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Ram

Also called Aram

Mentioned 1751 BC to AD 26 traditional (Jones)

The son of Hezron, and one of the ancestors of the royal line (Ruth 4:19). The margin of 1 Chr. 2:9, also Matt. 1:3, 4 and Luke 3:33, have “Aram.”

From Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897).

Father
Hezron
Child
Amminadab
Siblings
Caleb, Jerahmeel, Ashur, Segub
Tagged in
6 verses

Computed from the data. Years are traditional (Jones).

Family

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Timeline

The strip runs from Creation to AD 100; the shaded part, 2195 BC to AD 100, is drawn below at a larger scale around these mentions, with 6 contemporaries. Years are traditional (Jones), shown as recorded, not as settled fact.

Mentions

6 tagged verses in 4 books. Select a book to read its verses.

  1. Ruth1
  2. 1 Chronicles2
  3. Matthew2
  4. Luke1

The name in each translation

TextOccurrences of each name
BSBRam 9Aram 79
KJVRam 7Aram 12
ASVRam 9Aram 11

Whole-word, case-sensitive count of the name string (regex \bName\b, so possessives like "Abraham's" count) across the whole Bible text of each translation; this counts the string, not the person, so other people who share the name are included and pronoun references are not. How Begat counts

Every verse

All 6 tagged verses, by book, in canonical order. The Berean Standard Bible is shown; switch to the King James or American Standard Version.

Ruth1 verse
  1. 4:19

    Hezron was the father of Ram, Ram was the father of Amminadab,

1 Chronicles2 verses
  1. 2:9

    The sons who were born to Hezron: Jerahmeel, Ram, and Caleb.

  2. 2:10

    Ram was the father of Amminadab, and Amminadab was the father of Nahshon, a leader of the descendants of Judah.

Matthew2 verses
  1. 1:3

    Judah was the father of Perez and Zerah by Tamar, Perez the father of Hezron, and Hezron the father of Ram.

  2. 1:4

    Ram was the father of Amminadab, Amminadab the father of Nahshon, and Nahshon the father of Salmon.

Luke1 verse
  1. 3:33

    the son of Amminadab, the son of Admin, the son of Arni, the son of Hezron, the son of Perez, the son of Judah,

Easton’s Bible Dictionary

The full entry, public domain, as printed in 1897.

The son of Hezron, and one of the ancestors of the royal line (Ruth 4:19). The margin of 1 Chr. 2:9, also Matt. 1:3, 4 and Luke 3:33, have “Aram.”