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Hebrew proper noun (a place) · H7414

רָמָה

Ramahraw-maw'

Ramah

36 uses in the Hebrew text, one for each word STEP Bible has tagged with this key

Concordance spelling: Râmâh

Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's H7414is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.

  • 11 of 39
    Old Testament books
  • 25
    spellings

The definition in full

Strong's key (1890) · H7414

Ramah, the name of four places in Palestine

The King James renders it: Ramah.

James Strong, The Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890), public domain. Strong indexed the King James text, and this site quotes his entry as that index.

Summary

Ramah is rendered "Ramah". It stands 36 times in the Hebrew text, across eleven books.

  • Fifteen of the uses stand in 1 Samuel, more than in any other book.
  • Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.Joshua 18:25Gibeon, Ramah, Beeroth,
  • The Greek text spells it twenty-five different ways.

The first use

Gibeon, Ramah, Beeroth,

Joshua 18:25וְהָֽרָמָ֖ה

The first use, in the order of the Old Testament's books.

Where the word stands

Fifteen of the word's thirty-six uses are in 1 Samuel.

The other 28 Old Testament books never use the word.

What the word means

Each meaning, and the words it is translated by

How the Greek text is glossed, word by word

  • the Ramah12
  • in the Ramah9
  • the Ramah towards8
  • and the Ramah2
  • at the Ramah2
  • in Ramah1
  • of Ramah1
  • Ramah1

The words built on the same word-part

Each word below begins with the same letters this one begins with. A shared word-part shows a family. It does not settle what any one of them means, so each word carries its own uses on its own page. Scholars call that shared part the stem.

רָמָהramahto shootUses12
רָמָהramahhigh placeUses5
רָמָתִיRamathiRamathiteUses1

Other numbers on this spelling

Strong gave these words the same spelling and different numbers, so the site counts and defines them apart.

The words it stands beside

All 36, in canonical order

Every use, in order

Every use, grouped by book, with its verse.

25 spellings and their grammar

STEP Bible tags every word of the Hebrew and Greek text with its spelling and its grammar. Both lists below count the rows printed underneath, written out in English, with the code beside each one as it was tagged.

How it is spelled

  • בָּרָמָ֑ה4
  • בָּרָמָֽה׃3
  • הָרָמָ֑ה3
  • הָֽרָמָה֙3
  • הָֽרָמָ֔ה2
  • הָרָמָ֑תָה2
  • בְּרָמָ֤ה1
  • בָרָמָ֖ה1
  • בָֽרָמָ֔ה1
  • בָּֽרָמָ֔ה1
  • בָרָמָֽה׃1
  • הָרָמָ֛ה1

and 13 more spellings in the ledger below.

The grammar of each form

  • the definite article (“the”) + proper noun (a name)12HTd/Npl
  • preposition with the article + proper noun (a name)11HRd/Npl
  • the definite article (“the”) + proper noun (a name) + directional ending (“toward”)8HTd/Npl/Sd
  • conjunction (“and”) + the definite article (“the”) + proper noun (a name)2HC/Td/Npl
  • noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)1HNcfsc
  • proper noun (a name)1HNpl
  • preposition + proper noun (a name)1HR/Npl

Joshua

four uses
  • Gibeon, Ramah, Beeroth,

    Joshua 18:25

    • וְהָֽרָמָ֖הveharamahconjunction (“and”) + the definite article (“the”) + proper noun (a name)tagged: and the Ramah
  • and all the villages surrounding these cities as far as Baalath-beer (Ramah of the Negev). This was the inheritance of the clans of the tribe of Simeon.

    Joshua 19:8

    • רָ֣אמַתramatnoun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: of Ramah
  • The border then turned back toward Ramah as far as the fortified city of Tyre, turned toward Hosah, and came out at the Sea in the region of Achzib,

    Joshua 19:29

    • הָֽרָמָ֔הharamahthe definite article (“the”) + proper noun (a name)tagged: the Ramah
  • Adamah, Ramah, Hazor,

    Joshua 19:36

    • וְהָרָמָ֖הveharamahconjunction (“and”) + the definite article (“the”) + proper noun (a name)tagged: and the Ramah

Judges

two uses
  • And she would sit under the Palm of Deborah between Ramah and Bethel in the hill country of Ephraim, where the Israelites would go up to her for judgment.

    Judges 4:5

    • הָרָמָ֛הharamahthe definite article (“the”) + proper noun (a name)tagged: the Ramah
  • He continued, “Come, let us try to reach one of these towns to spend the night in Gibeah or Ramah.”

    Judges 19:13

    • בָרָמָֽה׃varamahpreposition with the article + proper noun (a name)tagged: in the Ramah

1 Samuel

fifteen uses
  • The next morning Elkanah and Hannah got up early to bow in worship before the LORD, and then returned home to Ramah. And Elkanah had relations with his wife Hannah, and the LORD remembered her.

    1 Samuel 1:19

    • הָרָמָ֑תָהharamatahthe definite article (“the”) + proper noun (a name) + directional ending (“toward”)tagged: the Ramah towards
  • Then Elkanah went home to Ramah, but the boy began ministering to the LORD before Eli the priest.

    1 Samuel 2:11

    • הָרָמָ֖תָהharamatahthe definite article (“the”) + proper noun (a name) + directional ending (“toward”)tagged: the Ramah towards
  • Then he would return to Ramah because his home was there, and there he judged Israel and built an altar to the LORD.

    1 Samuel 7:17

    • הָרָמָ֙תָה֙haramatahthe definite article (“the”) + proper noun (a name) + directional ending (“toward”)tagged: the Ramah towards
  • So all the elders of Israel gathered together and came to Samuel at Ramah.

    1 Samuel 8:4

    • הָרָמָֽתָה׃haramatahthe definite article (“the”) + proper noun (a name) + directional ending (“toward”)tagged: the Ramah towards
  • Then Samuel went to Ramah, but Saul went up to his home in Gibeah of Saul.

    1 Samuel 15:34

    • הָרָמָ֑תָהharamatahthe definite article (“the”) + proper noun (a name) + directional ending (“toward”)tagged: the Ramah towards
  • So Samuel took the horn of oil and anointed him in the presence of his brothers, and the Spirit of the LORD rushed upon David from that day forward. Then Samuel set out and went to Ramah.

    1 Samuel 16:13

    • הָרָמָֽתָה׃ סharamatahthe definite article (“the”) + proper noun (a name) + directional ending (“toward”)tagged: the Ramah towards
  • So David ran away and escaped. And he went to Samuel at Ramah and told him all that Saul had done to him. Then he and Samuel went to Naioth and stayed there.

    1 Samuel 19:18

    • הָרָמָ֔תָהharamatahthe definite article (“the”) + proper noun (a name) + directional ending (“toward”)tagged: the Ramah towards
  • When Saul was told that David was at Naioth in Ramah,

    1 Samuel 19:19

    • בָּרָמָֽה׃baramahpreposition with the article + proper noun (a name)tagged: in the Ramah
  • Finally, Saul himself left for Ramah and came to the large cistern at Secu, where he asked, “Where are Samuel and David?” “At Naioth in Ramah,” he was told.

    1 Samuel 19:22

    • הָרָמָ֗תָהharamatahthe definite article (“the”) + proper noun (a name) + directional ending (“toward”)tagged: the Ramah towards
    • בָּרָמָֽה׃baramahpreposition with the article + proper noun (a name)tagged: in the Ramah
  • So Saul went to Naioth in Ramah. But the Spirit of God came upon even Saul, and he walked along prophesying until he came to Naioth in Ramah.

    1 Samuel 19:23

    • בָּרָמָ֑הbaramahpreposition with the article + proper noun (a name)tagged: in the Ramah
    • בָּרָמָֽה׃baramahpreposition with the article + proper noun (a name)tagged: in the Ramah
  • Then David fled from Naioth in Ramah. He came to Jonathan and asked, “What have I done? What is my iniquity? How have I sinned against your father, that he wants to take my life?”

    1 Samuel 20:1

    • בָּרָמָ֑הbaramahpreposition with the article + proper noun (a name)tagged: in the Ramah
  • When Samuel died, all Israel gathered to mourn for him; and they buried him at his home in Ramah. Then David set out and went down to the Wilderness of Paran.

    1 Samuel 25:1

    • בָּרָמָ֑הbaramahpreposition with the article + proper noun (a name)tagged: in the Ramah
  • Now by this time Samuel had died, and all Israel had mourned for him and buried him in Ramah, his own city. And Saul had removed the mediums and spiritists from the land.

    1 Samuel 28:3

    • בָרָמָ֖הvaramahpreposition with the article + proper noun (a name)tagged: in the Ramah

1 Kings

three uses
  • Baasha king of Israel went to war against Judah and fortified Ramah to prevent anyone from leaving or entering the territory of Asa king of Judah.

    1 Kings 15:17

    • הָרָמָ֑הharamahthe definite article (“the”) + proper noun (a name)tagged: the Ramah
  • When Baasha learned of this, he stopped fortifying Ramah and withdrew to Tirzah.

    1 Kings 15:21

    • הָֽרָמָ֑הharamahthe definite article (“the”) + proper noun (a name)tagged: the Ramah
  • Then King Asa summoned all the men of Judah, with no exceptions, and they carried away the stones of Ramah and the timbers Baasha had used for building. And with these materials King Asa built up Geba of Benjamin, as well as Mizpah.

    1 Kings 15:22

    • הָֽרָמָה֙haramahthe definite article (“the”) + proper noun (a name)tagged: the Ramah

2 Kings

one use
  • 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.

    2 Kings 8:29

    • בָּֽרָמָ֔הbaramahpreposition with the article + proper noun (a name)tagged: at the Ramah

2 Chronicles

four uses
  • In the thirty-sixth year of Asa’s reign, Baasha king of Israel went up against Judah and fortified Ramah to prevent anyone from leaving or entering the territory of Asa king of Judah.

    2 Chronicles 16:1

    • הָרָמָ֑הharamahthe definite article (“the”) + proper noun (a name)tagged: the Ramah
  • When Baasha learned of this, he stopped fortifying Ramah and abandoned his work.

    2 Chronicles 16:5

    • הָרָמָ֑הharamahthe definite article (“the”) + proper noun (a name)tagged: the Ramah
  • Then King Asa brought all the men of Judah, and they carried away the stones of Ramah and the timbers Baasha had used for building. And with these materials he built up Geba and Mizpah.

    2 Chronicles 16:6

    • הָֽרָמָה֙haramahthe definite article (“the”) + proper noun (a name)tagged: the Ramah
  • so he returned to Jezreel to recover from the wounds they 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.

    2 Chronicles 22:6

    • בָֽרָמָ֔הvaramahpreposition with the article + proper noun (a name)tagged: at the Ramah

Ezra

one use
  • the men of Ramah and Geba, 621;

    Ezra 2:26

    • הָרָמָה֙haramahthe definite article (“the”) + proper noun (a name)tagged: the Ramah

Nehemiah

two uses
  • the men of Ramah and Geba, 621;

    Nehemiah 7:30

    • הָֽרָמָה֙haramahthe definite article (“the”) + proper noun (a name)tagged: the Ramah
  • Hazor, Ramah, Gittaim,

    Nehemiah 11:33

    • רָמָ֖הramahproper noun (a name)tagged: Ramah

Isaiah

one use
  • They have crossed at the ford: “We will spend the night at Geba.” Ramah trembles; Gibeah of Saul flees.

    Isaiah 10:29

    • הָֽרָמָ֔הharamahthe definite article (“the”) + proper noun (a name)tagged: the Ramah

Jeremiah

two uses
  • This is what the LORD says: “A voice is heard in Ramah, mourning and great weeping, Rachel weeping for her children, and refusing to be comforted, because they are no more.”

    Jeremiah 31:15

    • בְּרָמָ֤הberamahpreposition + proper noun (a name)tagged: in Ramah
  • This is the word that came to Jeremiah from the LORD after Nebuzaradan captain of the guard had released him at Ramah, having found him bound in chains among all the captives of Jerusalem and Judah who were being exiled to Babylon.

    Jeremiah 40:1

    • הָֽרָמָ֑הharamahthe definite article (“the”) + proper noun (a name)tagged: the Ramah

Hosea

one use
  • Blow the ram’s horn in Gibeah, the trumpet in Ramah; raise the battle cry in Beth-aven: Lead on, O Benjamin!

    Hosea 5:8

    • בָּרָמָ֑הbaramahpreposition with the article + proper noun (a name)tagged: in the Ramah

The letters

Where it leads

How the numbers are counted

Every count on this page comes from STEP Bible's tagged Hebrew and Greek text, the same text the ledger prints. A use is counted once each time the tagging marks a word with this key.

Spellings are counted as the Greek text spells them, with the sentence's own punctuation taken off the word first, so a form that ends a clause is not counted as a second spelling.

The words it stands beside are the nouns, verbs and adjectives immediately before or after it, counted in every verse where the word stands. The article, the conjunctions and the prepositions are left out, because they stand beside every word.

The family is read from the lexicon by the stem the two words share, with the accents off, and a person or a place named on the stem is left out.

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Meaning and senses: STEP Bible TBESH gloss (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Dictionary key: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890, public domain). English verse text: Berean Standard Bible (public domain, 2023).

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