אֲרָם

a.ram

Aram

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Strong’s H758Proper name, a person143 times in the Hebrew Bible

Where it occurs

2 Kings43

1 Kings19

Genesis13

Translated as

aram143

In the text

Genesis 10:22וַאֲרָם
The sons of Shem: Elam, Asshur, Arphaxad, Lud, and Aram.
2 Samuel 8:5אֲרַם
When the Arameans of Damascus came to help King Hadadezer of Zobah, David struck down twenty-two thousand of their men.
1 Kings 10:29אֲרָם
A chariot could be imported from Egypt for six hundred shekels of silver, and a horse for a hundred and fifty. Likewise, they exported them to all the kings of the Hittites and to the kings of Aram.
2 Kings 5:1אֲרָם
Now Naaman, the commander of the army of the king of Aram, was a great man in his master’s sight and highly regarded, for through him the LORD had given victory to Aram. And he was a mighty man of valor, but he was a leper.
1 Chronicles 1:17וַאֲרָם
The sons of Shem: Elam, Asshur, Arphaxad, Lud, and Aram. The sons of Aram: Uz, Hul, Gether, and Meshech.
2 Chronicles 1:17אֲרָם
A chariot could be imported from Egypt for six hundred shekels of silver, and a horse for a hundred and fifty. Likewise, they exported them to all the kings of the Hittites and to the kings of Aram.

Brown-Driver-Briggs

אֲרָם n.pr.m. Aram

1. 5th son of Shem

2. grandson of Nahor

4. a descendant of Asher

—Elsewhere only of Aramæan people & land (= 1 supr.)

a. people, sg. coll. = the Aramæans, a leading branch of the Shemitic stock inhabiting Mesopotamia & northern Syria, in many tribes & settlements

b. less often clearly of land; also of particular divisions of territory א׳ נַהֲרַיִם ‘Mesopotamia,’ i.e. prob. land between Euphrates & Chaboras; cf. פַּדַּן א׳ Paddan-Aram

c. often indeterminate

Sources: Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906, public domain) from the Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon (CC BY 4.0), glosses from STEPBible TBESH (CC BY 4.0); STEPBible TAHOT (Hebrew Bible, Leningrad Codex, CC BY 4.0); the Berean Standard Bible (public domain). Reformatted by Word Study, wording unchanged. All sources and licenses.