GREEK · G707
Ἀριμαθαία
Arimathaia — Arimathea
Ἁριμαθεία (WH, Ἁρ.), -ας, ἡ [in LXX: Ἁριμαθάιμ, 1Ki.1:1, al. (רָמָה) ;] Arimathæa: Mat.27:57, Mrk.15:43, Luk.23:51, Jhn.19:38.† (AS)
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Arimathea
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Historical dictionary entry
A “city of the Jews” (Luke 23:51), the birth-place of Joseph in whose sepulchre our Lord was laid (Matt. 27:57, 60; John 19:38). It is probably the same place as Ramathaim in Ephraim, and the birth-place of Samuel (1 Sam. 1:1, 19). Others identify it with Ramleh in Dan, or Rama (q.v.) in Benjamin (Matt. 2:18).
Scripture references
Source: Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897). Historical dictionary wording reflects the scholarship and language of its era.