Strong H7632 sensesאֲרַם נַהֲרַיִם

Mesopotamia · Aram-naharaim

Transliteration
'ăram nahărayim
Pronunciation
ar-am' nah-har-ah'-yim

Meaning of the name

Aram-naharaim = "Aram of the two rivers"

The 2 senses of Strong H763

The lexicon tells 2 senses apart under this number. In the Bible, each word leads to the one it has in its verse. Strong H763 appears in 5 verses of the KJV, all senses together.

  1. MesopotamiaH763GThe region between the Tigris and Euphrates riversNot in the KJV
  2. Aram-naharaimH763HA region mentioned in the title of Psalm 60.Not in the KJV

General definition

From H758 and the dual of H5104; Aram of (the) two rivers (Euphrates and Tigris) or Mesopotamia: - {Aham-naharaim} Mesopotamia.

In the Bible

Translated in the KJV by

  • mesopotamia5

First verses

  1. Genesis 24:10
    And the servant took ten camels of the camels of his master, and departed; for all the goods of his master were in his hand: and he arose, and went to Mesopotamia, unto the city of Nahor.
  2. Deuteronomy 23:4
    Because they met you not with bread and with water in the way, when ye came forth out of Egypt; and because they hired against thee Balaam the son of Beor of Pethor of Mesopotamia, to curse thee.
  3. Judges 3:8
    Therefore the anger of the Lord was hot against Israel, and he sold them into the hand of Chushan–rishathaim king of Mesopotamia: and the children of Israel served Chushan–rishathaim eight years.
  4. Judges 3:10
    And the Spirit of the Lord came upon him, and he judged Israel, and went out to war: and the Lord delivered Chushan–rishathaim king of Mesopotamia into his hand; and his hand prevailed against Chushan–rishathaim.
  5. 1 Chronicles 19:6
    And when the children of Ammon saw that they had made themselves odious to David, Hanun and the children of Ammon sent a thousand talents of silver to hire them chariots and horsemen out of Mesopotamia, and out of Syria–maachah, and out of Zobah.