A name from Scripture
Aram
AIR-um
Meaning
Exalted; Highland
Hebrew origin · Boy · First in Genesis
What it points to
Aram — 'exalted' — fathered a civilization whose language became the tongue Jesus spoke. From Aram's highlands came the words 'Abba, Father' — the most intimate prayer in all of Scripture.
Verses · King James Version
“The children of Shem; Elam, and Asshur, and Arphaxad, and Lud, and Aram. And the children of Aram; Uz, and Hul, and Gether, and Mash.”
Genesis 10:22-23
“And Judas begat Phares and Zara of Thamar; and Phares begat Esrom; and Esrom begat Aram.”
Matthew 1:3-4