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
It was a magnificent result of very moderate labor,--Hittite friezes, Assyrian and Aramean inscriptions all in one little mound.
From Beacon Lights of History, Volume 14 The New Era; A Supplementary Volume, by Recent Writers, as Set Forth in the Preface and Table of Contents by Lord, John
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)
The first stratum of the Hebrew nation was, therefore to all appearance, Babylonian, the second stratum Aramean, probably a kindred stock, whilst the third was to all appearance Canaanitish.
From The Old Testament In the Light of The Historical Records and Legends of Assyria and Babylonia by Pinches, Theophilus Goldridge
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