רָמָה

ra.mahRamah
hebrewOld TestamentName of a place36 occurrences11 books34 verses
This name belongs to 5 different places in the Bible:
  • Mizpah: A city in Benjamin; a place of gathering and judgment
  • Ramah: A town in Benjamin, near Gibeah and Jerusalem
  • Ramah: A town on the border of Asher and Tyre
  • Ramah: A fortified city in the territory of Naphtali
  • Ramoth: City of refuge east of the Jordan

Definition

the same as H7413; Ramah, the name of four places in Palestine
Traditional renderings: Ramah.

Glossary entries

Ramoth-Gilead Ramah Mizpah Arimathea Galeed Mizpeh

Where it occurs

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Occurrences

36 total
  1. Joshua 18:25וְהָֽרָמָ֖ה · Ramah
    Gibeon, Ramah, Beeroth,
  2. Joshua 19:8רָ֣אמַת · Ramah
    …and all the villages surrounding these cities as far as Baalath-beer (Ramah of the Negev). This was the inheritance of the clans of the tribe of Simeon.
  3. Joshua 19:29הָֽרָמָ֔ה · toward Ramah
    The border then turned back toward Ramah as far as the fortified city of Tyre, turned toward Hosah, and came out at the Sea in the region of Achzib,
  4. Joshua 19:36וְהָרָמָ֖ה · Ramah
    Adamah, Ramah, Hazor,
  5. Judges 4:5הָרָמָ֛ה · Ramah
    And she would sit under the Palm of Deborah between Ramah and Bethel in the hill country of Ephraim, where the Israelites would go up to her for judgment.
  6. Judges 19:13בָרָמָֽה׃ · Ramah
    He continued, “Come, let us try to reach one of these towns to spend the night in Gibeah or Ramah.”
  7. 1 Samuel 1:19הָרָמָ֑תָה · to Ramah
    The next morning they got up early to bow in worship before the LORD, and then they returned home to Ramah. And Elkanah had relations with his wife Hannah, and the LORD remembered her.
  8. 1 Samuel 2:11הָרָמָ֖תָה · to Ramah
    Then Elkanah went home to Ramah, but the boy began ministering to the LORD before Eli the priest.
  9. 1 Samuel 7:17הָרָמָ֙תָה֙ · to Ramah
    Then he would return to Ramah because his home was there, and there he judged Israel and built an altar to the LORD.
  10. 1 Samuel 8:4הָרָמָֽתָה׃ · at Ramah
    So all the elders of Israel gathered together and came to Samuel at Ramah.
  11. 1 Samuel 15:34הָרָמָ֑תָה · to Ramah
    Then Samuel went to Ramah, but Saul went up to his home in Gibeah of Saul.
  12. 1 Samuel 16:13הָרָמָֽתָה׃ס · to Ramah
    So Samuel took the horn of oil and anointed him in the presence of his brothers, and the Spirit of the LORD rushed upon David from that day forward. Then Samuel set out and went to Ramah.
  13. 1 Samuel 19:18הָרָמָ֔תָה · at Ramah
    So David ran away and escaped. And he went to Samuel at Ramah and told him all that Saul had done to him. Then he and Samuel went to Naioth and stayed there.
  14. 1 Samuel 19:19בָּרָמָֽה׃ · in Ramah
    When Saul was told that David was at Naioth in Ramah,
  15. 1 Samuel 19:22 (2×)הָרָמָ֗תָה · Ramah; בָּרָמָֽה׃ · in Ramah
    Finally, Saul himself left for Ramah and came to the large cistern at Secu, where he asked, “Where are Samuel and David?” “At Naioth in Ramah,” he was told.
  16. 1 Samuel 19:23 (2×)בָּרָמָ֑ה · in Ramah; בָּרָמָֽה׃ · in Ramah
    So Saul went to Naioth in Ramah. But the Spirit of God came upon even Saul, and he walked along prophesying until he came to Naioth in Ramah.
  17. 1 Samuel 20:1בָּרָמָ֑ה · in Ramah
    Then David fled from Naioth in Ramah. He came to Jonathan and asked, “What have I done? What is my iniquity? How have I sinned against your father, that he wants to take my life?”
  18. 1 Samuel 25:1בָּרָמָ֑ה · in Ramah
    When Samuel died, all Israel gathered to mourn for him; and they buried him at his home in Ramah. Then David set out and went down to the Wilderness of Paran.
  19. 1 Samuel 28:3בָרָמָ֖ה · in Ramah
    Now by this time Samuel had died, and all Israel had mourned for him and buried him in Ramah, his own city. And Saul had removed the mediums and spiritists from the land.
  20. 1 Kings 15:17הָרָמָ֑ה · Ramah
    Baasha king of Israel went to war against Judah and fortified Ramah to prevent anyone from leaving or entering the territory of Asa king of Judah.
  21. 1 Kings 15:21הָֽרָמָ֑ה · Ramah
    When Baasha learned of this, he stopped fortifying Ramah and withdrew to Tirzah.
  22. 1 Kings 15:22הָֽרָמָה֙ · of Ramah
    Then King Asa summoned all the men of Judah, with no exceptions, and they carried away the stones of Ramah and the timbers Baasha had used for building. And with these materials King Asa built up Geba of Benjamin, as well as Mizpah.
  23. 2 Kings 8:29בָּֽרָמָ֔ה · at Ramah
    So King Joram returned to Jezreel to recover from the wounds that the Arameans had inflicted on him at Ramah when he fought against Hazael king of Aram. Then Ahaziah son of Jehoram king of Judah went down to Jezreel to visit Joram son of Ahab, because Joram had been wounded.
  24. 2 Chronicles 16:1הָרָמָ֑ה · Ramah
    In the thirty-sixth year of Asa’s reign, Baasha king of Israel went up against Judah and fortified Ramah to prevent anyone from leaving or entering the territory of Asa king of Judah.
  25. 2 Chronicles 16:5הָרָמָ֑ה · Ramah
    When Baasha learned of this, he stopped fortifying Ramah and abandoned his work.
  26. 2 Chronicles 16:6הָֽרָמָה֙ · of Ramah
    Then King Asa brought all the men of Judah, and they carried away the stones of Ramah and the timbers Baasha had used for building. And with these materials he built up Geba and Mizpah.
  27. 2 Chronicles 22:6בָֽרָמָ֔ה · at Ramah
    So he returned to Jezreel to recover from the wounds they had inflicted on him at Ramah when he fought against Hazael king of Aram. Then Ahaziah son of Jehoram king of Judah went down to Jezreel to visit Joram son of Ahab, because Joram had been wounded.
  28. Ezra 2:26הָרָמָה֙ · of Ramah
    …the men of Ramah and Geba, 621;
  29. Nehemiah 7:30הָֽרָמָה֙ · of Ramah
    …the men of Ramah and Geba, 621;
  30. Nehemiah 11:33רָמָ֖ה · Ramah
    Hazor, Ramah, Gittaim,
  31. Isaiah 10:29הָֽרָמָ֔ה · Ramah
    They have crossed at the ford: “We will spend the night at Geba.” Ramah trembles; Gibeah of Saul flees.
  32. Jeremiah 31:15בְּרָמָ֤ה · in Ramah
    This is what the LORD says: “A voice is heard in Ramah, mourning and great weeping, Rachel weeping for her children and refusing to be comforted, because they are no more.”
  33. Jeremiah 40:1הָֽרָמָ֑ה · Ramah
    This is the word that came to Jeremiah from the LORD after Nebuzaradan captain of the guard had released him at Ramah, having found him bound in chains among all the captives of Jerusalem and Judah who were being exiled to Babylon.
  34. Hosea 5:8בָּרָמָ֑ה · in Ramah
    Blow the ram’s horn in Gibeah, the trumpet in Ramah; raise the battle cry in Beth-aven: Lead on, O Benjamin!