H761 - אֲרַמִּי (ʼĂrammîy)

H761 אֲרַמִּי (ʼĂrammîy) ar-am-mee'

Hebrew

Noun (Feminine)

Quick Definition

Aramean

Biblical Persons & Places

Aramitess Woman living at the time of Egypt and Wilderness

A concubine of Syria living at the time of Egypt and Wilderness, only mentioned at 1Ch.7.14; only referred to as Aramitess (אֲרַמִּי); concubine of Manasseh; mother of Machir and Asriel.

Strong's Definition

an Aramite or Aramaean

Derivation: patrial from H758 (אֲרָם);

KJV Usage: Syrian, Aramitess.

Outline of Biblical Usage

Syrian or Aramean = "exalted"

1) a thing or a person from Syria or Aram

STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon

A woman of Syria living at the time of Egypt and Wilderness, only mentioned at 1Ch.7.14; married to Manasseh (H4519); father of: Machir (H4353) § Syrian or Aramean = "exalted" a thing or a person from Syria or Aram

Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon

אֲרַמִּי ărammý̂y BDB Definition: Syrian or Aramean = exalted 1) a thing or a person from Syria or Aram Part of Speech: adjective A Related Word by BDB/Strongs Number: patrial from H758 Total KJV Occurrences: 12

Bible Occurrences (11)

25:20 28:5 31:20 31:24

26:5

5:20 8:28 8:29 9:15 16:6

7:14

Genesis 25:20

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.

Genesis 28:5

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.

Genesis 31:20

Moreover, Jacob deceived... Laban the Aramean... by not telling him that he was running away.

Genesis 31:24

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.

Deuteronomy 26:5

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.

2 Kings 5:20

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.

2 Kings 8:28

Then Ahaziah went with Joram son of Ahab to fight against Hazael king of Aram at Ramoth-gilead..., and the Arameans wounded Joram.

2 Kings 8:29

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.