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Lexicon :: Strong's H758 - 'ărām

Aa
אֲרָם
Transliteration
'ărām
Pronunciation
arawm'
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Part of Speech
masculine noun, proper masculine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
From the same as אַרְמוֹן (H759)
Dictionary Aids

TWOT Reference: 163

Strong’s Definitions

אֲרָם ʼĂrâm, arawm'; from the same as H759; the highland; Aram or Syria, and its inhabitants; also the name of the son of Shem, a grandson of Nahor, and of an Israelite:—Aram, Mesopotamia, Syria, Syrians.


KJV Translation Count — Total: 132x

The KJV translates Strong's H758 in the following manner: Syria (67x), Syrians (56x), Aram (7x), Syriadamascus (with H4601) (1x), Syriamaachah (with H4601) (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 132x
The KJV translates Strong's H758 in the following manner: Syria (67x), Syrians (56x), Aram (7x), Syriadamascus (with H4601) (1x), Syriamaachah (with H4601) (1x).
proper masculine noun
  1. Aram or Arameans = "exalted"

    1. Aram or Syria the nation

    2. the Syrian or Aramean people

      masculine noun
  2. Aram = "exalted"

    1. fifth son of Shem

    2. a grandson of Nahor

    3. a descendant of Asher

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
אֲרָם ʼĂrâm, arawm'; from the same as H759; the highland; Aram or Syria, and its inhabitants; also the name of the son of Shem, a grandson of Nahor, and of an Israelite:—Aram, Mesopotamia, Syria, Syrians.
STRONGS H758: Abbreviations
אֲרָם 149 proper name, masculine Aram (Assyrian Aramu, etc., see DlPa 257; Thes and others propose √ ארם = רום but compare Nö as below) —
1. 5th son of Shem Genesis 10:22, 23; 1 Chronicles 1:17.
2. grandson of Nahor Genesis 22:21.
4. a descendant of Asher 1 Chronicles 7:34. — Elsewhere only of Aramæan people & land (= 1 above), feminine 2 Samuel 8:5 masculine 2 Samuel 10:14.
a. people, singular collective = the Aramæans, a leading branch of the Shemitic stock inhabiting Mesopotamia & northern Syria, in many tribes & settlements; 2 Samuel 8:5 (twice in verse); 2 Samuel 8:6 + 1 Kings 20:20, 21 + 1 Chronicles 19:10, 12 + (64 times Samuel Kings Chronicles) Amos 9:7; Isaiah 7:2, 4, 5, 8; Isaiah 9:11; Isaiah 17:3; Jeremiah 35:11; so Ezekiel 16:57; Ezekiel 27:16, but Co in both אדום עַם אֲרָם Amos 1:5; of particular divisions of Aram, בית רְחוֺב א׳ 2 Samuel 10:6, צוֺבָא א׳ 2 Samuel 10:6, 8; [H760 Psalm 60:2 [Psalm 60:1] (title)], דַּמֶּשֶׂק א׳ 2 Samuel 8:5 compare 1 Chronicles 18:5,
[H763 even נַהֲרַיִם א׳ Psalm 60:2 [Psalm 60:1] (title)];
(note that Assyrian never gives name Aramu to people west of Euphrates, but Chatti instead, with other particular names, COT Genesis 10:22, also Dll.c.); on 2 Samuel 8:12, 13; 1 Chronicles 18:11 see אֱדוֺם.
b. less often clearly of land, Aram Numbers 23:7; 2 Samuel 15:8; 2 Chronicles 20:2 (read however here אדום Thes Add and others), שְׂדֵה א׳ Hosea 12:13;
[H763 also of particular divisions of the territory נַהֲרַיִם א׳ 'Mesopotamia,' i.e. probably land between Euphrates & Chaboras, so Di after Kiep, Genesis 24:10; Deuteronomy 23:5 [Deuternonomy 23:4]; Judges 3:8 (compare Psalm 60:2 [Psalm 60:1] above]);
compare א׳ פַּדַּן Paddan-Aram Genesis 25:20; Genesis 31:18; Genesis 33:18; Genesis 35:9, 26; Genesis 46:15, א׳ פַּדֶּ֫נָה Genesis 28:2, 5, 6, 7 see פדן; דַּמֶּשֶׂק א׳ 2 Samuel 8:6 compare 1 Chronicles 18:6.
c. often indeterminate, especially in מֶלֶךְ א׳ etc., perhaps primarily land but often including people: so Judges 2:11; Judges 10:6 (אֱלֹהֵי א׳) 1 Kings 10:29 2 Chronicles 1:17 + (41 times Kings & Chronicles) Isaiah 7:1. — (compare especially NöSehenkel BL, ZMG 1871, 113; Hermes see 3, 443 f. DlPa 257.)
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

10:22; 10:22; 10:23; 22:21; 25:20; 28:2; 28:5; 28:6; 28:7; 31:18; 33:18; 35:9; 35:26; 46:15

Numbers

23:7

Judges

2:11; 10:6

2 Samuel

8:5; 8:5; 8:5; 8:6; 8:6; 8:12; 8:13; 10:6; 10:6; 10:8; 10:14; 15:8

1 Kings

10:29; 20:20; 20:21

1 Chronicles

1:17; 2:23; 7:34; 18:5; 18:6; 18:11; 19:10; 19:12

2 Chronicles

1:17; 20:2

Isaiah

7:1; 7:2; 7:4; 7:5; 7:8; 9:11; 17:3

Jeremiah

35:11

Ezekiel

16:57; 27:16

Hosea

12:13

Amos

1:5; 9:7

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H758 matches the Hebrew אֲרָם ('ărām),
which occurs 18 times in 14 verses in '1Ch' in the WLC Hebrew.

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 1:17 - The sons of Shem: Elam, Asshur, Arpach'shad, Lud, Aram, Uz, Hul, Gether, and Meshech.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 2:23 - But Geshur and Aram took from them Havvoth-ja'ir, Kenath and its villages, sixty towns. All these were descendants of Machir, the father of Gilead.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 7:34 - The sons of Shemer his brother: Rohgah, Jehub'bah, and Aram.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 18:5 - And when the Syrians of Damascus came to help Hadade'zer king of Zobah, David slew twenty-two thousand men of the Syrians.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 18:6 - Then David put garrisons in Syria of Damascus; and the Syrians became servants to David, and brought tribute. And the LORD gave victory to David wherever he went.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 19:6 - When the Ammonites saw that they had made themselves odious to David, Hanun and the Ammonites sent a thousand talents of silver to hire chariots and horsemen from Mesopota'mia, from Aram-ma'acah, and from Zobah.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 19:10 - When Jo'ab saw that the battle was set against him both in front and in the rear, he chose some of the picked men of Israel, and arrayed them against the Syrians;
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 19:12 - And he said, "If the Syrians are too strong for me, then you shall help me; but if the Ammonites are too strong for you, then I will help you.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 19:14 - So Jo'ab and the people who were with him drew near before the Syrians for battle; and they fled before him.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 19:15 - And when the Ammonites saw that the Syrians fled, they likewise fled before Abi'shai, Jo'ab's brother, and entered the city. Then Jo'ab came to Jerusalem.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 19:16 - But when the Syrians saw that they had been defeated by Israel, they sent messengers and brought out the Syrians who were beyond the Euphra'tes, with Shophach the commander of the army of Hadade'zer at their head.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 19:17 - And when it was told David, he gathered all Israel together, and crossed the Jordan, and came to them, and drew up his forces against them. And when David set the battle in array against the Syrians, they fought with him.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 19:18 - And the Syrians fled before Israel; and David slew of the Syrians the men of seven thousand chariots, and forty thousand foot soldiers, and killed also Shophach the commander of their army.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 19:19 - And when the servants of Hadade'zer saw that they had been defeated by Israel, they made peace with David, and became subject to him. So the Syrians were not willing to help the Ammonites any more.
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