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Aram : (noun)
1: the biblical name for ancient Syria [syn: Aram]
Based on WordNet 2.0
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Aram : 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."
Based on Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [Bible_Dictionary]:
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Aram, highness, magnificence, one that deceives; curse
Based on Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [Bible_Dictionary]:
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