Definition

Aram or Syria, and its inhabitants; also the name of the son of Shem, a grandson of Nahor, and of an Israelite

Etymology

from the same as H759 (אַרְמוֹן); the highland;

Where the KJV renders it

• Aram
• Mesopotamia
• Syria
• Syrians

Every distinct English word the King James Version uses to translate this Hebrew term. The variety shows what readers in English receive across many different surface words — the same underlying word, scattered across the English Bible under different names.

What the first audience heard

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