Etymology
Origin of Aramean
1825–35; < Latin Aramae ( us ) (< Greek aramaîos of Aram ) + -an
Example Sentences
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Seth Miller, who runs the popular Wandering Aramean blog agrees.
From Forbes ● Jan. 19, 2015
From 953-586 B.C. the Golan Heights was both a buffer zone and a contested area for the ancient Kingdom of Israel and the Aramean Kingdom in Damascus.
From Time Magazine Archive
As regards alphabets, the explorer must study the early Phenician and the Hebrew, Samaritan and Moabite, with the later Aramean branch of this alphabet, whence square Hebrew is derived.
From Scientific American Supplement, No. 1157, March 5, 1898 by Various
One sort has in place of the Greek lettering an Aramean inscription.
From The American Journal of Archaeology, 1893-1 by Various
Though some of them were originally written in Hebrew or Aramean, they have been preserved to us only in Greek or other versions.
From Companion to the Bible by Barrows, E. P. (Elijah Porter)
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