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Armenia
People's Dictionary of the Bible
or Armenia (ar-mç'ni-ä), mountains of Minni (?) The English name for a country called Ararat in the Hebrew, 2 Kings 19:37; Isaiah 37:38, A. V., but the R. V. has Ararat in both of these places; hence "Armenia" does not occur in the Revised English Version. Armenia is in western Asia, between the Caspian and the Black Seas, and the Caucasus and Taurus ranges of mountains. Three districts, probably included in Armenia, are mentioned in the Bible—Ararat, Minni and Ashchenaz, and Togarmah. 1. Ararat was a central region near the range of mountains of the same name. 2. Minni and Ashchenaz, Jeremiah 51:27, districts in the upper valley of a branch of the Euphrates. 3. Togarmah, Ezekiel 27:14; Ezekiel 38:6, was apparently the name by which the most, or perhaps the whole, of the land was known to the Hebrews. The present number of Armenians is estimated to be from 2,500,000 to 3,000,000, of whom about 1,000,000 live in Armenia. Its chief modern towns are Erzeroum, Erivan, and Van. See Ararat.
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Rice, Edwin Wilbur, DD. Entry for 'Armenia'. People's Dictionary of the Bible. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/rpd/a/armenia.html. 1893.
