Aram

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1. The fifth son of Shem; the father (or, see I Chr 1:17, the brother) of Uz, Hul, Gether and Mash – five of the seventy nations listed after the Flood (Gen 10:22-23). Their descendants were the Arameans.

2. The son of Kemuel and grandson of Nahor, Abraham's brother (Gen 22:21). The patriarchs had close family ties with the Arameans: Isaac married a granddaughter of Nahor, sister of Laban the Aramean (Gen 25:20), and Jacob married daughters of the same Laban (Gen 31:50-52). Jacob himself is even called the son of a Syrian (Aramean) (Deut 26:5).

3. One of the four sons of Shemer of the tribe of Asher.

Concordance
ARAM 1: Gen 10:22-23. I Chr 1:17
ARAM 2: Gen 22:21
ARAM 3: I Chr 7:34

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Aram may refer to:

In the Bible:

• Aram, son of Shem (אֲרָם or ʾĂrām), according to the 'Table of Nations' in Genesis 10
• Aram-Naharaim (Aram of two Rivers), the land in which the city of Haran lay
• Aram (Biblical region), containing the state of Aram Damascus
• Aram Rehob, an early Aramaean kingdom
• Aram, son of Bethuel's elder brother, Kemuel, grandson of Abraham's elder brother, Nahor

In the Qur'an:

• Iram of the Pillars, also called Aram, a lost city on the Arabian Peninsula

In history, culture and society:

• Aram (given name), a popular given name in Armenian, Aramaic and Persian languages
• Aram, the third day of the month in the Armenian calendar
• Aram, Armenian patriarch in the History of Armenia (Moses of Chorene)
• Aram (film), 2002 French action movie, written by Robert Kechichian
• Aram (アラム), fictional character in MeruPuri, written by Matsuri Hino

See also

• Ram (Bible), son of Hezron and ancestor of King David
• Aramaean (disambiguation)

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