Mesopotamia
אֲרָםStrong’s H0763aram (a-ram)
Appears in 5 verses of the Old Testament
In short
Aram is the Hebrew word usually translated “aram” and “naharaim”. It appears in 5 verses of the Old Testament.
“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.”
Meaning
- Aram or Arameans = "exalted"
- § Aram-naharaim = "Aram of the two rivers"
How it's translated
- aram 5
- naharaim 5
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Genesis 1
- Deuteronomy 1
- Judges 1
- 1 Chronicles 1
- Psalms 1
5 books in all.
Related words
Explore in Scripture
- Deuteronomy 23:4Because they met you not with bread and with water in the way, when ye came forth out of Egypt; and because they hired against thee Balaam the son of Beor of Pethor of Mesopotamia, to curse thee.
- Judges 3:8Therefore the anger of the LORD was hot against Israel, and he sold them into the hand of Chushanrishathaim king of Mesopotamia: and the children of Israel served Chushanrishathaim eight years.
- 1 Chronicles 19:6And when the children of Ammon saw that they had made themselves odious to David, Hanun and the children of Ammon sent a thousand talents of silver to hire them chariots and horsemen out of Mesopotamia, and out of Syriamaachah, and out of Zobah.
- Psalms 60:1O God, thou hast cast us off, thou hast scattered us, thou hast been displeased; O turn thyself to us again.
Hebrew dictionary
אֲרָם aram · Mesopotamia
Aram or Arameans = "exalted" Aram or Syrian nation Another spelling of a.ram na.ha.ra.yim (אֲרַם נַהֲרַיִם "Mesopotamia" H0763)
אֲרַם נַהֲרַיִם aram naharayim · Aram-naharaim
§ Aram-naharaim = "Aram of the two rivers" Mesopotamia
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.