Word Study · Strong's H761 · Hebrew
אֲרַמִּי
Arammi
ar-am-mee'
Strong's 1890 spelling: ʼĂrammîy
“an Aramite or Aramaean”
Strong's Dictionary · 1890 · public domain
an Aramite or Aramaean
Rendered in the KJV as
Syrian, Aramitess.
- 11occurrencesin the Old Testament
- 4 of 39Old Testament bookswhere the word stands
- 10inflected formsdistinct spellings
Across 11 occurrences
The word itself
Inflected forms · 10
- הָאֲרַמִּ֖י2
- אֲרַמִּי֙1
- אֲרַמִּ֖ים1
- אֲרַמִּים֙1
- אֲרַמִּ֔ים1
- הָֽאֲרַמִּ֔י1
- הָֽאֲרַמִּ֔י1
- הָאֲרַמִּ֑י1
- הָֽאֲרַמִּי֙1
- הָֽאֲרַמִּיָּ֔ה1
How it is rendered · 3
- the Aramean7
- [the] Arameans3
- [was] an Aramean1
The sense the word carries at each spot — how the translators read it there, not a fixed translation.
How it parses · 4
- the definite article (“the”) + gentilic noun (a people)6
- gentilic noun (a people)3
- gentilic noun (a people)1
- the definite article (“the”) + gentilic noun (a people)1
Show the grammar codes as tagged
- HTd/Ngmsa · 6
- HNgmpa · 3
- HNgmsa · 1
- HTd/Ngfsa · 1
All 11, in canonical order
The ledger of occurrences
Where this word lives
Genesis carries the most and opens below; every other book is one click.
Genesis5 occurrences
- Genesis 25:20הָֽאֲרַמִּ֔יhaaramithe definite article (“the”) + gentilic noun (a people)and Isaac was forty years old when he married Rebekah, the daughter of Bethuel the Aramean from Paddan-aram and the sister of Laban the Aramean.here: the Aramean
- Genesis 25:20הָאֲרַמִּ֖יhaaramithe definite article (“the”) + gentilic noun (a people)and Isaac was forty years old when he married Rebekah, the daughter of Bethuel the Aramean from Paddan-aram and the sister of Laban the Aramean.here: the Aramean
- Genesis 28:5הָֽאֲרַמִּ֔יhaaramithe definite article (“the”) + gentilic noun (a people)So Isaac sent Jacob to Paddan-aram, to Laban son of Bethuel the Aramean, the brother of Rebekah, who was the mother of Jacob and Esau.here: the Aramean
- Genesis 31:20הָאֲרַמִּ֑יhaaramithe definite article (“the”) + gentilic noun (a people)Moreover, Jacob deceived Laban the Aramean by not telling him that he was running away.here: the Aramean
- Genesis 31:24הָאֲרַמִּ֖יhaaramithe definite article (“the”) + gentilic noun (a people)But that night God came to Laban the Aramean in a dream and warned him, “Be careful not to say anything to Jacob, either good or bad.”here: the Aramean
2 Kings4 occurrences
- 2 Kings 5:20הָֽאֲרַמִּי֙haaramithe definite article (“the”) + gentilic noun (a people)Gehazi, the servant of Elisha the man of God, said, “Look, my master has spared this Aramean, Naaman, while not accepting what he brought. As surely as the LORD lives, I will run after him and get something from him.”here: the Aramean
- 2 Kings 8:28אֲרַמִּ֖יםʾaramimgentilic noun (a people)Then Ahaziah went with Joram son of Ahab to fight against Hazael king of Aram at Ramoth-gilead, and the Arameans wounded Joram.here: [the] Arameans
- 2 Kings 8:29אֲרַמִּים֙ʾaramimgentilic noun (a people)So King Joram returned to Jezreel to recover from the wounds that the Arameans had inflicted on him at Ramah when he fought against Hazael king of Aram. Then Ahaziah son of Jehoram king of Judah went down to Jezreel to visit Joram son of Ahab, because Joram had been wounded.here: [the] Arameans
- 2 Kings 9:15אֲרַמִּ֔יםʾaramimgentilic noun (a people)but King Joram had returned to Jezreel to recover from the wounds he had suffered at the hands of the Arameans in the battle against Hazael their king.) So Jehu said, “If you commanders wish to make me king, then do not let anyone escape from the city to go and tell it in Jezreel.”here: [the] Arameans