אֲרָם
ʼĂrâm · arawm'
Aram or Syria, and its inhabitants; also the name of the son of Shem, a grandson of Nahor, and of an Israelite
Lexicon
Derivation: from the same as H759 (אַרְמוֹן); the highland;
Aram or Syria, and its inhabitants; also the name of the son of Shem, a grandson of Nahor, and of an Israelite
- Aram or Syria, and its inhabitants
- also, the name of the son of Shem, a grandson of Nahor, and of an Israelite
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: Aram, Mesopotamia, Syria, Syrians.
Letters
- אAlef1
Picture: ox head
- Concrete
- ox · bull · cattle
- Extended
- strength · leader · first · the one in front
- רResh200
Picture: a human head
- Concrete
- head · face · person
- Extended
- first · top · beginning · chief · the highest
- מMem40
Picture: waves of water
- Concrete
- water · sea · blood · liquid
- Extended
- chaos · mighty and uncontrollable · the masses · from / out of
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
strength, the leader › the head, the highest › water, chaos, the mighty deep
Strength, the leader of the head, the highest of water, chaos, the mighty deep.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of אֲרָם above is the attested meaning; this pictographic reading is a tradition about how the sign-shapes may have been heard. Both can be held at once, they are answering different questions.
Usage
143 occurrences · 143 OT · 0 NT · 41 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- of syria50 · 39%
- of the syrians16 · 13%
- the syrians15 · 12%
- and the syrians9 · 7%
- syria5 · 4%
- and aram4 · 3%
- and when the syrians4 · 3%
- over syria3 · 2%
- of aram2 · 2%
- in syria2 · 2%
- if the syrians2 · 2%
- that the syrians2 · 2%
- but the syrians2 · 2%
- me from aram1 · 1%
- against the syrians1 · 1%
- them. so the syrians1 · 1%
- because the syrians1 · 1%
- between syria1 · 1%
- unto syria1 · 1%
- for thither the syrians1 · 1%
- you what the syrians1 · 1%
- which the syrians1 · 1%
- from syria1 · 1%
- to syria1 · 1%
- garrisons in syriadamascus1 · 1%
Where it is used, by book.
Inflected forms found in the text.
Counts are computed from the tagged Hebrew and Greek text aligned to the King James Version, not from an estimate.