Aram

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From Nave’s Topical Bible (1896), a historical reference index. The groupings are Nave’s; the verses are shown in the text used across this site.

(The name of various regions, and of several men. The word signifies highlands, and is applied in its compounds to various highland districts of Syria)

1. The region whence Balaam came at Balak's command

• Numbers 23:7 And Balaam lifted up an oracle, saying: “Balak brought me from Aram, the king of Moab from the mountains of the east. ‘Come,’ he said, ‘put a curse on Jacob for me; come and denounce Israel!’

2. A region north of Canaan

• 1 Chronicles 2:23 But Geshur and Aram captured Havvoth-jair, along with Kenath and its sixty surrounding villages. All these were descendants of Machir the father of Gilead.

3. Son of Shem

• Genesis 10:22–23 The sons of Shem: Elam, Asshur, Arphaxad, Lud, and Aram. The sons of Aram: Uz, Hul, Gether, and Mash.
• 1 Chronicles 1:17 The sons of Shem: Elam, Asshur, Arphaxad, Lud, and Aram. [The sons of Aram:] Uz, Hul, Gether, and Meshech.

4. Son of Kemuel

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

5. Son of Shamer

• 1 Chronicles 7:34 The sons of Shemer: Ahi, Rohgah, Hubbah, and Aram.