Aram naharayim אֲרַם נַהֲרַיִם
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| אֲרַם נַהֲרַיִם | |
|---|---|
| Transliteration | aram naharayim |
| Strong's number | H763 (H0763G, H0763H) |
| Language | Hebrew |
| Part of speech | place name |
| Gloss | Mesopotamia |
| Occurrences | 8 in 4 verses |
| Most frequent in | Genesis (1) |
Aram naharayim (Hebrew אֲרַם נַהֲרַיִם, Strong's H763) is a place name in the Old Testament, glossed “Mesopotamia”. It occurs 8 times.
Definition
H0763G: Mesopotamia
§ Aram-naharaim = "Aram of the two rivers"
Mesopotamia
Mesopotamia
H0763H: Aram-naharaim
§ Aram-naharaim = "Aram of the two rivers"
Mesopotamia
Mesopotamia
From the STEPBible Brief Lexicon of Hebrew (based on the abridged Brown-Driver-Briggs), STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.
Translated as
| KJV | mesopotamia (5) |
|---|---|
| BSB | aram naharaim (4) |
Verses
Every verse with Aram naharayim, with the English words that translate it highlighted (KJV or BSB; other translations show the KJV here).
Genesis
- Genesis 24:10And the servant took ten camels of the camels of his master, and departed; for all the goods of his master were in his hand: and he arose, and went to Mesopotamia, unto the city of Nahor.Then the servant took ten of his master’s camels and departed with all manner of good things from his master in hand. And he set out for Nahor’s hometown in Aram-naharaim.
Deuteronomy
- Deuteronomy 23:4Because they met you not with bread and with water in the way, when ye came forth out of Egypt; and because they hired against thee Balaam the son of Beor of Pethor of Mesopotamia, to curse thee.For they did not meet you with food and water on your way out of Egypt, and they hired Balaam son of Beor from Pethor in Aram-naharaim to curse you.
Judges
- Judges 3:8Therefore the anger of the Lord was hot against Israel, and he sold them into the hand of Chushan–rishathaim king of Mesopotamia: and the children of Israel served Chushan–rishathaim eight years.Then the anger of the LORD burned against Israel, and He sold them into the hand of Cushan-rishathaim king of Aram-naharaim, and the Israelites served him eight years.
1 Chronicles
- 1 Chronicles 19:6And when the children of Ammon saw that they had made themselves odious to David, Hanun and the children of Ammon sent a thousand talents of silver to hire them chariots and horsemen out of Mesopotamia, and out of Syria–maachah, and out of Zobah.When the Ammonites realized that they had become a stench to David, Hanun and the Ammonites sent a thousand talents of silver to hire for themselves chariots and horsemen from Aram-naharaim, Aram-maacah, and Zobah.
Notes
- Definition and verse list from STEPBible's tagged Hebrew Old Testament (TAHOT) and Greek New Testament (TAGNT) and Brief Lexicons, STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.
- English renderings from the public-domain KJV with Strong's numbers (eBible.org) and the Berean Standard Bible interlinear (public domain).