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
He wore it for two months and twelve days, and then abdicated in favour of a certain Ukinzir, an Aramean chief.
From The World's Greatest Books — Volume 11 — Ancient and Mediæval History by Hammerton, John Alexander, Sir
His object in leading his forces thither was to break the power of the Aramean tribes, with the Arabs and others who were in alliance with them.
From The Old Testament In the Light of The Historical Records and Legends of Assyria and Babylonia by Pinches, Theophilus Goldridge
Many of these peculiar words are Aramean; that is, they are words current in the Aramean branch of the Shemitic languages.
From Companion to the Bible by Barrows, E. P. (Elijah Porter)
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