Aramaic
אֲרָמִיתStrong’s H0762aramit (a-ra-mit)
Appears in 4 verses of the Old Testament
In short
Aramit is the Hebrew word usually translated “aramaic”. It appears in 4 verses of the Old Testament.
“Then spake the Chaldeans to the king in Syriack, O king, live for ever: tell thy servants the dream, and we will shew the interpretation.”
Meaning
- § Aramaic = "language"
How it's translated
- aramaic 5
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- 2 Kings 1
- Ezra 1
- Isaiah 1
- Daniel 1
4 books in all.
Explore in Scripture
- 2 Kings 18:26Then said Eliakim the son of Hilkiah, and Shebna, and Joah, unto Rabshakeh, Speak, I pray thee, to thy servants in the Syrian language; for we understand it: and talk not with us in the Jews’ language in the ears of the people that are on the wall.
- Ezra 4:7And in the days of Artaxerxes wrote Bishlam, Mithredath, Tabeel, and the rest of their companions, unto Artaxerxes king of Persia; and the writing of the letter was written in the Syrian tongue, and interpreted in the Syrian tongue.
- Isaiah 36:11Then said Eliakim and Shebna and Joah unto Rabshakeh, Speak, I pray thee, unto thy servants in the Syrian language; for we understand it: and speak not to us in the Jews’ language, in the ears of the people that are on the wall.
Hebrew dictionary
אֲרָמִית aramit · Aramaic
§ Aramaic = "language" the language of Aram, Aramaic
From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).
Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Hebrew, not from any one translation.