Etymology
Origin of Aramean
1825–35; < Latin Aramae ( us ) (< Greek aramaîos of Aram ) + -an
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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
Son of Man, in the Semitic languages, especially in the Aramean dialects, is a simple synonym of man.
From The Life of Jesus by Ernest Renan
When the Aramean became the prevailing language, the name of the place may have received a new etymology, just as the Fathers of the Church derive πάσχα, from πάσχειν, and many similar instances.
From Christology of the Old Testament: And a Commentary on the Messianic Predictions. Vol. 2 by Ernst Wilhelm Hengstenberg
The pasturage was common property, and it was only the wages of the Aramean shepherds who looked after the flock which involved an outlay.
From Babylonians and Assyrians, Life and Customs by A. H. (Archibald Henry) Sayce
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