HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H763
אֲרַם נַהֲרַיִם
a.ram na.ha.ra.yim — Mesopotamia
§ Aram-naharaim = "Aram of the two rivers" Mesopotamia
4 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →BIBLE DICTIONARY + WORD STUDY
Aram-naharaim
Original Hebrew / Aramaic / Greek connected to this term
How to read this: there is rarely one magic “true meaning” hidden behind an English word. A lexicon records a word’s semantic range. The intended meaning is narrowed by grammar, sentence, author, historical usage and context.
Historical dictionary entry
Aram of the two rivers, is Mesopotamia (as it is rendered in Gen. 24:10), the country enclosed between the Tigris on the east and the Euphrates on the west (Ps. 60, title); called also the “field of Aram” (Hos. 12:12, R.V.) i.e., the open country of Aram; in the Authorized Version, “country of Syria.” Padan-aram (q.v.) was a portion of this country.
Scripture references
Source: Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897). Historical dictionary wording reflects the scholarship and language of its era.
Compare other reference traditions
Look up Aram-naharaim in Smith’s Bible Dictionary and ISBE →