Word

אֲרָם

ʼĂrâm · H758 · Hebrew · proper noun · 138 occurrences

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This name belongs to 3 places

Edomfirst named in Genesis 32:380 verses
Syriafirst named in Judges 10:664 verses
Aramfirst named in Numbers 23:75 verses

This name belongs to 3 people

Meanings

Aram

Man; son of Shem; regarded as the founder of a land and ethnic group with the same name

Examples
Genesis 10:22 The sons of Shem were Elam, Asshur, Arpachshad, Lud, and Aram.
Genesis 10:23 The sons of Aram were Uz, Hul, Gether, and Mash.
1 Chronicles 1:17 The sons of Shem were Elam, Asshur, Arpachshad, Lud, Aram, Uz, Hul, Gether, and Meshech.
Aram, Syria

Land and ethnic group located in Syria; regarded as descendants of Shem

Examples
Judges 3:10 And the Spirit of the LORD came upon him, and he judged Israel. When he went to war, the LORD handed over to him Cushan-rishathaim king of Mesopotamia, so that he prevailed over Cushan-rishathaim.
Judges 10:6 Then the sons of Israel again did evil in the sight of the LORD, and they served the Baals and the Ashtaroth, 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; so they abandoned the LORD and did not serve Him.
2 Samuel 8:5 When the Arameans of Damascus came to help Hadadezer, king of Zobah, David killed twenty-two thousand men among the Arameans.
Aram

Man; son of Kemuel; descendant of Nahor

Examples
Genesis 22:21 Uz his firstborn, Buz his brother, Kemuel (the father of Aram),
Aram

Man; son of Shemer; tribe of Asher

Examples
1 Chronicles 7:34 The sons of Shemer were Ahi and Rohgah, and Jehubbah and Aram.

How it’s used In 9 roles

Every occurrence, grouped by the words it is grammatically related to.

the word studied the word it goes with

Words describing itAdjectives, demonstratives, participles

3 occurrences in 2 groups

עֵבֶרbeyond, side, across 2
שְׁמֹנֶהeight 1

Named alongside itApposition

1 occurrences in 1 groups

רַגְלִיman on foot 1

What it doesIt is the subject

22 occurrences in 15 groups

נוּסto flee 5
Other words · 14 groups that occur once or twice (17) 17

What is done to itIt is the object

13 occurrences in 5 groups

נָכָהto strike, to strike down 5
קָרָאto meet, to happen 3
יָצָאto go out 2
נָגַחto gore 2
פָּקַדto number, to punish 1

Second object ofSecond object

1 occurrences in 1 groups

רָאָהto see 1

What it is said to bePredicate

2 occurrences in 2 groups

נָחֵתgoing down 1
סָחַרmerchant, to trade 1

What is said to be itIt is the predicate

3 occurrences in 1 groups

בֵּןson 3

After prepositionsPrepositional phrases

19 occurrences in 6 groups

בin/on/with 11
מִןfrom 8
עַלon, upon, over, against 5
נֹכַחin front of 4
לto/for 4
בֵּיןbetween, among 1

In phrases “… of it”It is the genitive

64 occurrences in 15 groups

מֶלֶךְking 41
מַחֲנֶהcamp, army 7
חַיִלarmy, wealth, strength 3
Other words · 12 groups that occur once or twice (13) 13

When two words share a role, as in “Paul and Barnabas said”, the verse appears under each, so a section’s counts can add up to more than the number of occurrences.

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Semantic domains 3 entries

Names of People003001007: אֲרָם (Aram) is a personal name, a son of Shem in the Genesis table of nations and ancestor of the Aramean peoples.
Names of Groups003001006: The same name also designates the Arameans as a people group, as the descendants of Aram listed among the sons of Shem (Genesis 10:22-23).
Names of Locations003001010: אֲרָם further names the territory of Aram or Syria itself, as Balak bringing Balaam "from Aram" (Numbers 23:7).

Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon H758. Aram אֲרָם149 proper name, masculine Aram (Assyrian Aramu, etc., see DlPa 257; Thes…

H758. Aram
אֲרָם149 proper name, masculine Aram (Assyrian Aramu, etc., see DlPa 257; Thes and others propose √ ארם = רום but compare Nö as below) —
1 5th son of Shem Gen 10:22-23, 1Ch 1:17.
2 grandson of Nahor Gen 22:21.
3 1Ch 2:23.
4 a descendant of Asher 1Ch 7:34. — Elsewhere only of AramÊan people & land (= 1 above), feminine2Sa 8:5 masculine2Sa 10:14.
a. people, singular collective = the Aramoeans, a leading branch of the Shemitic stock inhabiting Mesopotamia & northern Syria, in many tribes & settlements; 2Sa 8:5 (twice in verse); 2Sa 8:6 + 1Ki 20:20-21, + 1Ch 19:10, 1Ch 19:12 + (64 t. Samuel Kings Chronicles) Amo 9:7; Isa 7:2, Isa 7:4, Isa 7:5, Isa 7:8; Isa 9:11; Isa 17:3; Jer 35:11; so Eze 16:57; Eze 27:16, but Co in both אֲרָם עַם אדום Amo 1:5; of particular divisions of Aram, ׳א רְחוֺב בית 2Sa 10:6, ׳א צוֺבָא 2Sa 10:6, 2Sa 10:8; Psa 60:2 (title), ׳א דַּמֶּשֶׂק 2Sa 8:5 compare 1Ch 18:5, even ׳א נַהֲרַיִם Psa 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 2Sa 8:12-13, 1Ch 18:11 see אֱדוֺם.
b. less often clearly of land, Aram Num 23:7; 2Sa 15:8 2Ch 20:2 (read however here אדום Thes Add and others), א ׳שְׂדֵה Hos 12:13; also of particular divisions of the territory ׳א נַהֲרַיִם 'Mesopotamia,' i.e. probably land between Euphrates & Chaboras, so Di after Kiep, Gen 24:10; Deu 23:5; Jdg 3:8 (compare Psa 60:2 above); compare א ׳מַּדַּן Paddan-Aram Gen 25:20; Gen 31:18; Gen 33:18; Gen 35:9, Gen 35:26; Gen 46:15, א ׳מַּדֶּ֫נָה Gen 28:2, Gen 28:5, Gen 28:6, Gen 28:7 see פדן; ׳א דַּמֶּשֶׂק 2Sa 8:6 compare 1Ch 18:6.
c. often indeterminate, especially in א ׳מֶלֶךְ etc., perhaps primarily land but often including people: so Jdg 2:11; Jdg 10:6 (א ׳אֱלֹהֵי) 1Ki 10:29 2Ch 1:17 + (41 t. Kings & Chronicles) Isa 7:1. — (compare especially NöSehenkel BL, ZMG 1871, 113; Hermes see 3, 443 f. DlPa 257.)

Brown, Driver and Briggs, A Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain

Topical studies with this word 2 entries

Names of Groups126 occurrences Names of People5 occurrences

Meanings adapted from the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament, © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0 and the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew (from the Semantic Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew), © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0; MACULA Greek Linguistic Datasets, available at https://github.com/Clear-Bible/macula-greek/, licensed CC BY 4.0; MACULA Hebrew Linguistic Datasets © 2022-2024 by Biblica, Inc., CC BY 4.0. Westminster Leningrad Codex (tanach.us). OpenScriptures Hebrew Bible morphology (hb.openscriptures.org), CC BY 4.0.

Sources

eRhema lexical overview, based on the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew and the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament (© United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Macula Hebrew and Greek (Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0); released under CC BY-SA 4.0