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Strong H7414H7414Jרָמָה

Ramah

One of the 5 senses of Strong H7414

Transliteration
râmâh
Pronunciation
raw-maw'
Morphology
Proper Name of a Location with no gender

Definition

Mizpah (Mizpeh, Ramah, Ramathaim-zophim, Arimathea), a city in Benjamin where the Israelites gathered for judgment and prayer (Judges 20:1, 3; 21:1, 5, 8; 1 Samuel 7:5-7, 11-12, 16; 10:17), and the hometown of Samuel (1 Samuel 1:19; 2:11; 7:17; 8:4; 15:34; 16:13; 19:18-23; 20:1; 25:1; 28:3) and Joseph of Arimathea (Matthew 27:57; Mark 15:43; Luke 23:50-51; John 19:38).

Meaning of the name

Ramah = "hill"

General definition

The same as H7413; {Ramah} the name of four places in Palestine: - Ramah.

In the biblical story

Mizpah

A city in Benjamin; a place of gathering and judgment

Mizpah (Mizpeh, Ramah, Ramathaim-zophim, Arimathea), a city in Benjamin where the Israelites gathered for judgment and prayer (Judges 20:1, 3; 21:1, 5, 8; 1 Samuel 7:5-7, 11-12, 16; 10:17), and the hometown of Samuel (1 Samuel 1:19; 2:11; 7:17; 8:4; 15:34; 16:13; 19:18-23; 20:1; 25:1; 28:3) and Joseph of Arimathea (Matthew 27:57; Mark 15:43; Luke 23:50-51; John 19:38).

In the Bible

Strong H7414J appears in 13 verses of the KJV.

Translated in the KJV by

  • ramah13

First verses

  1. 1 Samuel 1:19
    And they rose up in the morning early, and worshipped before the Lord, and returned, and came to their house to Ramah: and Elkanah knew Hannah his wife; and the Lord remembered her.
  2. 1 Samuel 2:11
    And Elkanah went to Ramah to his house. And the child did minister unto the Lord before Eli the priest.
  3. 1 Samuel 7:17
    And his return was to Ramah; for there was his house; and there he judged Israel; and there he built an altar unto the Lord.
  4. 1 Samuel 8:4
    Then all the elders of Israel gathered themselves together, and came to Samuel unto Ramah,
  5. 1 Samuel 15:34
    Then Samuel went to Ramah; and Saul went up to his house to Gibeah of Saul.
  6. 1 Samuel 16:13
    Then Samuel took the horn of oil, and anointed him in the midst of his brethren: and the Spirit of the Lord came upon David from that day forward. So Samuel rose up, and went to Ramah.
  7. 1 Samuel 19:18
    So David fled, and escaped, and came to Samuel to Ramah, and told him all that Saul had done to him. And he and Samuel went and dwelt in Naioth.
  8. 1 Samuel 19:19
    And it was told Saul, saying, Behold, David is at Naioth in Ramah.
  9. 1 Samuel 19:22
    Then went he also to Ramah, and came to a great well that is in Sechu: and he asked and said, Where are Samuel and David? And one said, Behold, they be at Naioth in Ramah.
  10. 1 Samuel 19:23
    And he went thither to Naioth in Ramah: and the Spirit of God was upon him also, and he went on, and prophesied, until he came to Naioth in Ramah.
  11. 1 Samuel 20:1
    And David fled from Naioth in Ramah, and came and said before Jonathan, What have I done? what is mine iniquity? and what is my sin before thy father, that he seeketh my life?
  12. 1 Samuel 25:1
    And Samuel died; and all the Israelites were gathered together, and lamented him, and buried him in his house at Ramah. And David arose, and went down to the wilderness of Paran.
  13. 1 Samuel 28:3
    Now Samuel was dead, and all Israel had lamented him, and buried him in Ramah, even in his own city. And Saul had put away those that had familiar spirits, and the wizards, out of the land.
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