אֲרַמִּי

a.ram.miAramean
hebrewOld TestamentName of a people group12 occurrences4 books11 verses
This word comes from the names of Aramitess, Paddan and Syria.

Definition

patrial from H758; an Aramite or Aramaean
Traditional renderings: Syrian, Aramitess.

Glossary entries

Syria, Syrians Paddan, Paddan-Aram Arameans Aram (Place)

Where it occurs

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Occurrences

12 total
  1. Genesis 25:20 (2×)הָֽאֲרַמִּ֔י · the Aramean; הָאֲרַמִּ֖י · the Aramean
    …and Isaac was forty years old when he married Rebekah, the daughter of Bethuel the Aramean from Paddan-aram and the sister of Laban the Aramean.
  2. Genesis 28:5הָֽאֲרַמִּ֔י · the Aramean
    So Isaac sent Jacob to Paddan-aram, to Laban son of Bethuel the Aramean, the brother of Rebekah, who was the mother of Jacob and Esau.
  3. Genesis 31:20הָאֲרַמִּ֑י · the Aramean
    Moreover, Jacob deceived Laban the Aramean by not telling him that he was running away.
  4. Genesis 31:24הָאֲרַמִּ֖י · the Aramean
    But that night God came to Laban the Aramean in a dream and warned him, “Be careful not to say anything to Jacob, either good or bad.”
  5. Deuteronomy 26:5אֲרַמִּי֙ · Aramean
    …and you are to declare before the LORD your God, “My father was a wandering Aramean, and he went down to Egypt few in number and lived there and became a great nation, mighty and numerous.
  6. 2 Kings 5:20הָֽאֲרַמִּי֙ · Aramean
    Gehazi, the servant of Elisha the man of God, said, “Look, my master has spared this Aramean, Naaman, by not accepting what he brought. As surely as the LORD lives, I will run after him and get something from him.”
  7. 2 Kings 8:28אֲרַמִּ֖ים · and the Arameans
    Then Ahaziah went with Joram son of Ahab to fight against Hazael king of Aram at Ramoth-gilead, and the Arameans wounded Joram.
  8. 2 Kings 8:29אֲרַמִּים֙ · the Arameans
    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.
  9. 2 Kings 9:15אֲרַמִּ֔ים · [at the hands] of the Arameans
    …but King Joram had returned to Jezreel to recover from the wounds he had suffered at the hands of the Arameans in the battle against Hazael their king.) So Jehu said, “If you commanders wish to make me king, then do not let anyone escape from the city to go and tell it in Jezreel.”
  10. 2 Kings 16:6וַאֲרַמִּים · the Edomites
    At that time Rezin king of Aram recovered Elath for Aram, drove out the men of Judah, and sent the Edomites into Elath, where they live to this day.
  11. 1 Chronicles 7:14הָֽאֲרַמִּיָּ֔ה · through his Aramean
    The descendants of Manasseh: Asriel through his Aramean concubine. She also gave birth to Machir the father of Gilead.