and [[Arimathaea.]] </p> <p> A. W. Cooke. </p>

        <p> The city of Joseph, the 'honourable counsellor,' who was permitted by Pilate to take down the body of the Lord and bury it in his own new to tomb. Matthew 27:57; Mark 15:43; Luke 23:51; John 19:38 . It has not been identified, but has been supposed to be the same as Ramah, the birth-place of Samuel. </p>

        <p> '''''ar''''' -'''''i''''' -'''''ma''''' -'''''thē´a''''' ( Ἀριμαθαία , <i> '''''Arimathaı́a''''' </i> ): "A city of the Jews," the home of [[Joseph]] in whose sepulchre the body of [[Jesus]] was laid. Its identity is the subject of much conjecture. The <i> Onomasticon </i> of [[Eusebius]] and [[Jerome]] identifies it with [[Ramathaim-Zophim]] in the hill-country of [[Ephraim]] ( 1 Samuel 11:1-15 ), which is [[Ramah]] the birthplace and burial-place of Samuel ( 1 Samuel 1:19; 1 Samuel 25:1 ), and places it near [[Timnah]] on the borders of [[Judah]] and Dan. G. A. [[Smith]] thinks it may be the modern Beit Rima, a village on an eminence 2 miles North of Timnah. Others incline to Ramallah, 8 miles North of [[Jerusalem]] and 3 miles from [[Bethel]] ( Matthew 27:57; Mark 15:43; Luke 23:51; John 19:38 ). </p>

        <ref name="term_49420"> [https://bibleportal.com/dictionary/hastings-dictionary-of-the-bible/arimathaea Arimathaea from Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible]</ref>

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        <ref name="term_64936"> [https://bibleportal.com/dictionary/morrish-bible-dictionary/arimathaea Arimathaea from Morrish Bible Dictionary]</ref>

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