Quick Definition
Rameses
Biblical Persons & Places
Strong's Definition
Rameses or Raamses, a place in Egypt
Derivation: or רַעַמְסֵס; of Egyptian origin;
KJV Usage: Raamses, Rameses.
Outline of Biblical Usage
STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon
רַֽעַמְסֵס (ra.me.ses) — Rameses.
§ Raamses or Rameses = "child of the sun" a city in lower Egypt built by Hebrew slaves; probably in Goshen
רַֽעַמְסֵס (ra.me.ses) — Raamses.
§ Raamses or Rameses = "child of the sun" a city in lower Egypt built by Hebrew slaves; probably in Goshen
UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew
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Names of Locations
Rameses = region and town; ◄ located in the north-eastern part of the Nile delta in Egypt; ► this is the region where Joseph settled his father and brothers and where the Israelite slaves were forced to build a city with the same name; starting point of exodus (ABD)
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Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon
רַֽעַמְסֵס n.pr.loc., = רַעְמְסֵס, Ramses, city in Egypt base