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
In Laban, his Aramean kinsman, he met his match, and almost his master, in craft; and the initial fraud of his life was more than once punished in kind.
From Introduction to the Old Testament by McFadyen, John Edgar
When one of the parties to the contract was of Aramean descent, it was usual to add an explanatory docket in Aramaic to the deed of sale.
From Babylonians and Assyrians, Life and Customs by Sayce, A. H. (Archibald Henry)
One of the towns was that of the Aramean tribe of Pekod.
From Babylonians and Assyrians, Life and Customs by Sayce, A. H. (Archibald Henry)
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