ʼĂrâraṭ — H780

Definition

locative proper noun

Ararat (or rather Armenia)

1. Ararat = "the curse reversed: precipitation of curse"
2. a mountainous region of eastern Armenia, between the river Araxes and the lakes Van and Oroomiah, the site where Noah's ark came to rest
3. (TWOT) the mountain where Noah's ark came to rest

Usually translated as

Ararat, Armenia

Origin

of foreign origin

Occurrences

ʼĂrâraṭ occurs 4 times in the King James.

Distribution of the word across the Bible: Genesis (1), 2 Kings (1), Isaiah (1), Jeremiah (1)

• Genesis 8:4 — And the ark rested in the seventh month, on the seventeenth day of the month, upon the mountains of Ararat (אֲרָרָֽט).
• 2 Kings 19:37 — And it came to pass, as he was worshipping in the house of Nisroch his god, that Adrammelech and Sharezer his sons smote him with the sword: and they escaped into the land of Armenia (אֲרָרָ֑ט). And Esar-haddon his son reigned in his stead.
• Isaiah 37:38 — And it came to pass, as he was worshipping in the house of Nisroch his god, that Adrammelech and Sharezer his sons smote him with the sword; and they escaped into the land of Armenia (אֲרָרָ֑ט): and Esar-haddon his son reigned in his stead.
• Jeremiah 51:27 — Set ye up a standard in the land, blow the trumpet among the nations, prepare the nations against her, call together against her the kingdoms of Ararat (אֲרָרַ֖ט), Minni, and Ashchenaz; appoint a captain against her; cause the horses to come up as the rough caterpillers.