Topic
Aram
22 passages cited, from 4 classic reference works.
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The verses
The passages the works cite, those cited by more of them first.
- Genesis 22:21Easton · Smith · ISBE · Nave 4. Son of Kemuel
Huz his firstborn, and Buz his brother, and Kemuel the father of Aram,
- Genesis 10:22Easton · ISBE · Nave 3. Son of Shem
The children of Shem; Elam, and Asshur, and Arphaxad, and Lud, and Aram.
- 1 Chronicles 7:34Smith · ISBE · Nave 5. Son of Shamer
And the sons of Shamer; Ahi, and Rohgah, Jehubbah, and Aram.
- Luke 3:33Easton · Smith · ISBE
Which was the son of Aminadab, which was the son of Aram, which was the son of Esrom, which was the son of Phares, which was the son of Juda,
- 1 Chronicles 1:17ISBE · Nave 3. Son of Shem
¶ The sons of Shem; Elam, and Asshur, and Arphaxad, and Lud, and Aram, and Uz, and Hul, and Gether, and Meshech.
- Matthew 1:3Easton · Smith
And Judas begat Phares and Zara of Thamar; and Phares begat Esrom; and Esrom begat Aram;
- Matthew 1:4Easton · Smith
And Aram begat Aminadab; and Aminadab begat Naasson; and Naasson begat Salmon;
- Genesis 10:23Nave 3. Son of Shem
And the children of Aram; Uz, and Hul, and Gether, and Mash.
- Genesis 24:10Smith
¶ And the servant took ten camels of the camels of his master, and departed; for all the goods of his master were in his hand: and he arose, and went to Mesopotamia, unto the city of Nahor.
- Genesis 25:20Easton
And Isaac was forty years old when he took Rebekah to wife, the daughter of Bethuel the Syrian of Padan-aram, the sister to Laban the Syrian.
- Genesis 31:20Easton
And Jacob stole away unawares to Laban the Syrian, in that he told him not that he fled.
- Genesis 31:24Easton
And God came to Laban the Syrian in a dream by night, and said unto him, Take heed that thou speak not to Jacob either good or bad.
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- Numbers 23:7 Nave 1. The region whence Balaam came at Balak's command
- Deuteronomy 26:5 Easton
- 1 Kings 11:24 Smith
- 1 Kings 11:25 Smith
- 1 Kings 15:18 Smith
- 1 Kings 20:1 Smith
- 1 Chronicles 2:10 Easton
- 1 Chronicles 2:23 Nave 2. A region north of Canaan
- Isaiah 7:8 Smith
- Matthew 13:4 ISBE
In the reference works
Easton's Bible Dictionary (1897) · 10 references
The son of Shem (Gen. 10:22); according to Gen. 22:21, a grandson of Nahor. In Matt. 1:3, 4, and Luke 3:33, this word is the Greek form of Ram, the father of Amminadab (1 Chr. 2:10).
The word means high, or highlands, and as the name of a country denotes that elevated region extending from the northeast of Palestine to the Euphrates. It corresponded generally with the Syria and Mesopotamia of the Greeks and Romans. In Gen. 25:20; 31:20, 24; Deut. 26:5, the word “Syrian” is properly “Aramean” (R.V., marg.). Damascus became at length the capital of the several smaller kingdoms comprehended under the designation “Aram” or “Syria.”
Smith's Bible Dictionary (1884) · 11 references
- The name by which the Hebrews designated, generally, the country lying to the northeast of Palestine; the great mass of that high tableland which, rising with sudden abruptness from the Jordan and the very margin of the Lake of Gennesaret, stretched at an elevation of no less than 2000 feet above the level of the sea, to the banks of the Euphrates itself. Throughout the Authorized Version the word is, with only a very few exceptions, rendered, as in the Vulgate and LXX., SYRIA. Its earliest occurrence in the book of Genesis is in the form of Aram-naharaim , i.e. the "highland of or between the two rivers." (Genesis 24:10) Authorized Version "Mesopotamia." In the later history we meet with a number of small nations or kingdoms forming parts of the general land of Aram; but as Damascus increased in importance it gradually absorbed the smaller powers, (1 Kings 20:1) and the name of Aram was at last applied to it alone. (Isaiah 7:8) also 1Kin 11:24,25; 15:18 etc.
- Another Aram is named in (Genesis 22:21) as a son of Kemuel and descendant of Nahor.
- An Asherite, one of the sons of Shamer. (1 Chronicles 7:34)
- Son of Esrom or Hezron, and the Greek form of the Hebrew RAM. (Matthew 1:3,4; Luke 3:33)
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (1915) · 6 references
In the topical indexes
Nave's Topical Bible (1896) · 7 references, grouped by sub-topic
- → (The name of various regions, and of several men. The word signifies highlands, and is applied in its compounds to various highland districts of Syria)
- 1. The region whence Balaam came at Balak's command Nu 23:7
- 2. A region north of Canaan 1Ch 2:23
- 3. Son of Shem Ge 10:22,23; 1Ch 1:17
- 4. Son of Kemuel Ge 22:21
- 5. Son of Shamer 1Ch 7:34
Texts: Easton's Bible Dictionary (1897); Smith's Bible Dictionary (1884); International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (1915); Nave's Topical Bible (1896), from the CrossWire SWORD modules (public domain). Verse references were parsed from the works' own markup and checked against the KJV verse list.