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Aram-naharaim
Aram of the two rivers, is Mesopotamia (as it is rendered in Gen 24:10), the country enclosed between the Tigris on the east and the Euphrates on the west (Ps 60:1–12, title); called also the “field of Aram” (Hos 12:12, R.V.) i.e., the open country of Aram; in the Authorized Version, “country of Syria.” Padan-aram (q.v.) was a portion of this country.
Named in the Bible
1 verse
- Psalms 60:1 O God, thou hast cast us off, thou hast scattered us, thou hast been displeased; O turn thyself to us again.
From Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897), by Matthew George Easton.
