ʼĂrâm — H758

Definition

proper noun

Aram or Syria, and its inhabitants; also the name of the son of Shem, a grandson of Nahor, and of an Israelite

1. Aram or Arameans = "exalted"
2. n pr m
3. Aram or Syriathe nation
4. the Syrian or Aramean people
5. Aram = "exalted"
6. n m
7. fifth son of Shem
8. a grandson of Nahor
9. a descendant of Asher

Usually translated as

Syria, Syrians, Aram, Mesopotamia

Origin

from the same as H759; the highland

• Same as ʼarmôwn (H759)

Occurrences

ʼĂrâm occurs 132 times in 117 verses of the King James.

Distribution of the word across the Bible: Genesis (3), Numbers (1), Judges (1), 2 Samuel (16), 1 Kings (18), 2 Kings (38), 1 Chronicles (14), 2 Chronicles (13), Isaiah (7), Jeremiah (1), Ezekiel (2), Hosea (1), Amos (2)

• Genesis 10:22 — The children of Shem; Elam, and Asshur, and Arphaxad, and Lud, and Aram (וַֽאֲרָֽם).
• Genesis 10:23 — And the children of Aram (אֲרָ֑ם); Uz, and Hul, and Gether, and Mash.
• Genesis 22:21 — Huz his firstborn, and Buz his brother, and Kemuel the father of Aram (אֲרָֽם),
• Numbers 23:7 — And he took up his parable, and said, Balak the king of Moab hath brought me from Aram (אֲ֠רָם), out of the mountains of the east, saying, Come, curse me Jacob, and come, defy Israel.
• Judges 10:6 — And the children of Israel did evil again in the sight of the LORD, and served Baalim, and Ashtaroth, and the gods of Syria (אֲרָם֩), and the gods of Zidon, and the gods of Moab, and the gods of the children of Ammon, and the gods of the Philistines, and forsook the LORD, and served not him.
• 2 Samuel 8:5 — And when the Syrians (אֲרַ֣ם) of Damascus came to succour Hadadezer king of Zobah, David slew of the Syrians two and twenty thousand men.
• 2 Samuel 8:5 — And when the Syrians of Damascus came to succour Hadadezer king of Zobah, David slew of the Syrians (בַּֽאֲרָ֔ם) two and twenty thousand men.
• 2 Samuel 8:6 — Then David put garrisons in Syria (בַּאֲרַ֣ם) of Damascus: and the Syrians became servants to David, and brought gifts. And the LORD preserved David whithersoever he went.
• 2 Samuel 8:6 — Then David put garrisons in Syria of Damascus: and the Syrians (אֲרָם֙) became servants to David, and brought gifts. And the LORD preserved David whithersoever he went.
• 2 Samuel 8:12 — Of Syria (מֵאֲרָ֤ם), and of Moab, and of the children of Ammon, and of the Philistines, and of Amalek, and of the spoil of Hadadezer, son of Rehob, king of Zobah.
• 2 Samuel 8:13 — And David gat him a name when he returned from smiting of the Syrians (אֲרָ֖ם) in the valley of salt, being eighteen thousand men.
• 2 Samuel 10:6 — And when the children of Ammon saw that they stank before David, the children of Ammon sent and hired the Syrians (אֲרַ֨ם) of Beth-rehob, and the Syrians of Zoba, twenty thousand footmen, and of king Maacah a thousand men, and of Ish-tob twelve thousand men.
• 2 Samuel 10:6 — And when the children of Ammon saw that they stank before David, the children of Ammon sent and hired the Syrians of Beth-rehob, and the Syrians (אֲרַ֣ם) of Zoba, twenty thousand footmen, and of king Maacah a thousand men, and of Ish-tob twelve thousand men.
• 2 Samuel 10:8 — And the children of Ammon came out, and put the battle in array at the entering in of the gate: and the Syrians (וַאֲרַ֨ם) of Zoba, and of Rehob, and Ish-tob, and Maacah, were by themselves in the field.
• 2 Samuel 10:9 — When Joab saw that the front of the battle was against him before and behind, he chose of all the choice men of Israel, and put them in array against the Syrians (אֲרָֽם):
• 2 Samuel 10:11 — And he said, If the Syrians (אֲרָם֙) be too strong for me, then thou shalt help me: but if the children of Ammon be too strong for thee, then I will come and help thee.
• 2 Samuel 10:13 — And Joab drew nigh, and the people that were with him, unto the battle against the Syrians (בַּֽאֲרָ֑ם): and they fled before him.
• 2 Samuel 10:14 — And when the children of Ammon saw that the Syrians (אֲרָ֔ם) were fled, then fled they also before Abishai, and entered into the city. So Joab returned from the children of Ammon, and came to Jerusalem.
• 2 Samuel 10:15 — And when the Syrians (אֲרָ֔ם) saw that they were smitten before Israel, they gathered themselves together.
• 2 Samuel 10:16 — And Hadarezer sent, and brought out the Syrians (אֲרָם֙) that were beyond the river: and they came to Helam; and Shobach the captain of the host of Hadarezer went before them.
• 2 Samuel 10:17 — And when it was told David, he gathered all Israel together, and passed over Jordan, and came to Helam. And the Syrians (אֲרָם֙) set themselves in array against David, and fought with him.
• 2 Samuel 10:18 — And the Syrians (אֲרָם֮) fled before Israel; and David slew the men of seven hundred chariots of the Syrians, and forty thousand horsemen, and smote Shobach the captain of their host, who died there.
• 2 Samuel 10:18 — And the Syrians fled before Israel; and David slew the men of seven hundred chariots of the Syrians (מֵאֲרָ֗ם), and forty thousand horsemen, and smote Shobach the captain of their host, who died there.
• 2 Samuel 10:19 — And when all the kings that were servants to Hadarezer saw that they were smitten before Israel, they made peace with Israel, and served them. So the Syrians (אֲרָ֔ם) feared to help the children of Ammon any more.
• 2 Samuel 15:8 — For thy servant vowed a vow while I abode at Geshur in Syria (בַּאֲרָ֖ם), saying, If the LORD shall bring me again indeed to Jerusalem, then I will serve the LORD.
• 1 Kings 10:29 — And a chariot came up and went out of Egypt for six hundred shekels of silver, and an horse for an hundred and fifty: and so for all the kings of the Hittites, and for the kings of Syria (אֲרָ֖ם), did they bring them out by their means.
• 1 Kings 11:25 — And he was an adversary to Israel all the days of Solomon, beside the mischief that Hadad did: and he abhorred Israel, and reigned over Syria (אֲרָֽם).
• 1 Kings 15:18 — Then Asa took all the silver and the gold that were left in the treasures of the house of the LORD, and the treasures of the king’s house, and delivered them into the hand of his servants: and king Asa sent them to Ben-hadad, the son of Tabrimon, the son of Hezion, king of Syria (אֲרָ֔ם), that dwelt at Damascus, saying,
• 1 Kings 19:15 — And the LORD said unto him, Go, return on thy way to the wilderness of Damascus: and when thou comest, anoint Hazael to be king over Syria (אֲרָֽם):
• 1 Kings 20:1 — And Ben-hadad the king of Syria (אֲרָ֗ם) gathered all his host together: and there were thirty and two kings with him, and horses, and chariots: and he went up and besieged Samaria, and warred against it.
• 1 Kings 20:20 — And they slew every one his man: and the Syrians (אֲרָ֔ם) fled; and Israel pursued them: and Ben-hadad the king of Syria escaped on an horse with the horsemen.
• 1 Kings 20:20 — And they slew every one his man: and the Syrians fled; and Israel pursued them: and Ben-hadad the king of Syria (אֲרָ֔ם) escaped on an horse with the horsemen.
• 1 Kings 20:21 — And the king of Israel went out, and smote the horses and chariots, and slew the Syrians (בַאֲרָ֖ם) with a great slaughter.
• 1 Kings 20:22 — And the prophet came to the king of Israel, and said unto him, Go, strengthen thyself, and mark, and see what thou doest: for at the return of the year the king of Syria (אֲרָ֖ם) will come up against thee.
• 1 Kings 20:23 — And the servants of the king of Syria (אֲרָ֜ם) said unto him, Their gods are gods of the hills; therefore they were stronger than we; but let us fight against them in the plain, and surely we shall be stronger than they.
• 1 Kings 20:26 — And it came to pass at the return of the year, that Ben-hadad numbered the Syrians (אֲרָ֑ם), and went up to Aphek, to fight against Israel.
• 1 Kings 20:27 — And the children of Israel were numbered, and were all present, and went against them: and the children of Israel pitched before them like two little flocks of kids; but the Syrians (וַאֲרָ֖ם) filled the country.
• 1 Kings 20:28 — And there came a man of God, and spake unto the king of Israel, and said, Thus saith the LORD, Because the Syrians (אֲרָם֙) have said, The LORD is God of the hills, but he is not God of the valleys, therefore will I deliver all this great multitude into thine hand, and ye shall know that I am the LORD.
• 1 Kings 20:29 — And they pitched one over against the other seven days. And so it was, that in the seventh day the battle was joined: and the children of Israel slew of the Syrians (אֲרָ֛ם) an hundred thousand footmen in one day.
• 1 Kings 22:1 — And they continued three years without war between Syria (אֲרָ֖ם) and Israel.
• 1 Kings 22:3 — And the king of Israel said unto his servants, Know ye that Ramoth in Gilead is ours, and we be still, and take it not out of the hand of the king of Syria (אֲרָֽם)?
• 1 Kings 22:11 — And Zedekiah the son of Chenaanah made him horns of iron: and he said, Thus saith the LORD, With these shalt thou push the Syrians (אֲרָ֖ם), until thou have consumed them.
• 1 Kings 22:31 — But the king of Syria (אֲרָ֡ם) commanded his thirty and two captains that had rule over his chariots, saying, Fight neither with small nor great, save only with the king of Israel.
• 1 Kings 22:35 — And the battle increased that day: and the king was stayed up in his chariot against the Syrians (אֲרָ֑ם), and died at even: and the blood ran out of the wound into the midst of the chariot.
• 2 Kings 5:1 — Now Naaman, captain of the host of the king of Syria (אֲרָ֜ם), was a great man with his master, and honourable, because by him the LORD had given deliverance unto Syria: he was also a mighty man in valour, but he was a leper.
• 2 Kings 5:1 — Now Naaman, captain of the host of the king of Syria, was a great man with his master, and honourable, because by him the LORD had given deliverance unto Syria (לַאֲרָ֑ם): he was also a mighty man in valour, but he was a leper.
• 2 Kings 5:2 — And the Syrians (וַאֲרָם֙) had gone out by companies, and had brought away captive out of the land of Israel a little maid; and she waited on Naaman’s wife.
• 2 Kings 5:5 — And the king of Syria (אֲרָם֙) said, Go to, go, and I will send a letter unto the king of Israel. And he departed, and took with him ten talents of silver, and six thousand pieces of gold, and ten changes of raiment.
• 2 Kings 6:8 — Then the king of Syria (אֲרָ֔ם) warred against Israel, and took counsel with his servants, saying, In such and such a place shall be my camp.
• 2 Kings 6:9 — And the man of God sent unto the king of Israel, saying, Beware that thou pass not such a place; for thither the Syrians (אֲרָ֥ם) are come down.