H0758K
אֲרָם
Aram (Maacah)
§ Aram or Arameans = "exalted" Aram or Syrian nation
The KJV translates H0758 in the following manner:
Syria (134x), Syrians (112x), Aram (14x), Syria–damascus (2x), Syria–maachah (2x)
Full Brown-Driver-Briggs lexicon entry
אֲרָם149 proper name, masculine Aram (Assyrian Aramu, etc., see DlPa 257; Thes and others propose √ ארם = רום but compare Nö as below) —
2. grandson of Nahor Gen 22:21.
3. 1Chr 2:23.
4. a descendant of Asher 1Chr 7:34. — Elsewhere only of AramÊan people & land (= 1 above), feminine2Sam 8:5 masculine2Sam 10:14.
a. people, singular collective = the Aramoeans, a leading branch of the Shemitic stock inhabiting Mesopotamia & northern Syria, in many tribes & settlements; 2Sam 8:5 (twice in verse); 2Sam 8:6 + 1Kgs 20:20; 1Kgs 20:21 + 1Chr 19:10; 1Chr 19:12 + (64 t. Samuel Kings Chronicles) Amos 9:7; Isa 7:2; Isa 7:4; Isa 7:5; Isa 7:8; Isa 9:11; Isa 17:3; so Ezek 16:57; Ezek 27:16, but Co in both אדום עַם אֲרָם Amos 1:5 of particular divisions of Aram, בית רְחוֺב ׳א 2Sam 10:6, צוֺבָא ׳א 2Sam 10:6; 2Sam 10:8; Ps 60:2 (title), דַּמֶּשֶׂק ׳א 2Sam 8:5 compare 1Chr 18:5, even נַהֲרַיִם ׳א Ps 60:2 (title); (note that Assyrian never gives name Aramu to people west of Euphrates, but Chatti instead, with other particular names, COT Gen 10:22, also Dll.c.); on 2Sam 8:12; 2Sam 8:13; 1Chr 18:11 see אֱדוֺם.
b. less often clearly of land, Aram Num 23:7; 2Sam 15:8 + 2Chr 20:2 (read however here אדום Thes Add and others), ׳שְׂדֵה א Hos 12:13 also of particular divisions of the territory נַהֲרַיִם ׳א 'Mesopotamia,' i.e. probably land between Euphrates & Chaboras, so Di after Kiep, Gen 24:10; Deut 23:5; Judg 3:8 (compare Ps 60:2 above); compare ׳פַּדַּן א Paddan-Aram Gen 25:20; Gen 31:18; Gen 33:18; Gen 35:9; Gen 35:26; Gen 46:15, ׳פַּדֶּ֫נָה א Gen 28:2; Gen 28:5; Gen 28:6; Gen 28:7 see פדן; דַּמֶּשֶׂק ׳א 2Sam 8:6 compare 1Chr 18:6.
c. often indeterminate, especially in ׳מֶלֶךְ א etc., perhaps primarily land but often including people: so Judg 2:11; Judg 10:6 (׳אֱלֹהֵי א) 1Kgs 10:29 + 2Chr 1:17 + (41 t. Kings & Chronicles) Isa 7:1. — (compare especially NöSehenkel BL, ZMG 1871, 113; Hermes see 3, 443 f. DlPa 257.)
a. people, singular collective = the Aramoeans, a leading branch of the Shemitic stock inhabiting Mesopotamia & northern Syria, in many tribes & settlements; 2Sam 8:5 (twice in verse); 2Sam 8:6 + 1Kgs 20:20; 1Kgs 20:21 + 1Chr 19:10; 1Chr 19:12 + (64 t. Samuel Kings Chronicles) Amos 9:7; Isa 7:2; Isa 7:4; Isa 7:5; Isa 7:8; Isa 9:11; Isa 17:3; so Ezek 16:57; Ezek 27:16, but Co in both אדום עַם אֲרָם Amos 1:5 of particular divisions of Aram, בית רְחוֺב ׳א 2Sam 10:6, צוֺבָא ׳א 2Sam 10:6; 2Sam 10:8; Ps 60:2 (title), דַּמֶּשֶׂק ׳א 2Sam 8:5 compare 1Chr 18:5, even נַהֲרַיִם ׳א Ps 60:2 (title); (note that Assyrian never gives name Aramu to people west of Euphrates, but Chatti instead, with other particular names, COT Gen 10:22, also Dll.c.); on 2Sam 8:12; 2Sam 8:13; 1Chr 18:11 see אֱדוֺם.
b. less often clearly of land, Aram Num 23:7; 2Sam 15:8 + 2Chr 20:2 (read however here אדום Thes Add and others), ׳שְׂדֵה א Hos 12:13 also of particular divisions of the territory נַהֲרַיִם ׳א 'Mesopotamia,' i.e. probably land between Euphrates & Chaboras, so Di after Kiep, Gen 24:10; Deut 23:5; Judg 3:8 (compare Ps 60:2 above); compare ׳פַּדַּן א Paddan-Aram Gen 25:20; Gen 31:18; Gen 33:18; Gen 35:9; Gen 35:26; Gen 46:15, ׳פַּדֶּ֫נָה א Gen 28:2; Gen 28:5; Gen 28:6; Gen 28:7 see פדן; דַּמֶּשֶׂק ׳א 2Sam 8:6 compare 1Chr 18:6.
c. often indeterminate, especially in ׳מֶלֶךְ א etc., perhaps primarily land but often including people: so Judg 2:11; Judg 10:6 (׳אֱלֹהֵי א) 1Kgs 10:29 + 2Chr 1:17 + (41 t. Kings & Chronicles) Isa 7:1. — (compare especially NöSehenkel BL, ZMG 1871, 113; Hermes see 3, 443 f. DlPa 257.)
מַעֲכָה proper name, masculine, feminine and of a people
1. masculine ᵐ5 Μ(ο)ωχα, Μα(α)χα:
a. son of Nahor by his concubine רְאוּמָה Gen 22:22 (J), ancestor of people see
a. son of Nahor by his concubine רְאוּמָה Gen 22:22 (J), ancestor of people see
3. b. father of חָנָן, a hero of David 1Chr 11:43.
c. Simeonite name 1Chr 27:16.
d. father of Achish 1Kgs 2:39 (see מָעוֺךְ above).
c. Simeonite name 1Chr 27:16.
d. father of Achish 1Kgs 2:39 (see מָעוֺךְ above).
2. feminine ᵐ5 Μ(ο)ωχα, Μααχα, etc.:
a. Geshurite princess, wife of David, mother of Absalom, 2Sam 3:3 = 1Chr 3:2.
b. daughter of Absalom, wife of Rehoboam, mother of Abijam, 1Kgs 15:2; 2Chr 11:20; 2Chr 11:21; 2Chr 11:22 read also ׳מ 2Chr 13:2 (so ᵐ5 ᵑ6) for ᵑ0 מִיכָיָה, where called daughter of Uriel of Gibeah (on this difficulty see Be Öttli, and compare c).
c. mother of Asa, and called also daughter of Absalom (as b) 1Kgs 15:10, compare v1Kgs 15:13 = 2Chr 15:16, (on this difficulty see Th Kmp: in Kau).
d. concubine of Caleb according to 1Chr 2:48.
e. wife of Machir 1Chr 7:16, compare v1Chr 7:15 (corrupt, see Be). feminine wife of (יעיאל), father of Gibeon, 1Chr 8:29; 1Chr 9:35.
a. Geshurite princess, wife of David, mother of Absalom, 2Sam 3:3 = 1Chr 3:2.
b. daughter of Absalom, wife of Rehoboam, mother of Abijam, 1Kgs 15:2; 2Chr 11:20; 2Chr 11:21; 2Chr 11:22 read also ׳מ 2Chr 13:2 (so ᵐ5 ᵑ6) for ᵑ0 מִיכָיָה, where called daughter of Uriel of Gibeah (on this difficulty see Be Öttli, and compare c).
c. mother of Asa, and called also daughter of Absalom (as b) 1Kgs 15:10, compare v1Kgs 15:13 = 2Chr 15:16, (on this difficulty see Th Kmp: in Kau).
d. concubine of Caleb according to 1Chr 2:48.
e. wife of Machir 1Chr 7:16, compare v1Chr 7:15 (corrupt, see Be). feminine wife of (יעיאל), father of Gibeon, 1Chr 8:29; 1Chr 9:35.
3. of a people, ᵐ5 Μοοχα, Μωχα, Μα(α)χα; dwelling west of Bashan, near Soba, and Geshur (compare especially adjective, of a people below), 2Sam 10:6; 2Sam 10:8 = 1Chr 19:7, ׳אֲרַם מ v1Chr 19:6 (compare Gen 22:24 above); = מַעֲכָת Josh 13:13 (+ גְּשׁוּר), ᵐ5 ὀ Μαχατει, Μαχαθι. — אָבֵל בֵּית מַעֲכָה see below בַּיִת, p. 112 above, and אָבֵל, p. 5.
מַעֲכָת see above מַעֲכָה
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