Arameans

People-groups living in Syria who share a language, Aramaic.

About Arameans

The people of Aram and the predecessors of the Syrians. See Syria, Syrians.

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Key References

Judges 3:8

Then the anger of the LORD burned against Israel, and He sold them into the hand of Cushan-rishathaim king of Aram-naharaim, and the Israelites served him eight years.

2 Samuel 8:5

When the Arameans of Damascus came to help King Hadadezer of Zobah, David struck down twenty-two thousand of their men.

2 Samuel 8:6

Then he placed garrisons in Aram of Damascus, and the Arameans became subject to David and brought him tribute. So the LORD made David victorious wherever he went.

All Scripture References (5)

Genesis (4)
Genesis 25:20

and Isaac was forty years old when he married Rebekah, the daughter of Bethuel the Aramean from Paddan-aram and the sister of Laban the Aramean.

Genesis 28:5

So Isaac sent Jacob to Paddan-aram, to Laban son of Bethuel the Aramean, the brother of Rebekah, who was the mother of Jacob and Esau.

Genesis 31:20

Moreover, Jacob deceived Laban the Aramean by not telling him that he was running away.

Genesis 31:24

But that night God came to Laban the Aramean in a dream and warned him, “Be careful not to say anything to Jacob, either good or bad.”

Deuteronomy (1)
Deuteronomy 26:5

and you are to declare before the LORD your God, “My father was a wandering Aramean, and he went down to Egypt few in number and lived there and became a great nation, mighty and numerous.