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Ram.

1. See Battering-Ram.

(high, exalted).

2. A son of Hezron, and the father of Ammin-adab, born in Egypt, after Jacob's migration there. Ruth 4:19. (B.C. 1706). In Matthew 1:3-4 and Luke 3:33, he is called Aram in the Authorized Version, but Ram in the Revised Version of Matthew 1:3-4, and Arni in the Revised Version of Luke 3:33. See Aram, 4; Arni.

3. The first-born of Jerahmeel, and, therefore, nephew of the Ram, 2. 1 Chronicles 3:25; 1 Chronicles 3:27. (B.C. after 1706).

4. One of the kindred of Elihu. Job 32:2. Ewald identified this Ram with Aram in Genesis 22:21. See Aram, 2.

Bibliography Information
Smith, William, Dr. Entry for 'Ram'. Smith's Bible Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​sbd/​r/ram.html. 1901.
 
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