Ararat
אֲרָרַטStrong’s H0780ararat (a-ra-rat)
Appears in 4 verses of the Old Testament
In short
Ararat is the Hebrew word usually translated “ararat”. It appears in 4 verses of the Old Testament.
“And the ark rested in the seventh month, on the seventeenth day of the month, upon the mountains of Ararat.”
Meaning
- § Ararat = "the curse reversed: precipitation of curse"
How it's translated
- ararat 4
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Genesis 1
- 2 Kings 1
- Isaiah 1
- Jeremiah 1
4 books in all.
Explore in Scripture
- 2 Kings 19:37And it came to pass, as he was worshipping in the house of Nisroch his god, that Adrammelech and Sharezer his sons smote him with the sword: and they escaped into the land of Armenia. And Esarhaddon his son reigned in his stead.
- Isaiah 37:38And it came to pass, as he was worshipping in the house of Nisroch his god, that Adrammelech and Sharezer his sons smote him with the sword; and they escaped into the land of Armenia: and Esarhaddon his son reigned in his stead.
- Jeremiah 51:27Set ye up a standard in the land, blow the trumpet among the nations, prepare the nations against her, call together against her the kingdoms of Ararat, Minni, and Ashchenaz; appoint a captain against her; cause the horses to come up as the rough caterpillers.
Hebrew dictionary
אֲרָרַט ararat · Ararat
§ Ararat = "the curse reversed: precipitation of curse" a mountainous region of eastern Armenia, between the river Araxes and the lakes Van and Oroomiah, the site where Noah's ark came to rest
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.