Râmâh — H7414

H7414 · Hebrew — רמה

Pronunciation: raw-maw'

Definition

locative proper noun

Ramah, the name of four places in Palestine

  1. Ramah = "hill"
  2. a town in Benjamin on the border of Ephraim about 5 miles (8 km) from Jerusalem and near to Gibeah
  3. the home place of Samuel located in the hill country of Ephraim
  4. a fortified city in Naphtali
  5. landmark on the boundary of Asher, apparently between Tyre and Zidon
  6. a place of battle between Israel and Syria
    1. also 'Ramoth-gilead'
  7. a place rehabited by the Benjamites after the return from captivity

Usually translated as

Ramah

Origin

the same as H7413

Greek equivalents

Occurrences

Râmâh occurs 36 times in 34 verses of the King James.

Distribution of the word across the Bible: Joshua (3), Judges (2), 1 Samuel (14), 1 Kings (3), 2 Kings (1), 2 Chronicles (4), Ezra (1), Nehemiah (2), Isaiah (1), Jeremiah (2), Hosea (1)

Strong's Lexicon — R