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Lexicon :: Strong's H7414 - rāmâ

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רָמָה
Transliteration
rāmâ
Pronunciation
raw-maw'
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Part of Speech
proper locative noun
Root Word (Etymology)
The same as רָמָה (H7413)
Strong’s Definitions

רָמָה Râmâh, raw-maw'; the same as H7413; Ramah, the name of four places in Palestine:—Ramah.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 37x

The KJV translates Strong's H7414 in the following manner: Ramah (37x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 37x
The KJV translates Strong's H7414 in the following manner: Ramah (37x).

  1. Ramah = "hill"

    1. a town in Benjamin on the border of Ephraim about 5 miles (8 km) from Jerusalem and near to Gibeah

    2. the home place of Samuel located in the hill country of Ephraim

    3. a fortified city in Naphtali

    4. landmark on the boundary of Asher, apparently between Tyre and Zidon

    5. a place of battle between Israel and Syria

      1. also 'Ramoth-gilead'

    6. a place rehabited by the Benjamites after the return from captivity

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
רָמָה Râmâh, raw-maw'; the same as H7413; Ramah, the name of four places in Palestine:—Ramah.
STRONGS H7414: Abbreviations
II. רָמָה proper name, of a location usually with article הָר׳ the Height, Rama, הָרָמָה (except Jeremiah 31:15; Nehemiah 11:33):
1. in Benjamin, on border of Ephraim, Hosea 5:8; 1 Kings 15:17, 1 Kings 15:21, 1 Kings 15:22; 2 Chronicles 16:1, 2 Chronicles 16:5, 2 Chronicles 16:6; Judges 4:5; Judges 19:3; Isaiah 10:29; Jeremiah 31:15; Jeremiah 40:1; Joshua 18:25 (P), Ezra 2:26 = Nehemiah 7:30, probably also Nehemiah 11:33; Greek Version of the LXXusually Ραμα; modern er-Râm, 5 miles north of Jerusalem, BuhlGeogr. 172.
2. in hill-country of Ephraim (= 1?), home of Samuel 1 Samuel 1:19; 1 Samuel 2:11; 1 Samuel 7:17; 1 Samuel 8:4; 1 Samuel 15:34; 1 Samuel 16:13; 1 Samuel 19:18, 1 Samuel 19:22a (all with ה locative, הָרָמָ֫חָה), 1 Samuel 19:19; 1 Samuel 19:22b; 1 Samuel 19:23; 1 Samuel 20:1; 1 Samuel 25:1; 1 Samuel 28:3, = הָרָמָתַיִם [H7436 1 Samuel 1:1] (see צוּפִי); Greek Version of the LXX Αρμαθαιμ, Ραμα; perhaps (if distinct from 1) = Besit-Rima, 13 miles east-northeast of Lydda (GASmGeogr. 254 BuhlGeogr. 170); or Râm-allah, 3 miles southwest of Bethel (EwHist. ii. 421 and others) [compare also Ἀριμαθαμα; Matthew 27:57 +].
3. in Asher Joshua 19:29 (P), Ραμα; perhaps Râmiye, approximately 12 miles east of Ladder of Tyre RobBR iii. 79 BuhlGeogr. 231.
4. in Naphtali, Joshua 19:36 (P), Αραηλ, A LXX of Lucian (Lag.) Ραμα; modern Râmeh, approximately 8 miles west-southwest of Safed BuhlGeogr. 222.
5. (בּ)רָמָה 2 Kings 8:29 2 Chronicles 22:6 Ρεμμωθ, Ραμωθ; LXX of Lucian (Lag.) Ραμαθ Γαλ.), see רָמוֺת 1 — See DrHast. DB. RAMAH p. 847.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Joshua

18:25; 19:29; 19:36

Judges

4:5; 19:3

1 Samuel

1:19; 2:11; 7:17; 8:4; 15:34; 16:13; 19:18; 19:19; 19:22; 19:22; 19:23; 20:1; 25:1; 28:3

1 Kings

15:17; 15:21; 15:22

2 Kings

8:29

2 Chronicles

16:1; 16:5; 16:6; 22:6

Ezra

2:26

Nehemiah

7:30; 11:33; 11:33

Isaiah

10:29

Jeremiah

31:15; 31:15; 40:1

Hosea

5:8

Matthew

27:57

H7414

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Strong's Number H7414 matches the Hebrew רָמָה (rāmâ),
which occurs 36 times in 34 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 18:25

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 18:25 - Also Gibeon, Ramah, Beeroth,

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 19:8

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 19:8 - including all the surrounding villages as far south as Baalath-beer (also known as Ramah of the Negev). This was the homeland allocated to the clans of the tribe of Simeon.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 19:29

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 19:29 - Then the boundary turned toward Ramah and the fortress of Tyre, where it turned toward Hosah and came to the Mediterranean Sea.[fn] The territory also included Mehebel, Aczib,

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 19:36

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 19:36 - Adamah, Ramah, Hazor,

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 4:5

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 4:5 - She would sit under the Palm of Deborah, between Ramah and Bethel in the hill country of Ephraim, and the Israelites would go to her for judgment.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 19:13

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 19:13 - Come on, let’s try to get as far as Gibeah or Ramah, and we’ll spend the night in one of those towns.”

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 1:19

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 1:19 - The entire family got up early the next morning and went to worship the LORD once more. Then they returned home to Ramah. When Elkanah slept with Hannah, the LORD remembered her plea,

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 2:11

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 2:11 - Then Elkanah returned home to Ramah without Samuel. And the boy served the LORD by assisting Eli the priest.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 7:17

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 7:17 - Then he would return to his home at Ramah, and he would hear cases there, too. And Samuel built an altar to the LORD at Ramah.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 8:4

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 8:4 - Finally, all the elders of Israel met at Ramah to discuss the matter with Samuel.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 15:34

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 15:34 - Then Samuel went home to Ramah, and Saul returned to his house at Gibeah of Saul.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 16:13

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 16:13 - So as David stood there among his brothers, Samuel took the flask of olive oil he had brought and anointed David with the oil. And the Spirit of the LORD came powerfully upon David from that day on. Then Samuel returned to Ramah.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 19:18

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 19:18 - So David escaped and went to Ramah to see Samuel, and he told him all that Saul had done to him. Then Samuel took David with him to live at Naioth.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 19:19

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 19:19 - When the report reached Saul that David was at Naioth in Ramah,

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 19:22

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 19:22 - Finally, Saul himself went to Ramah and arrived at the great well in Secu. “Where are Samuel and David?” he demanded.
“They are at Naioth in Ramah,” someone told him.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 19:23

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 19:23 - But on the way to Naioth in Ramah the Spirit of God came even upon Saul, and he, too, began to prophesy all the way to Naioth!

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 20:1

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 20:1 - David now fled from Naioth in Ramah and found Jonathan. “What have I done?” he exclaimed. “What is my crime? How have I offended your father that he is so determined to kill me?”

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 25:1

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 25:1 - Now Samuel died, and all Israel gathered for his funeral. They buried him at his house in Ramah. Then David moved down to the wilderness of Maon.[fn]

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 28:3

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 28:3 - Meanwhile, Samuel had died, and all Israel had mourned for him. He was buried in Ramah, his hometown. And Saul had banned from the land of Israel all mediums and those who consult the spirits of the dead.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 15:17

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 15:17 - King Baasha of Israel invaded Judah and fortified Ramah in order to prevent anyone from entering or leaving King Asa’s territory in Judah.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 15:21

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 15:21 - As soon as Baasha of Israel heard what was happening, he abandoned his project of fortifying Ramah and withdrew to Tirzah.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 15:22

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 15:22 - Then King Asa sent an order throughout Judah, requiring that everyone, without exception, help to carry away the building stones and timbers that Baasha had been using to fortify Ramah. Asa used these materials to fortify the town of Geba in Benjamin and the town of Mizpah.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 8:29

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 8:29 - he returned to Jezreel to recover from the wounds he had received at Ramoth.[fn] Because Joram was wounded, King Ahaziah of Judah went to Jezreel to visit him.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 16:1

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 16:1 - In the thirty-sixth year of Asa’s reign, King Baasha of Israel invaded Judah and fortified Ramah in order to prevent anyone from entering or leaving King Asa’s territory in Judah.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 16:5

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 16:5 - As soon as Baasha of Israel heard what was happening, he abandoned his project of fortifying Ramah and stopped all work on it.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 16:6

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 16:6 - Then King Asa called out all the men of Judah to carry away the building stones and timbers that Baasha had been using to fortify Ramah. Asa used these materials to fortify the towns of Geba and Mizpah.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 22:6

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 22:6 - he returned to Jezreel to recover from the wounds he had received at Ramoth.[fn] Because Joram was wounded, King Ahaziah[fn] of Judah went to Jezreel to visit him.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ezr 2:26

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 2:26 -
The people of Ramah and Geba621

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Unchecked Copy Box Neh 7:30

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 7:30 -
The people of Ramah and Geba621

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Unchecked Copy Box Neh 11:33

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 11:33 - Hazor, Ramah, Gittaim,

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 10:29

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 10:29 - They are crossing the pass
and are camping at Geba.
Fear strikes the town of Ramah.
All the people of Gibeah, the hometown of Saul,
are running for their lives.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 31:15

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 31:15 - This is what the LORD says:
“A cry is heard in Ramah—
deep anguish and bitter weeping.
Rachel weeps for her children,
refusing to be comforted—
for her children are gone.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 40:1

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 40:1 - The LORD gave a message to Jeremiah after Nebuzaradan, the captain of the guard, had released him at Ramah. He had found Jeremiah bound in chains among all the other captives of Jerusalem and Judah who were being sent to exile in Babylon.

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Unchecked Copy Box Hos 5:8

Unchecked Copy BoxHos 5:8 - “Sound the alarm in Gibeah!
Blow the trumpet in Ramah!
Raise the battle cry in Beth-aven[fn]!
Lead on into battle, O warriors of Benjamin!
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