Ararat
Ararat, the mountain range where Noah's ark came to rest after the flood.
The name Ararat means “the curse of trembling”
PlaceOld Testament4 books4 verses
Summary
A location first mentioned at Genesis 8:4; only referred to as Ararat (אֲרָרַט).
Location
- Identified as
- Urartu
- Certainty
- Widely agreed (100% of scholarship)
- Coordinates
- 39.703° N, 44.300° E
Events
Dates are approximate
- The Great Floodc. 2348 BC
- The flood subsidesc. 2347 BC
- Leaving the Arkc. 2347 BC
Glossary entries
Alternative names
- אֲרָרַטArarat
Mentions
- On the seventeenth day of the seventh month, the ark came to rest on the mountains of Ararat.
- One day, while he was worshiping in the temple of his god Nisroch, his sons Adrammelech and Sharezer put him to the sword and escaped to the land of Ararat. And his son Esar-haddon reigned in his place.
- One day, while he was worshiping in the temple of his god Nisroch, his sons Adrammelech and Sharezer put him to the sword and escaped to the land of Ararat. And his son Esar-haddon reigned in his place.
- “Raise a banner in the land! Blow the ram’s horn among the nations! Prepare the nations against her. Summon the kingdoms against her—Ararat, Minni, and Ashkenaz. Appoint a captain against her; bring up horses like swarming locusts.