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Lexicon :: Strong's H7414 - rāmâ

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רָמָה
Transliteration
rāmâ
Pronunciation
raw-maw'
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Part of Speech
proper locative noun
Root Word (Etymology)
The same as רָמָה (H7413)
Strong’s Definitions

רָמָה Râmâh, raw-maw'; the same as H7413; Ramah, the name of four places in Palestine:—Ramah.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 37x

The KJV translates Strong's H7414 in the following manner: Ramah (37x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 37x
The KJV translates Strong's H7414 in the following manner: Ramah (37x).

  1. Ramah = "hill"

    1. a town in Benjamin on the border of Ephraim about 5 miles (8 km) from Jerusalem and near to Gibeah

    2. the home place of Samuel located in the hill country of Ephraim

    3. a fortified city in Naphtali

    4. landmark on the boundary of Asher, apparently between Tyre and Zidon

    5. a place of battle between Israel and Syria

      1. also 'Ramoth-gilead'

    6. a place rehabited by the Benjamites after the return from captivity

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
רָמָה Râmâh, raw-maw'; the same as H7413; Ramah, the name of four places in Palestine:—Ramah.
STRONGS H7414: Abbreviations
II. רָמָה proper name, of a location usually with article הָר׳ the Height, Rama, הָרָמָה (except Jeremiah 31:15; Nehemiah 11:33):
1. in Benjamin, on border of Ephraim, Hosea 5:8; 1 Kings 15:17, 1 Kings 15:21, 1 Kings 15:22; 2 Chronicles 16:1, 2 Chronicles 16:5, 2 Chronicles 16:6; Judges 4:5; Judges 19:3; Isaiah 10:29; Jeremiah 31:15; Jeremiah 40:1; Joshua 18:25 (P), Ezra 2:26 = Nehemiah 7:30, probably also Nehemiah 11:33; Greek Version of the LXXusually Ραμα; modern er-Râm, 5 miles north of Jerusalem, BuhlGeogr. 172.
2. in hill-country of Ephraim (= 1?), home of Samuel 1 Samuel 1:19; 1 Samuel 2:11; 1 Samuel 7:17; 1 Samuel 8:4; 1 Samuel 15:34; 1 Samuel 16:13; 1 Samuel 19:18, 1 Samuel 19:22a (all with ה locative, הָרָמָ֫חָה), 1 Samuel 19:19; 1 Samuel 19:22b; 1 Samuel 19:23; 1 Samuel 20:1; 1 Samuel 25:1; 1 Samuel 28:3, = הָרָמָתַיִם [H7436 1 Samuel 1:1] (see צוּפִי); Greek Version of the LXX Αρμαθαιμ, Ραμα; perhaps (if distinct from 1) = Besit-Rima, 13 miles east-northeast of Lydda (GASmGeogr. 254 BuhlGeogr. 170); or Râm-allah, 3 miles southwest of Bethel (EwHist. ii. 421 and others) [compare also Ἀριμαθαμα; Matthew 27:57 +].
3. in Asher Joshua 19:29 (P), Ραμα; perhaps Râmiye, approximately 12 miles east of Ladder of Tyre RobBR iii. 79 BuhlGeogr. 231.
4. in Naphtali, Joshua 19:36 (P), Αραηλ, A LXX of Lucian (Lag.) Ραμα; modern Râmeh, approximately 8 miles west-southwest of Safed BuhlGeogr. 222.
5. (בּ)רָמָה 2 Kings 8:29 2 Chronicles 22:6 Ρεμμωθ, Ραμωθ; LXX of Lucian (Lag.) Ραμαθ Γαλ.), see רָמוֺת 1 — See DrHast. DB. RAMAH p. 847.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Joshua

18:25; 19:29; 19:36

Judges

4:5; 19:3

1 Samuel

1:19; 2:11; 7:17; 8:4; 15:34; 16:13; 19:18; 19:19; 19:22; 19:22; 19:23; 20:1; 25:1; 28:3

1 Kings

15:17; 15:21; 15:22

2 Kings

8:29

2 Chronicles

16:1; 16:5; 16:6; 22:6

Ezra

2:26

Nehemiah

7:30; 11:33; 11:33

Isaiah

10:29

Jeremiah

31:15; 31:15; 40:1

Hosea

5:8

Matthew

27:57

H7414

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Strong's Number H7414 matches the Hebrew רָמָה (rāmâ),
which occurs 36 times in 34 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 18:25

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 18:25 - Gibeon, Ramah, Beeroth,

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 19:8

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 19:8 - and all the villages around these towns as far as Baalath Beer (Ramah in the Negev). This was the inheritance of the tribe of the Simeonites, according to its clans.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 19:29

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 19:29 - The boundary then turned back toward Ramah and went to the fortified city of Tyre, turned toward Hosah and came out at the Mediterranean Sea in the region of Akzib,

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 19:36

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 19:36 - Adamah, Ramah, Hazor,

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 4:5

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 4:5 - She held court under the Palm of Deborah between Ramah and Bethel in the hill country of Ephraim, and the Israelites went up to her to have their disputes decided.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 19:13

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 19:13 - He added, “Come, let’s try to reach Gibeah or Ramah and spend the night in one of those places.”

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 1:19

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 1:19 - Early the next morning they arose and worshiped before the LORD and then went back to their home at Ramah. Elkanah made love to his wife Hannah, and the LORD remembered her.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 2:11

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 2:11 - Then Elkanah went home to Ramah, but the boy ministered before the LORD under Eli the priest.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 7:17

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 7:17 - But he always went back to Ramah, where his home was, and there he also held court for Israel. And he built an altar there to the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 8:4

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 8:4 - So all the elders of Israel gathered together and came to Samuel at Ramah.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 15:34

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 15:34 - Then Samuel left for Ramah, but Saul went up to his home in Gibeah of Saul.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 16:13

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 16:13 - So Samuel took the horn of oil and anointed him in the presence of his brothers, and from that day on the Spirit of the LORD came powerfully upon David. Samuel then went to Ramah.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 19:18

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 19:18 - When David had fled and made his escape, he went to Samuel at Ramah and told him all that Saul had done to him. Then he and Samuel went to Naioth and stayed there.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 19:19

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 19:19 - Word came to Saul: “David is in Naioth at Ramah”;

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 19:22

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 19:22 - Finally, he himself left for Ramah and went to the great cistern at Seku. And he asked, “Where are Samuel and David?” “Over in Naioth at Ramah,” they said.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 19:23

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 19:23 - So Saul went to Naioth at Ramah. But the Spirit of God came even on him, and he walked along prophesying until he came to Naioth.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 20:1

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 20:1 - Then David fled from Naioth at Ramah and went to Jonathan and asked, “What have I done? What is my crime? How have I wronged your father, that he is trying to kill me?”

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 25:1

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 25:1 - Now Samuel died, and all Israel assembled and mourned for him; and they buried him at his home in Ramah. Then David moved down into the Desert of Paran.[fn]

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 28:3

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 28:3 - Now Samuel was dead, and all Israel had mourned for him and buried him in his own town of Ramah. Saul had expelled the mediums and spiritists from the land.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 15:17

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 15:17 - Baasha king of Israel went up against Judah and fortified Ramah to prevent anyone from leaving or entering the territory of Asa king of Judah.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 15:21

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 15:21 - When Baasha heard this, he stopped building Ramah and withdrew to Tirzah.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 15:22

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 15:22 - Then King Asa issued an order to all Judah—no one was exempt—and they carried away from Ramah the stones and timber Baasha had been using there. With them King Asa built up Geba in Benjamin, and also Mizpah.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 8:29

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 8:29 - so King Joram returned to Jezreel to recover from the wounds the Arameans had inflicted on him at Ramoth[fn] in his battle with Hazael king of Aram. Then Ahaziah son of Jehoram king of Judah went down to Jezreel to see Joram son of Ahab, because he had been wounded.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 16:1

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 16:1 - In the thirty-sixth year of Asa’s reign Baasha king of Israel went up against Judah and fortified Ramah to prevent anyone from leaving or entering the territory of Asa king of Judah.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 16:5

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 16:5 - When Baasha heard this, he stopped building Ramah and abandoned his work.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 16:6

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 16:6 - Then King Asa brought all the men of Judah, and they carried away from Ramah the stones and timber Baasha had been using. With them he built up Geba and Mizpah.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 22:6

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 22:6 - so he returned to Jezreel to recover from the wounds they had inflicted on him at Ramoth[fn] in his battle with Hazael king of Aram. Then Ahaziah[fn] son of Jehoram king of Judah went down to Jezreel to see Joram son of Ahab because he had been wounded.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ezr 2:26

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 2:26 -
of Ramah and Geba621

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Unchecked Copy Box Neh 7:30

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 7:30 -
of Ramah and Geba621

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Unchecked Copy Box Neh 11:33

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 11:33 - in Hazor, Ramah and Gittaim,

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 10:29

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 10:29 - They go over the pass, and say, “We will camp overnight at Geba.” Ramah trembles; Gibeah of Saul flees.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 31:15

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 31:15 - This is what the LORD says: “A voice is heard in Ramah, mourning and great weeping, Rachel weeping for her children and refusing to be comforted, because they are no more.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 40:1

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 40:1 - The word came to Jeremiah from the LORD after Nebuzaradan commander of the imperial guard had released him at Ramah. He had found Jeremiah bound in chains among all the captives from Jerusalem and Judah who were being carried into exile to Babylon.

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Unchecked Copy Box Hos 5:8

Unchecked Copy BoxHos 5:8 - “Sound the trumpet in Gibeah, the horn in Ramah. Raise the battle cry in Beth Aven[fn]; lead on, Benjamin.
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