Aram in the Bible

Meaning: highness, magnificence, one that deceives; curse

Exact Match

He took up his parable, and said, "From Aram has Balak brought me, the king of Moab from the mountains of the East. Come, curse Jacob for me. Come, defy Israel.

Verse ConceptsInvitationsJacob, The PatriarchCrude LanguageCursing IsraelWise Proverbs

Thematic Bible



The sons of Shem: Elam, Asshur, Arpachshad, Lud, and Aram. The sons of Aram: Uz, Hul, Gether, and Mash.

The sons of Shem: Elam, Asshur, Arpachshad, Lud, Aram, Uz, Hul, Gether, and Meshech.


But Geshur and Aram took from them Havvoth-jair, with Kenath and its villages, sixty towns in all. All these were the sons (descendants) of Machir, the father of Gilead.


Uz the firstborn and Buz his brother and Kemuel the father of Aram,


The sons of Shemer (Shomer) [his brother]: Ahi and Rohgah, Jehubbah, and Aram.


Balaam took up his [first] discourse (oracle) and said:

“Balak, the king of Moab, has brought me from Aram (Syria),
from the mountains of the east, [saying,]
‘Come, curse [the descendants of] Jacob for me;
And come, [violently] denounce Israel.’