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Syrian

Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature

(אֲרִמַּי, Arummi, Genesis 25:20; Genesis 28:5; Genesis 31:20; Genesis 31:24; Deuteronomy 26:5, 2 Kings 5, 20; fem. אֲרִמַּיּה, Arammiydh, 1 Chronicles 7:14, "Aramitess;" plur. masc. אֲרִמַּי, Arammim, 2 Kings 8:28-29; 2 Kings 16:6 [where the text has ארומים, which the marg. corrects to אֲרוֹמַי, Edomites]; 2 Chronicles 22:5; but "Syrians" is elsewhere the rendering of אֲרִם, Aranz; Σύρος, [Luke 4:27), an inhabitant either of Western Syria, i.e. on the Mediterranean (2 Kings 5, 20), or of Eastern, i.e. Mesopotamia (Genesis loc. cit.). (See SYRIA).

Bibliography Information
McClintock, John. Strong, James. Entry for 'Syrian'. Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature. https://www.studylight.org/​encyclopedias/​eng/​tce/​s/syrian.html. Harper & Brothers. New York. 1870.