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Strong H74862 sensesרַֽעַמְסֵס

Rameses · Raamses

Transliteration
ra‛mesês ra‛amsês
Pronunciation
{rah-mes-ace'} rah-am-sace'

Meaning of the name

Raamses or Rameses = "child of the sun"

The 2 senses of Strong H7486

The lexicon tells 2 senses apart under this number. In the Bible, each word leads to the one it has in its verse. Strong H7486 appears in 5 verses of the KJV, all senses together.

  1. RamesesH7486GEgyptian city where Israelites lived before the Exodus4 verses · Genesis, Exodus, Numbers
  2. RaamsesH7486HA store city built by the Israelites in Egypt1 verse · Exodus

General definition

Of Egypt origin;
Rameses or {Raamses} a place in Egypt: - {Raamses} Rameses.

In the Bible

Translated in the KJV by

  • rameses4
  • raamses1

First verses

  1. Genesis 47:11
    And Joseph placed his father and his brethren, and gave them a possession in the land of Egypt, in the best of the land, in the land of Rameses, as Pharaoh had commanded.
  2. Exodus 1:11
    Therefore they did set over them taskmasters to afflict them with their burdens. And they built for Pharaoh treasure cities, Pithom and Raamses.
  3. Exodus 12:37
    And the children of Israel journeyed from Rameses to Succoth, about six hundred thousand on foot that were men, beside children.
  4. Numbers 33:3
    And they departed from Rameses in the first month, on the fifteenth day of the first month; on the morrow after the passover the children of Israel went out with an high hand in the sight of all the Egyptians.
  5. Numbers 33:5
    And the children of Israel removed from Rameses, and pitched in Succoth.