Word Study · Strong's H7486 · Hebrew
רַעְמְסֵס
Rameses
rah-mes-ace'
Strong's 1890 spelling: Raʻmᵉçêç
“Rameses or Raamses, a place in Egypt”
Strong's Dictionary · 1890 · public domain
Rameses or Raamses, a place in Egypt
Rendered in the KJV as
Raamses, Rameses.
- 5occurrencesin the Old Testament
- 3 of 39Old Testament bookswhere the word stands
- 5inflected formsdistinct spellings
Across 5 occurrences
The word itself
Inflected forms · 5
- מֵרַעְמְסֵ֖ס1
- מֵֽרַעְמְסֵס֙1
- מֵרַעְמְסֵ֑ס1
- רַעְמְסֵ֑ס1
- רַעַמְסֵֽס׃1
How it is rendered · 2
- from Rameses3
- Rameses2
The sense the word carries at each spot — how the translators read it there, not a fixed translation.
How it parses · 2
- preposition + proper noun (a name)3
- proper noun (a name)2
Show the grammar codes as tagged
- HR/Npl · 3
- HNpl · 2
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The ledger of occurrences
Where this word lives
Exodus carries the most and opens below; every other book is one click.
Exodus2 occurrences
- Exodus 1:11רַעַמְסֵֽס׃raamsesproper noun (a name)So the Egyptians appointed taskmasters over the Israelites to oppress them with forced labor. As a result, they built Pithom and Rameses as store cities for Pharaoh.here: Rameses
- Exodus 12:37מֵרַעְמְסֵ֖סmera'mesespreposition + proper noun (a name)The Israelites journeyed from Rameses to Succoth with about 600,000 men on foot, besides women and children.here: from Rameses
Numbers2 occurrences
- Numbers 33:3מֵֽרַעְמְסֵס֙mera'mesespreposition + proper noun (a name)On the fifteenth day of the first month, on the day after the Passover, the Israelites set out from Rameses. They marched out defiantly in full view of all the Egyptians,here: from Rameses
- Numbers 33:5מֵרַעְמְסֵ֑סmera'mesespreposition + proper noun (a name)The Israelites set out from Rameses and camped at Succoth.here: from Rameses