אֲרָם
Aram
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- Noun
- A naming word — a person, place, thing, or idea.
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- Proper
- A name of a specific person, place, or people (e.g. Abraham, Zion, Israel).
Every verse where H758 appears — 118 distinct verses across 13 books. Click any verse to open its interlinear word-by-word view. Verse text shown in the World English Bible for context — . Each verse’s Hebrew form is shown with its reference; the English is not keyword-highlighted, since the data carries no word-level English alignment. Use “Compare translations” on any verse to read it across multiple English versions. This concordance covers the Hebrew Bible; Septuagint (Greek Old Testament) occurrences are not indexed here.
Genesis 3 verses
Numbers 1 verse
Judges 2 verses
- Judges 3:10 אֲרָ֑ם n Proper The Spirit of Yahweh came on him, and he judged Israel; and he went out to war, and Yahweh delivered Cushan Rishathaim king of Mesopotamia into his hand: and his hand prevailed against Cushan Rishathaim.
- Judges 10:6 אֲרָם֩ n Proper The children of Israel again did that which was evil in the sight of Yahweh, and served the Baals, and the Ashtaroth, and the gods of Syria, and the gods of Sidon, and the gods of Moab, and the gods of the children of Ammon, and the gods of the Philistines; and they forsook Yahweh, and didn't serve him.
2 Samuel 16 verses
- 2 Samuel 8:5 אֲרַ֣ם בַּֽ/אֲרָ֔ם n Proper prep + n Proper When the Syrians of Damascus came to help Hadadezer king of Zobah, David struck of the Syrians two and twenty thousand men.
- 2 Samuel 8:6 בַּ/אֲרַ֣ם אֲרָם֙ prep + n Proper n Proper Then David put garrisons in Syria of Damascus; and the Syrians became servants to David, and brought tribute. Yahweh gave victory to David wherever he went.
- 2 Samuel 8:12 מֵ/אֲרָ֤ם prep + n Proper of Syria, and of Moab, and of the children of Ammon, and of the Philistines, and of Amalek, and of the spoil of Hadadezer, son of Rehob, king of Zobah.
- 2 Samuel 8:13 אֲרָ֖ם n Proper David got him a name when he returned from smiting the Syrians in the Valley of Salt, even eighteen thousand men.
- 2 Samuel 10:6 אֲרַ֨ם אֲרַ֣ם n Proper n Proper When the children of Ammon saw that they were become odious to David, the children of Ammon sent and hired the Syrians of Beth Rehob, and the Syrians of Zobah, twenty thousand footmen, and the king of Maacah with one thousand men, and the men of Tob twelve thousand men.
- 2 Samuel 10:8 וַ/אֲרַ֨ם conj + n Proper The children of Ammon came out, and put the battle in array at the entrance of the gate: and the Syrians of Zobah and of Rehob, and the men of Tob and Maacah, were by themselves in the field.
- 2 Samuel 10:9 אֲרָֽם n Proper Now when Joab saw that the battle was set against him before and behind, he chose of all the choice men of Israel, and put them in array against the Syrians:
- 2 Samuel 10:11 אֲרָם֙ n Proper He said, If the Syrians be too strong for me, then you shall help me; but if the children of Ammon be too strong for you, then I will come and help you.
- 2 Samuel 10:13 בַּֽ/אֲרָ֑ם prep + n Proper So Joab and the people who were with him drew near to the battle against the Syrians: and they fled before him.
- 2 Samuel 10:14 אֲרָ֔ם n Proper When the children of Ammon saw that the Syrians were fled, they likewise fled before Abishai, and entered into the city. Then Joab returned from the children of Ammon, and came to Jerusalem.
- 2 Samuel 10:15 אֲרָ֔ם n Proper When the Syrians saw that they were put to the worse before Israel, they gathered themselves together.
- 2 Samuel 10:16 אֲרָם֙ n Proper Hadarezer sent, and brought out the Syrians who were beyond the River: and they came to Helam, with Shobach the captain of the host of Hadarezer at their head.
- 2 Samuel 10:17 אֲרָם֙ n Proper It was told David; and he gathered all Israel together, and passed over the Jordan, and came to Helam. The Syrians set themselves in array against David, and fought with him.
- 2 Samuel 10:18 אֲרָם֮ מֵ/אֲרָ֗ם n Proper prep + n Proper The Syrians fled before Israel; and David killed of the Syrians [the men of] seven hundred chariots, and forty thousand horsemen, and struck Shobach the captain of their host, so that he died there.
- 2 Samuel 10:19 אֲרָ֔ם n Proper When all the kings who were servants to Hadarezer saw that they were put to the worse before Israel, they made peace with Israel, and served them. So the Syrians feared to help the children of Ammon any more.
- 2 Samuel 15:8 בַּ/אֲרָ֖ם prep + n Proper For your servant vowed a vow while I abode at Geshur in Syria, saying, If Yahweh shall indeed bring me again to Jerusalem, then I will serve Yahweh.
1 Kings 18 verses
- 1 Kings 10:29 אֲרָ֖ם n Proper A chariot came up and went out of Egypt for six hundred [shekels] of silver, and a horse for one hundred fifty; and so for all the kings of the Hittites, and for the kings of Syria, did they bring them out by their means.
- 1 Kings 11:25 אֲרָֽם n Proper He was an adversary to Israel all the days of Solomon, besides the mischief that Hadad [did]: and he abhorred Israel, and reigned over Syria.
- 1 Kings 15:18 אֲרָ֔ם n Proper Then Asa took all the silver and the gold that were left in the treasures of the house of Yahweh, and the treasures of the king's house, and delivered them into the hand of his servants; and king Asa sent them to Ben Hadad, the son of Tabrimmon, the son of Hezion, king of Syria, who lived at Damascus, saying,
- 1 Kings 19:15 אֲרָֽם n Proper Yahweh said to him, Go, return on your way to the wilderness of Damascus: and when you come, you shall anoint Hazael to be king over Syria;
- 1 Kings 20:1 אֲרָ֗ם n Proper Ben Hadad the king of Syria gathered all his host together; and there were thirty-two kings with him, and horses and chariots: and he went up and besieged Samaria, and fought against it.
- 1 Kings 20:20 אֲרָ֔ם אֲרָ֔ם n Proper n Proper They killed everyone his man; and the Syrians fled, and Israel pursued them: and Ben Hadad the king of Syria escaped on a horse with horsemen.
- 1 Kings 20:21 בַ/אֲרָ֖ם prep + n Proper The king of Israel went out, and struck the horses and chariots, and killed the Syrians with a great slaughter.
- 1 Kings 20:22 אֲרָ֖ם n Proper The prophet came near to the king of Israel, and said to him, Go, strengthen yourself, and mark, and see what you do; for at the return of the year the king of Syria will come up against you.
- 1 Kings 20:23 אֲרָ֜ם n Proper The servants of the king of Syria said to him, Their god is a god of the hills; therefore they were stronger than we: but let us fight against them in the plain, and surely we shall be stronger than they.
- 1 Kings 20:26 אֲרָ֑ם n Proper It happened at the return of the year, that Ben Hadad mustered the Syrians, and went up to Aphek, to fight against Israel.
- 1 Kings 20:27 וַ/אֲרָ֖ם conj + n Proper The children of Israel were mustered, and were provisioned, and went against them: and the children of Israel encamped before them like two little flocks of kids; but the Syrians filled the country.
- 1 Kings 20:28 אֲרָם֙ n Proper A man of God came near and spoke to the king of Israel, and said, Thus says Yahweh, Because the Syrians have said, Yahweh is a god of the hills, but he is not a god of the valleys; therefore will I deliver all this great multitude into your hand, and you shall know that I am Yahweh.
- 1 Kings 20:29 אֲרָ֛ם n Proper They encamped one over against the other seven days. So it was, that in the seventh day the battle was joined; and the children of Israel killed of the Syrians one hundred thousand footmen in one day.
- 1 Kings 22:1 אֲרָ֖ם n Proper They continued three years without war between Syria and Israel.
- 1 Kings 22:3 אֲרָֽם n Proper The king of Israel said to his servants, "You know that Ramoth-gilead is ours, and we are still, and don't take it out of the hand of the king of Syria?"
- 1 Kings 22:11 אֲרָ֖ם n Proper Zedekiah the son of Chenaanah made him horns of iron, and said, Thus says Yahweh, With these shall you push the Syrians, until they be consumed.
- 1 Kings 22:31 אֲרָ֡ם n Proper Now the king of Syria had commanded the thirty-two captains of his chariots, saying, Fight neither with small nor great, save only with the king of Israel.
- 1 Kings 22:35 אֲרָ֑ם n Proper The battle increased that day: and the king was stayed up in his chariot against the Syrians, and died at even; and the blood ran out of the wound into the bottom of the chariot.
2 Kings 38 verses
- 2 Kings 5:1 אֲרָ֜ם לַ/אֲרָ֑ם n Proper prep + n Proper Now Naaman, captain of the host of the king of Syria, was a great man with his master, and honorable, because by him Yahweh had given victory to Syria: he was also a mighty man of valor, [but he was] a leper.
- 2 Kings 5:2 וַ/אֲרָם֙ conj + n Proper The Syrians had gone out in bands, and had brought away captive out of the land of Israel a little maiden; and she waited on Naaman's wife.
- 2 Kings 5:5 אֲרָם֙ n Proper The king of Syria said, Go now, and I will send a letter to the king of Israel. He departed, and took with him ten talents of silver, and six thousand [pieces] of gold, and ten changes of clothing.
- 2 Kings 6:8 אֲרָ֔ם n Proper Now the king of Syria was warring against Israel; and he took counsel with his servants, saying, In such and such a place shall be my camp.
- 2 Kings 6:9 אֲרָ֥ם n Proper The man of God sent to the king of Israel, saying, Beware that you not pass such a place; for there the Syrians are coming down.
- 2 Kings 6:11 אֲרָ֔ם n Proper The heart of the king of Syria was sore troubled for this thing; and he called his servants, and said to them, Won't you show me which of us is for the king of Israel?
- 2 Kings 6:23 אֲרָ֔ם n Proper He prepared great provision for them; and when they had eaten and drunk, he sent them away, and they went to their master. The bands of Syria came no more into the land of Israel.
- 2 Kings 6:24 אֲרָ֖ם n Proper It happened after this, that Benhadad king of Syria gathered all his host, and went up, and besieged Samaria.
- 2 Kings 7:4 אֲרָ֔ם n Proper If we say, We will enter into the city, then the famine is in the city, and we shall die there; and if we sit still here, we die also. Now therefore come, and let us fall to the host of the Syrians: if they save us alive, we shall live; and if they kill us, we shall but die.
- 2 Kings 7:5 אֲרָ֑ם אֲרָ֔ם n Proper n Proper They rose up in the twilight, to go to the camp of the Syrians; and when they were come to the outermost part of the camp of the Syrians, behold, there was no man there.
- 2 Kings 7:6 אֲרָ֗ם n Proper For the Lord had made the host of the Syrians to hear a noise of chariots, and a noise of horses, even the noise of a great host: and they said one to another, Behold, the king of Israel has hired against us the kings of the Hittites, and the kings of the Egyptians, to come on us.
- 2 Kings 7:10 אֲרָ֔ם n Proper So they came and called to the porter of the city; and they told them, saying, We came to the camp of the Syrians, and, behold, there was no man there, neither voice of man, but the horses tied, and the donkeys tied, and the tents as they were.
- 2 Kings 7:12 אֲרָ֑ם n Proper The king arose in the night, and said to his servants, I will now show you what the Syrians have done to us. They know that we are hungry; therefore are they gone out of the camp to hide themselves in the field, saying, When they come out of the city, we shall take them alive, and get into the city.
- 2 Kings 7:14 אֲרָ֛ם n Proper They took therefore two chariots with horses; and the king sent after the host of the Syrians, saying, Go and see.
- 2 Kings 7:15 אֲרָ֖ם n Proper They went after them to the Jordan: and, behold, all the way was full of garments and vessels, which the Syrians had cast away in their haste. The messengers returned, and told the king.
- 2 Kings 7:16 אֲרָ֑ם n Proper The people went out, and plundered the camp of the Syrians. So a measure of fine flour was [sold] for a shekel, and two measures of barley for a shekel, according to the word of Yahweh.
- 2 Kings 8:7 אֲרָ֖ם n Proper Elisha came to Damascus; and Benhadad the king of Syria was sick; and it was told him, saying, The man of God is come here.
- 2 Kings 8:9 אֲרָם֙ n Proper So Hazael went to meet him, and took a present with him, even of every good thing of Damascus, forty camels' burden, and came and stood before him, and said, Your son Benhadad king of Syria has sent me to you, saying, Shall I recover of this sickness?
- 2 Kings 8:13 אֲרָֽם n Proper Hazael said, But what is your servant, who is but a dog, that he should do this great thing? Elisha answered, Yahweh has shown me that you shall be king over Syria.
- 2 Kings 8:28 אֲרָ֖ם n Proper He went with Joram the son of Ahab to war against Hazael king of Syria at Ramoth-gilead: and the Syrians wounded Joram.
- 2 Kings 8:29 אֲרָ֑ם n Proper King Joram returned to be healed in Jezreel of the wounds which the Syrians had given him at Ramah, when he fought against Hazael king of Syria. Ahaziah the son of Jehoram king of Judah went down to see Joram the son of Ahab in Jezreel, because he was sick.
- 2 Kings 9:14 אֲרָֽם n Proper So Jehu the son of Jehoshaphat the son of Nimshi conspired against Joram. (Now Joram was keeping Ramoth-gilead, he and all Israel, because of Hazael king of Syria;
- 2 Kings 9:15 אֲרָ֑ם n Proper but king Joram was returned to be healed in Jezreel of the wounds which the Syrians had given him, when he fought with Hazael king of Syria.) Jehu said, If this be your mind, then let none escape and go forth out of the city, to go to tell it in Jezreel.
- 2 Kings 12:17 אֲרָ֔ם n Proper Then Hazael king of Syria went up, and fought against Gath, and took it; and Hazael set his face to go up to Jerusalem.
- 2 Kings 12:18 אֲרָ֔ם n Proper Jehoash king of Judah took all the holy things that Jehoshaphat and Jehoram and Ahaziah, his fathers, kings of Judah, had dedicated, and his own holy things, and all the gold that was found in the treasures of the house of Yahweh, and of the king's house, and sent it to Hazael king of Syria: and he went away from Jerusalem.
- 2 Kings 13:3 אֲרָ֗ם n Proper The anger of Yahweh was kindled against Israel, and he delivered them into the hand of Hazael king of Syria, and into the hand of Benhadad the son of Hazael, continually.
- 2 Kings 13:4 אֲרָֽם n Proper Jehoahaz begged Yahweh, and Yahweh listened to him; for he saw the oppression of Israel, how that the king of Syria oppressed them.
- 2 Kings 13:5 אֲרָ֑ם n Proper (Yahweh gave Israel a savior, so that they went out from under the hand of the Syrians; and the children of Israel lived in their tents as before.
- 2 Kings 13:7 אֲרָ֔ם n Proper For he didn't leave to Jehoahaz of the people save fifty horsemen, and ten chariots, and ten thousand footmen; for the king of Syria destroyed them, and made them like the dust in threshing.
- 2 Kings 13:17 בַֽ/אֲרָ֔ם אֲרָ֛ם prep + n Proper n Proper He said, Open the window eastward; and he opened it. Then Elisha said, Shoot; and he shot. He said, Yahweh's arrow of victory, even the arrow of victory over Syria; for you shall strike the Syrians in Aphek, until you have consumed them.
- 2 Kings 13:19 אֲרָ֖ם אֲרָֽם n Proper n Proper The man of God was angry with him, and said, You should have struck five or six times: then had you struck Syria until you had consumed it, whereas now you shall strike Syria but thrice.
- 2 Kings 13:22 אֲרָ֔ם n Proper Hazael king of Syria oppressed Israel all the days of Jehoahaz.
- 2 Kings 13:24 אֲרָ֑ם n Proper Hazael king of Syria died; and Benhadad his son reigned in his place.
- 2 Kings 15:37 אֲרָ֑ם n Proper In those days Yahweh began to send against Judah Rezin the king of Syria, and Pekah the son of Remaliah.
- 2 Kings 16:5 אֲ֠רָם n Proper Then Rezin king of Syria and Pekah son of Remaliah king of Israel came up to Jerusalem to war: and they besieged Ahaz, but could not overcome him.
- 2 Kings 16:6 אֲרָ֤ם לַֽ/אֲרָ֔ם n Proper prep + n Proper At that time Rezin king of Syria recovered Elath to Syria, and drove the Jews from Elath; and the Syrians came to Elath, and lived there, to this day.
- 2 Kings 16:7 אֲרָ֗ם n Proper So Ahaz sent messengers to Tiglath Pileser king of Assyria, saying, I am your servant and your son: come up, and save me out of the hand of the king of Syria, and out of the hand of the king of Israel, who rise up against me.
- 2 Kings 24:2 אֲרָ֜ם n Proper Yahweh sent against him bands of the Chaldeans, and bands of the Syrians, and bands of the Moabites, and bands of the children of Ammon, and sent them against Judah to destroy it, according to the word of Yahweh, which he spoke by his servants the prophets.
1 Chronicles 14 verses
- 1 Chronicles 1:17 וַ/אֲרָ֑ם conj + n Proper The sons of Shem: Elam, and Asshur, and Arpachshad, and Lud, and Aram, and Uz, and Hul, and Gether, and Meshech.
- 1 Chronicles 2:23 וַ֠/אֲרָם conj + n Proper Geshur and Aram took the towns of Jair from them, with Kenath, and the villages of it, even sixty cities. All these were the sons of Machir the father of Gilead.
- 1 Chronicles 7:34 וַ/אֲרָֽם conj + n Proper The sons of Shemer: Ahi, and Rohgah, Jehubbah, and Aram.
- 1 Chronicles 18:5 אֲרַ֣ם בַּ/אֲרָ֔ם n Proper prep + n Proper When the Syrians of Damascus came to help Hadarezer king of Zobah, David struck of the Syrians twenty-two thousand men.
- 1 Chronicles 18:6 בַּ/אֲרַ֣ם אֲרָם֙ prep + n Proper n Proper Then David put [garrisons] in Syria of Damascus; and the Syrians became servants to David, and brought tribute. Yahweh gave victory to David wherever he went.
- 1 Chronicles 19:6 אֲרַ֤ם n Proper When the children of Ammon saw that they had made themselves odious to David, Hanun and the children of Ammon sent one thousand talents of silver to hire them chariots and horsemen out of Mesopotamia, and out of Arammaacah, and out of Zobah.
- 1 Chronicles 19:10 אֲרָֽם n Proper Now when Joab saw that the battle was set against him before and behind, he chose of all the choice men of Israel, and put them in array against the Syrians.
- 1 Chronicles 19:12 אֲרָ֔ם n Proper He said, If the Syrians be too strong for me, then you shall help me; but if the children of Ammon be too strong for you, then I will help you.
- 1 Chronicles 19:14 אֲרָ֖ם n Proper So Joab and the people who were with him drew near before the Syrians to the battle; and they fled before him.
- 1 Chronicles 19:15 אֲרָ֔ם n Proper When the children of Ammon saw that the Syrians were fled, they likewise fled before Abishai his brother, and entered into the city. Then Joab came to Jerusalem.
- 1 Chronicles 19:16 אֲרָ֗ם אֲרָ֔ם n Proper n Proper When the Syrians saw that they were put to the worse before Israel, they sent messengers, and drew forth the Syrians who were beyond the River, with Shophach the captain of the host of Hadarezer at their head.
- 1 Chronicles 19:17 אֲרָם֙ n Proper It was told David; and he gathered all Israel together, and passed over the Jordan, and came on them, and set the battle in array against them. So when David had put the battle in array against the Syrians, they fought with him.
- 1 Chronicles 19:18 אֲרָם֮ מֵ/אֲרָ֗ם n Proper prep + n Proper The Syrians fled before Israel; and David killed of the Syrians [the men of] seven thousand chariots, and forty thousand footmen, and killed Shophach the captain of the host.
- 1 Chronicles 19:19 אֲרָ֔ם n Proper When the servants of Hadarezer saw that they were put to the worse before Israel, they made peace with David, and served him: neither would the Syrians help the children of Ammon any more.
2 Chronicles 13 verses
- 2 Chronicles 1:17 אֲרָ֖ם n Proper They brought up and brought out of Egypt a chariot for six hundred pieces of silver, and a horse for one hundred fifty: and so for all the kings of the Hittites, and the kings of Syria, did they bring them out by their means.
- 2 Chronicles 16:2 אֲרָ֔ם n Proper Then Asa brought out silver and gold out of the treasures of the house of Yahweh and of the king's house, and sent to Ben Hadad king of Syria, who lived at Damascus, saying,
- 2 Chronicles 16:7 אֲרָם֙ אֲרָ֖ם n Proper n Proper At that time Hanani the seer came to Asa king of Judah, and said to him, Because you have relied on the king of Syria, and have not relied on Yahweh your God, therefore is the host of the king of Syria escaped out of your hand.
- 2 Chronicles 18:10 אֲרָ֖ם n Proper Zedekiah the son of Chenaanah made him horns of iron, and said, Thus says Yahweh, With these shall you push the Syrians, until they be consumed.
- 2 Chronicles 18:30 אֲרָ֡ם n Proper Now the king of Syria had commanded the captains of his chariots, saying, Fight neither with small nor great, save only with the king of Israel.
- 2 Chronicles 18:34 אֲרָ֖ם n Proper The battle increased that day: however the king of Israel stayed himself up in his chariot against the Syrians until the even; and about the time of the going down of the sun he died.
- 2 Chronicles 20:2 מֵ/אֲרָ֑ם prep + n Proper Then there came some who told Jehoshaphat, saying, There comes a great multitude against you from beyond the sea from Syria; and, behold, they are in Hazazon Tamar (the same is En Gedi).
- 2 Chronicles 22:5 אֲרָ֖ם n Proper He walked also after their counsel, and went with Jehoram the son of Ahab king of Israel to war against Hazael king of Syria at Ramoth-gilead: and the Syrians wounded Joram.
- 2 Chronicles 22:6 אֲרָ֑ם n Proper He returned to be healed in Jezreel of the wounds which they had given him at Ramah, when he fought against Hazael king of Syria. Azariah the son of Jehoram king of Judah went down to see Jehoram the son of Ahab in Jezreel, because he was sick.
- 2 Chronicles 24:23 אֲרָם֒ n Proper It happened at the end of the year, that the army of the Syrians came up against him: and they came to Judah and Jerusalem, and destroyed all the princes of the people from among the people, and sent all the spoil of them to the king of Damascus.
- 2 Chronicles 24:24 אֲרָ֗ם n Proper For the army of the Syrians came with a small company of men; and Yahweh delivered a very great host into their hand, because they had forsaken Yahweh, the God of their fathers. So they executed judgment on Joash.
- 2 Chronicles 28:5 אֲרָם֒ n Proper Therefore Yahweh his God delivered him into the hand of the king of Syria; and they struck him, and carried away of his a great multitude of captives, and brought them to Damascus. He was also delivered into the hand of the king of Israel, who struck him with a great slaughter.
- 2 Chronicles 28:23 אֲרָם֙ n Proper For he sacrificed to the gods of Damascus, which struck him; and he said, Because the gods of the kings of Syria helped them, [therefore] will I sacrifice to them, that they may help me. But they were the ruin of him, and of all Israel.
Isaiah 7 verses
- Isaiah 7:1 אֲ֠רָם n Proper It happened in the days of Ahaz the son of Jotham, the son of Uzziah, king of Judah, that Rezin the king of Syria, and Pekah the son of Remaliah, king of Israel, went up to Jerusalem to war against it, but could not prevail against it.
- Isaiah 7:2 אֲרָ֖ם n Proper It was told the house of David, saying, "Syria is allied with Ephraim." His heart trembled, and the heart of his people, as the trees of the forest tremble with the wind.
- Isaiah 7:4 וַ/אֲרָ֖ם conj + n Proper Tell him, 'Be careful, and keep calm. Don't be afraid, neither let your heart be faint because of these two tails of smoking firebrands, for the fierce anger of Rezin and Syria, and of the son of Remaliah.
- Isaiah 7:5 אֲרָ֖ם n Proper Because Syria, Ephraim, and the son of Remaliah, have plotted evil against you, saying,
- Isaiah 7:8 אֲרָם֙ n Proper For the head of Syria is Damascus, and the head of Damascus is Rezin; and within sixty-five years Ephraim shall be broken in pieces, so that it shall not be a people;
- Isaiah 9:12 אֲרָ֣ם n Proper the Syrians before, and the Philistines behind; and they shall devour Israel with open mouth. For all this his anger is not turned away, but his hand is stretched out still.
- Isaiah 17:3 אֲרָ֑ם n Proper The fortress shall cease from Ephraim, and the kingdom from Damascus, and the remnant of Syria; they shall be as the glory of the children of Israel, says Yahweh of Hosts.
Jeremiah 1 verse
Ezekiel 2 verses
- Ezekiel 16:57 אֲרָ֔ם n Proper before your wickedness was uncovered, as at the time of the reproach of the daughters of Syria, and of all who are round about her, the daughters of the Philistines, who do despite to you round about.
- Ezekiel 27:16 אֲרָ֥ם n Proper Syria was your merchant by reason of the multitude of your handiworks: they traded for your wares with emeralds, purple, and embroidered work, and fine linen, and coral, and rubies.
Hosea 1 verse
Amos 2 verses
- Amos 1:5 אֲרָ֛ם n Proper I will break the bar of Damascus, And cut off the inhabitant from the valley of Aven, And him who holds the scepter from the house of Eden; And the people of Syria shall go into captivity to Kir," says Yahweh.
- Amos 9:7 וַ/אֲרָ֥ם conj + n Proper Are you not like the children of the Ethiopians to me, children of Israel?" says Yahweh. "Haven't I brought up Israel out of the land of Egypt, and the Philistines from Caphtor, and the Syrians from Kir?
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“Aram” is the headline sense of the Hebrew name ארם (ʼĂrâm). Scripture first uses it in Genesis 10:22. With 118 verses in 13 books, it is a common word in the Hebrew Bible. It concentrates in 2 Kings, which alone accounts for 32% of its uses. The sections below give every occurrence and version rendering.
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About this word
Strong's H758 catalogs a Hebrew word from the Hebrew Old Testament.
These counts are not copied from any lexicon or concordance. They are computed here, from the morphology-tagged Hebrew Old Testament. What Lemma adds →
- 118
- distinct verses
- The word appears in 118 distinct verses.
- 13 / 39
- OT books
- The word appears in 13 of 39 Old Testament books.
- #339
- by frequency
- Top 500 most frequent Hebrew words (rank 339 of 8,640 Hebrew words by occurrence).
View all 118 occurrences in the concordance →
By section of the Old Testament
By traditional corpus
Conventional, traditional groupings — biblical authorship is debated, so this is a traditional corpus grouping, not an authorship claim. Each share is this word’s portion of its verses in that division of the Hebrew canon. Each figure is a share of the word’s 118 distinct verses.
- Prophets (Nevi'im) 87 verses · 74%
- Writings (Ketuvim) 27 verses · 23%
- Torah (Pentateuch) 4 verses · 3%
How translations render this word
Counts come from each version’s own published word-to-Strong’s tagging or interlinear alignment — an approximate guide to how each version renders this word, not a word-level alignment the data otherwise carries. Because each total is that version’s own tagged count, the per-version totals vary from one another and need not match the appearance or distinct-verse counts above. These counts may also differ from a printed concordance because Lemma counts each distinctly tagged rendering and does not collapse phrase taggings into a single head-word total. This is a fixed set of word-tagged versions (KJV, ASV, BSB, ULT) and does not change with the reading translation you choose elsewhere. Each version’s license is shown beside its name below (and on Sources).
- King James Version: Syria 62×, Syrians 53×, Aram 7×
- American Standard Version: Syria 57×, Syrians 51×, Aram 8×
- Berean Standard Bible: Aram 68×, Arameans 43×, Paddan-aram 10×
- unfoldingWord Literal Text: Aram 120×, Aram of 5×, Against aram 2×
King James Version Public Domain
Renders H758 across 132 tagged occurrences — most commonly:
Plus 7 renderings that appear only once — usually multi-word phrases or single function words the recovered tagging swept in, not distinct renderings.
American Standard Version Public Domain
Renders H758 across 130 tagged occurrences — most commonly:
Plus 10 renderings that appear only once — usually multi-word phrases or single function words the recovered tagging swept in, not distinct renderings.
Berean Standard Bible Public Domain
Renders H758 across 136 tagged occurrences — most commonly:
Plus 6 renderings that appear only once — usually multi-word phrases or single function words the recovered tagging swept in, not distinct renderings. Not rendered by a distinct English word in 7 further occurrences.
unfoldingWord Literal Text CC BY-SA 4.0
Renders H758 across 133 tagged occurrences — most commonly:
Plus 4 renderings that appear only once — usually multi-word phrases or single function words the recovered tagging swept in, not distinct renderings.
7 senses and sub-senses in the full BDB
What do BDB’s symbols mean?
BDB uses these scholarly abbreviations:
| Symbol | Meaning |
|---|---|
| 𝔊 | the Septuagint (the ancient Greek translation, LXX) |
| 𝔙 | the Vulgate (the Latin translation) |
| 𝔖 | the Syriac version (the Peshitta) |
| 𝔗 | the Targum (the Aramaic translation) |
| ψ | the Psalms |
| √ | root (the underlying root or stem) |
| ‖ | parallel passage (a synonymous or contrasted parallel) |
| † | the dagger: every passage where the word occurs is cited |
The 7 senses and sub-senses the full Brown-Driver-Briggs lexicon distinguishes for this word, in lexicon order (not ranked by frequency), with BDB’s own verbatim wording and sub-sense lettering. Shown in Hebrew script with BDB’s own scholarly abbreviations. The condensed entry is in the Lexicon Entry tab. See also the Forms in the corpus table below.
- 1. 5th son of Shem Gn 10:22, 23; 1 Ch 1:17. e.g. Genesis 10:22
- 2. grandson of Nahor Gn 22:21. e.g. Genesis 22:21
- 3. 1 Ch 2:23. e.g. 1 Chronicles 2:23
- 4. a descendant of Asher 1 Ch 7:34.—Elsewhere only of Aramæan people & land (= 1 supr.), f. 2 S 8:5 m. 2 S 10:14. e.g. 1 Chronicles 7:34
- a. people, sg. coll. = the Aramæans, a leading branch of the Shemitic stock inhabiting Mesopotamia & northern Syria, in many tribes & settlements; 2 S 8:5(×2), 6 + 1 K 20:20, 21 + 1 Ch 19:10, 12 + (64 times S K Ch) Am 9:7 Is 7:2, 4, 5, 8; 9:11; 17:3 Je 35:11; so Ez 16:57; 27:16, but Co in both אדום; עַם אֲרָם Am 1:5; of particular divisions of Aramaic, א׳ בית רְחוֹב 2 S 10:6, א׳ צוֹבָא 2 S 10:6, 8 ψ 60:2 (title), א׳ דַּמֶּשֶׂק 2 S 8:5 cf. 1 Ch 18:5, even א׳ נַהֲרַיִם ψ 60:2 (title); (note that Assyrian never gives name Aramu to people W. of Euphrates, but Chatti instead, with other particular names, COT Gn 10:22, also Dl l.c.); on 2 S 8:12, 13 1 Ch 18:11 v. אֱדוֹם. e.g. 2 Samuel 8:5
- b. less often clearly of land, Aramaic Nu 23:7 2 S 15:8 + 2 Ch 20:2 (read however here אדום Thes Add al.), שְׂדֵה א׳ Ho 12:13; also of particular divisions of the territory א׳ נַהֲרַיִם ‘Mesopotamia,’ i.e. prob. land between Euphrates & Chaboras, so Di after Kiep, Gn 24:10; Dt 23:5; Ju 3:8 (cf. ψ 60:2 supr.); cf. פַּדַּן א׳ Paddan-Aram Gn 25:20; 31:18; 33:18; 35:9, 26; 46:15, פַּדֶּ֫נָה א׳ 28:2, 5, 6, 7 v. פדן; א׳ דַּמֶּשֶׂק 2 S 8:6 cf. 1 Ch 18:6. e.g. Numbers 23:7
- c. often indeterminate, especially in מֶלֶךְ א׳ etc., perhaps primarily land but often including people: so Ju 2:10; 10:6 (אֱלֹהֵי א׳) 1 K 10:29 + 2 Ch 1:17 + (41 times K & Ch) Is 7:1.—(Cf. especially NöSchenkel BL, ZMG 1871, 113; Hermes v. 3, 443 f. DlPa 257.) e.g. Judges 2:10
Senses from the full Brown-Driver-Briggs lexicon (Brown, Driver, Briggs; Oxford 1906 — public domain), digitized via Sefaria, supplemented by the OpenScriptures HebrewLexicon (CC BY 4.0). Full attribution on Sources.
Word origin
n.pr.m. Aram (Assyrian Aramu, etc., v. DlPa 257; Thes al. proposes √ארם = רום but cf. Nö as below)—
— Brown-Driver-Briggs (Oxford 1906, public domain), digitized via Sefaria, supplemented by the OpenScriptures HebrewLexicon (CC BY 4.0). See Sources.
Derived from ארמון (ʼarmôwn) (H759) — citadel.
Jastrow Dictionary
A second Hebrew/Aramaic lexicon for comparison, covering Aramaic and post-biblical (Talmudic, Targumic, Midrashic) usage that the biblical-Hebrew BDB does not. Matched by lemma rather than by Strong’s number, so a lemma may carry more than one Jastrow headword (shown separately below), and the entries cover usage well beyond the Bible.
אֲרָם
- (b. h.)
- 1. Aram, son of Shem., son of Shem. Targ. Gen. X, 22; a. e.
- 2. Aramaea, Syria. Targ. I Kings XX, 1; a. fr.
- 3. (a disguise for רוֹמָא) Rome, Roman empire (cmp. אֱדוֹם). Pes. 87ᵇ לקבל גזרות אכזריות א׳ ed. (read לסבול … של א׳; in Ms. M. 1 only לסבול גזיר׳, Ms. 2 … של רומיים; oth. var., v. Rabb. D. S. a. l. note; Gitt. 17ᵃ אֲרוֹמִיִּים) to endure the severe decrees of Rome.
A Dictionary of the Targumim, the Talmud Babli and Yerushalmi, and the Midrashic Literature (Marcus Jastrow; London, Luzac, 1903) — Public Domain. Digitized via Sefaria. Digitized via Sefaria. Full attribution on Sources.
Forms in the corpus
The 39 distinct written forms H758 takes in the Hebrew Bible, most frequent first — each parse links to that state’s occurrences in the concordance. Hebrew forms include their vowel points and cantillation, so a single lemma takes many written forms.
| Form | Parsing | Example | Uses |
|---|---|---|---|
| אֲרָ֔ם | Noun, Proper | Ezekiel 16:57 | 22 |
| אֲרָ֖ם | Noun, Proper | 1 Chronicles 19:14 | 18 |
| אֲרָ֑ם | Noun, Proper | Genesis 10:23 | 16 |
| אֲרָם֙ | Noun, Proper | 1 Chronicles 18:6 | 12 |
| אֲרָֽם | Noun, Proper | Genesis 22:21 | 10 |
| אֲרָ֗ם | Noun, Proper | 1 Chronicles 19:16 | 6 |
| אֲרָ֛ם | Noun, Proper | Amos 1:5 | 4 |
| אֲ֠רָם | Noun, Proper | 2 Kings 16:5 | 3 |
| אֲרַ֣ם | Noun, Proper | 1 Chronicles 18:5 | 3 |
| אֲרָ֜ם | Noun, Proper | 1 Kings 20:23 | 3 |
| אֲרָ֡ם | Noun, Proper | 1 Kings 22:31 | 2 |
| אֲרָ֥ם | Noun, Proper | Ezekiel 27:16 | 2 |
| אֲרָם֒ | Noun, Proper | 2 Chronicles 24:23 | 2 |
| אֲרָם֮ | Noun, Proper | 1 Chronicles 19:18 | 2 |
| בַּ/אֲרַ֣ם | Noun, Proper | 1 Chronicles 18:6 | 2 |
| וַ/אֲרָ֖ם | Noun, Proper | 1 Kings 20:27 | 2 |
| מֵ/אֲרָ֗ם | Noun, Proper | 1 Chronicles 19:18 | 2 |
| אֲרַ֤ם | Noun, Proper | 1 Chronicles 19:6 | 1 |
| אֲרַ֨ם | Noun, Proper | 2 Samuel 10:6 | 1 |
| אֲרָ֣ם | Noun, Proper | Isaiah 9:12 | 1 |
| אֲרָ֤ם | Noun, Proper | 2 Kings 16:6 | 1 |
| אֲרָם֩ | Noun, Proper | Judges 10:6 | 1 |
| בַ/אֲרָ֖ם | Noun, Proper | 1 Kings 20:21 | 1 |
| בַֽ/אֲרָ֔ם | Noun, Proper | 2 Kings 13:17 | 1 |
| בַּ/אֲרָ֔ם | Noun, Proper | 1 Chronicles 18:5 | 1 |
| בַּ/אֲרָ֖ם | Noun, Proper | 2 Samuel 15:8 | 1 |
| בַּֽ/אֲרָ֔ם | Noun, Proper | 2 Samuel 8:5 | 1 |
| בַּֽ/אֲרָ֑ם | Noun, Proper | 2 Samuel 10:13 | 1 |
| וַ/אֲרַ֨ם | Noun, Proper | 2 Samuel 10:8 | 1 |
| וַ/אֲרָ֑ם | Noun, Proper | 1 Chronicles 1:17 | 1 |
| וַ/אֲרָ֥ם | Noun, Proper | Amos 9:7 | 1 |
| וַ/אֲרָֽם | Noun, Proper | 1 Chronicles 7:34 | 1 |
| וַ/אֲרָם֙ | Noun, Proper | 2 Kings 5:2 | 1 |
| וַ֠/אֲרָם | Noun, Proper | 1 Chronicles 2:23 | 1 |
| וַֽ/אֲרָֽם | Noun, Proper | Genesis 10:22 | 1 |
| לַ/אֲרָ֑ם | Noun, Proper | 2 Kings 5:1 | 1 |
| לַֽ/אֲרָ֔ם | Noun, Proper | 2 Kings 16:6 | 1 |
| מֵ/אֲרָ֑ם | Noun, Proper | 2 Chronicles 20:2 | 1 |
| מֵ/אֲרָ֤ם | Noun, Proper | 2 Samuel 8:12 | 1 |
Same root — word family
Other BDB entries built from the same root as H758, grouped by Strong’s listed origin. These share a root / origin per the lexicon — not necessarily a shared meaning. Each links to that word’s own entry.
Derives from
Proper names from this root
People and places named from this root — a name, not an additional meaning of the word.
- ארמני ʼArmônîy H764 Armoni
- ארם צובה ʼĂram Tsôwbâh H760 Aram-zobah
- ארמי ʼĂrammîy H761 Syrian
- ארם נהרים ʼĂram Nahărayim H763 Aram-naharaim
Compare all same-root words → Showing 4 of 6 — not the complete family. 4 of the same-root words are proper names (people or places). They share a root, not necessarily a meaning.
Bible dictionary
Public-domain dictionary articles matched to this entry by name (Aram). A biblical name can be shared by more than one person or place, so an article may treat several.
Easton's Bible Dictionary · M. G. Easton, 1897
The son of Shem (Gen. 10:22); according to Gen. 22:21, a grandson of Nahor. In Matt. 1:3, 4, and Luke 3:33, this word is the Greek form of Ram, the father of Amminadab (1 Chr. 2:10).
The word means high, or highlands, and as the name of a country denotes that elevated region extending from the northeast of Palestine to the Euphrates. It corresponded generally with the Syria and Mesopotamia of the Greeks and Romans. In Gen. 25:20; 31:20, 24; Deut. 26:5, the word "Syrian" is properly "Aramean" (R.V., marg.). Damascus became at length the capital of the several smaller kingdoms comprehended under the designation "Aram" or "Syria."
Smith's Bible Dictionary · William Smith, 1863
(high).
+ The name by which the Hebrews designated, generally, the country lying to the northeast of Palestine; the great mass of that high tableland which, rising with sudden abruptness from the Jordan and the very margin of the Lake of Gennesaret, stretched at an elevation of no less than 2000 feet above the level of the sea, to the banks of the Euphrates itself. Throughout the Authorized Version the word is, with only a very few exceptions, rendered, as in the Vulgate and LXX., Syria. Its earliest occurrence in the book of Genesis is in the form of Aram-naharaim, i.e. the "highland of or between the two rivers." (Genesis 24:10) Authorized Version "Mesopotamia." In the later history we meet with a number of small nations or kingdoms forming parts of the general land of Aram; but as Damascus increased in importance it gradually absorbed the smaller powers, (1 Kings 20:1) and the name of Aram was at last applied to it alone. (Isaiah 7:8) also 1Kin 11:24,25; 15:18 etc. + Another Aram is named in (Genesis 22:21) as a son of Kemuel and descendant of Nahor. + An Asherite, one of the sons of Shamer. (1 Chronicles 7:34) + Son of Esrom or Hezron, and the Greek form of the Hebrew Ram. (Matthew 1:3,4; Luke 3:33)
Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary · Roswell D. Hitchcock, 1869
highness, magnificence, one that deceives; curse
Classic public-domain reference works; full attribution on Sources.
Septuagint verse parallels
This word appears in 118 verses that also exist in the Greek Old Testament (Septuagint), out of the 118 Hebrew verses it occurs in. You can read those verses in Greek by switching the Old Testament edition to the Septuagint.
Read these verses in the Septuagint
- Genesis 10:22
- Numbers 23:7
- Judges 3:10
- 2 Samuel 8:5
- 1 Kings 10:29
- 2 Kings 5:1
- 1 Chronicles 1:17
- 2 Chronicles 1:17
- Isaiah 7:1
- Jeremiah 35:11
- Ezekiel 16:57
- Hosea 12:12
This is a verse-level parallel only — the same verses exist in both the Hebrew and Greek Old Testaments. No word-level Hebrew↔Greek correspondence is claimed: the data carries no such alignment, so no Greek word is shown as this Hebrew word’s translation. Coverage is not total — the Septuagint omits the deuterocanon and renumbers the Psalms, so some Hebrew verses have no direct Greek parallel.
