Aram in the Bible

Meaning: highness, magnificence, one that deceives; curse

Exact Match

{because} they did not come to meet you with food and with water {when you came out of Egypt}, and [also] {because} they hired Balaam, son of Beor, from Pethor, in Aram Naharaim [to act] against you to curse you

Verse ConceptsHiringMoney, Attitudes ToUnkindnessInhospitalityNo FoodCursing Israel

Thematic Bible



The sons of Shem were Elam, Asshur, Arphaxad, Lud, and Aram. The sons of Aram were Uz, Hul, Gether, and Mash.

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


(Geshur and Aram captured the towns of Jair, along with Kenath and its sixty surrounding towns.) All these were descendants of Makir, the father of Gilead.


Uz the firstborn, his brother Buz, Kemuel (the father of Aram),


The sons of his brother Shemer: Rohgah, Hubbah, and Aram.


Then Balaam uttered his oracle, saying, "Balak, the king of Moab, brought me from Aram, out of the mountains of the east, saying, 'Come, pronounce a curse on Jacob for me; come, denounce Israel.'


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