Syrian
Syrian
(, Arummi, Gen 25:20; Gen 28:5; Gen 31:20; Gen 31:24; Deu 26:5, 2 Kings 5, 20; fem. , Arammiydh, 1Ch 7:14, Aramitess; plur. masc. , Arammim, 2Ki 8:28-29; 2Ki 16:6 [where the text has , which the marg. corrects to , Edomites]; 2Ch 22:5; but Syrians is elsewhere the rendering of , Aranz; , [Luk 4:27), an inhabitant either of Western Syria, i.e. on the Mediterranean (2 Kings 5, 20), or of Eastern, i.e. Mesopotamia (Genesis loc. cit.). SEE SYRIA.