aram · Aram

What it means

aram (אֲרָם) is a Hebrew word of the Bible that means “Aram”.

A son of Shem; also the land of the Arameans (Syria) and its people; also other men.

How to say it

Approximate pronunciation. Vowels sound as in Spanish (a as in father, e as in bed, i as in machine, o as in note, u as in rule); the syllable in bold is stressed. The voice is your device's.

Related words

Words of the same family, by Strong’s numbering.

Where it appears

• Genesis×3
• Numbers×1
• Judges×2
• 2 Samuel×20
• 1 Kings×19
• 2 Kings×43
• 1 Chronicles×18
• 2 Chronicles×14
• Isaiah×7
• Jeremiah×1
• Ezekiel×2
• Hosea×1
• Amos×2

• Genesis 10:22

  The sons of Shem: Elam, Asshur, Arpachshad, Lud, and Aram.

• Genesis 10:23

  And the sons of Aram: Uz, Hul, Gether, and Mash.

• Genesis 22:21

  Uz his firstborn, Buz his brother, Kemuel the father of Aram,

• Numbers 23:7

  And he took up his poem and said, “From Aram Balak, the king of Moab, has brought me, from the mountains of the east: ‘Come, curse Jacob for me, and come, denounce Israel!’

• Judges 3:10

  The spirit of YHWH came upon him, and he judged Israel. He went out to war, and YHWH gave Cushan-rishathaim king of Aram into his hand, and his hand was strong over Cushan-rishathaim.

• Judges 10:6

  The sons of Israel again did what was evil in the eyes of YHWH, and served the Baals and the Astartes, the gods of Aram, the gods of Sidon, the gods of Moab, the gods of the sons of Ammon, and the gods of the Philistines; they abandoned YHWH and did not serve him.

• 2 Samuel 8:5

  When Aram of Damascus came to help Hadadezer king of Zobah, David struck of Aram twenty two thousand men.

• 2 Samuel 8:6

  David put garrisons in Aram of Damascus, and Aram became David’s servants, bearing tribute. And YHWH saved David wherever he went.

• 2 Samuel 8:12

  from Aram, from Moab, from the sons of Ammon, from the Philistines, from Amalek, and from the spoil of Hadadezer son of Rehob, king of Zobah.

• 2 Samuel 8:13

  David made a name for himself when he returned from striking Aram in the Valley of Salt: eighteen thousand.

• 2 Samuel 10:6

  When the sons of Ammon saw that they had become odious to David, the sons of Ammon sent and hired Aram of Beth-rehob and Aram of Zobah, twenty thousand foot soldiers, and the king of Maacah, a thousand men, and the men of Tob, twelve thousand men.

• 2 Samuel 10:8

  The sons of Ammon came out and drew up for battle at the entrance of the gate; and Aram of Zobah and of Rehob, and the men of Tob and Maacah were by themselves in the field.

• 2 Samuel 10:9

  When Joab saw that the battle front was against him before and behind, he chose from all the chosen men of Israel and drew them up against Aram.

• 2 Samuel 10:11

  And he said, “If Aram is stronger than I, then you will be salvation for me; and if the sons of Ammon are stronger than you, then I will come to save you.

• 2 Samuel 10:13

  So Joab and the people who were with him drew near to battle against Aram, and they fled before him.

• 2 Samuel 10:14

  When the sons of Ammon saw that Aram had fled, they too fled before Abishai and entered the city. Then Joab returned from fighting against the sons of Ammon and came to Jerusalem.

• 2 Samuel 10:15

  When Aram saw that it had been struck down before Israel, they gathered together.

• 2 Samuel 10:16

  Hadadezer sent and brought out Aram that was beyond the River Euphrates; and they came to Helam, with Shobach, the commander of the army of Hadadezer, at their head.

• 2 Samuel 10:17

  When it was reported to David, he gathered all Israel, crossed the Jordan, and came to Helam. Aram drew up against David and fought with him.

• 2 Samuel 10:18

  Aram fled before Israel, and David killed of Aram seven hundred chariots and forty thousand horsemen; and Shobach, the commander of his army, he struck, and he died there.

• 2 Samuel 10:19

  When all the kings, servants of Hadadezer, saw that they had been struck down before Israel, they made peace with Israel and served them. And Aram was afraid to save the sons of Ammon anymore.

• 2 Samuel 15:8

  For your servant made a vow while I was living at Geshur in Aram, saying, ‘If YHWH will indeed bring me back to Jerusalem, then I will serve YHWH.’”

• 1 Kings 10:29

  And a chariot would come up and go out from Egypt for six hundred shekels of silver, and a horse for a hundred and fifty; and so, for all the kings of the Hittites and for the kings of Aram, by their hand they would bring them out.

• 1 Kings 11:25

  And he was an opponent to Israel all the days of Solomon, besides the evil that Hadad did; and he loathed Israel and reigned over Aram.

• 1 Kings 15:18

  Asa took all the silver and the gold that were left in the treasuries of the house of YHWH and the treasuries of the house of the king, and gave them into the hand of his servants; and King Asa sent them to Ben-hadad son of Tabrimmon, son of Hezion, king of Aram, who lived in Damascus, saying,

• 1 Kings 19:15

  YHWH said to him, “Go, return on your way to the wilderness of Damascus; and when you arrive, you shall anoint Hazael as king over Aram;

• 1 Kings 20:1

  Ben-hadad king of Aram gathered all his troops; thirty and two kings were with him, and horses and chariots. He went up and besieged Samaria and fought against it.

• 1 Kings 20:20

  They struck down each one his man; and Aram fled, and Israel pursued them; and Ben-hadad king of Aram escaped on a horse with horsemen.

• 1 Kings 20:21

  The king of Israel went out and struck the horses and the chariots, and struck Aram with a great blow.

• 1 Kings 20:22

  The prophet came near to the king of Israel and said to him, “Go, strengthen yourself, and know and see what you must do, for at the turn of the year the king of Aram will come up against you.”

• 1 Kings 20:23

  The servants of the king of Aram said to him, “Gods of mountains are their gods; that is why they were stronger than we. But let us fight against them on the plateau, and surely we will be stronger than they.

• 1 Kings 20:26

  And it happened, at the turn of the year, that Ben-hadad counted Aram and went up to Aphek for war against Israel.

• 1 Kings 20:27

  The sons of Israel were counted and provisioned, and went to meet them; and the sons of Israel encamped opposite them like two little flocks of goats, while Aram filled the land.

• 1 Kings 20:28

  The man of Elohim came near and spoke to the king of Israel, and said, “Thus says YHWH: ‘Because Aram has said, “YHWH is an Elohim of mountains, and he is not an Elohim of valleys,” I will give all this great multitude into your hand, and you will know that I am YHWH.’”

• 1 Kings 20:29

  They encamped these opposite those seven days. And it happened on the seventh day that the battle was joined; and the sons of Israel struck Aram, a hundred thousand foot soldiers in one day.

• 1 Kings 22:1

  They continued three years without war between Aram and Israel.

• 1 Kings 22:3

  The king of Israel said to his servants, “Do you know that Ramoth-gilead is ours, and we are keeping silent instead of taking it from the hand of the king of Aram?”

• 1 Kings 22:11

  Zedekiah son of Chenaanah made for himself horns of iron and said, “Thus says YHWH: ‘With these you will gore Aram until they are finished.’”

• 1 Kings 22:31

  Now the king of Aram had commanded the thirty and two commanders of the chariots that he had, saying, “Do not fight with small or with great, but with the king of Israel alone.”

• 1 Kings 22:35

  The battle rose that day, and the king was propped up in the chariot facing Aram; and he died in the evening, and the blood of the wound poured out into the bottom of the chariot.

And 93 more times.