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Arimathea

Or RAMAH, now called Ramlè, or Ramla, a pleasant town, beautifully situated on the borders of a fertile and extensive plain, abounding in gardens, vineyards, olive and date trees. It stands about thirty miles north-west of Jerusalem, on the high road to Jaffa. Arimathea is rendered in the installed Bible Names resource as “a lion dead to the Lord.” This unified study connects 7 installed resource categories without replacing their source records.

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  • Historical Reference: Nave’s Topical Bible — Public domain
  • Historical Reference: Hitchcock’s Bible Names Dictionary (1869)
  • Historical Reference: Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary
  • Historical Reference: A Biblical and Theological Dictionary
  • Historical Reference: concordance
  • Historical Reference: STEPBible TBESG (based primarily on Abbott-Smith)
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Subject type
Subject
Strong’s
G0707
Hebrew
רָמָה · râmâh
Greek
Ἀριμαθαία · Arimathaia
Name meaning
a lion dead to the Lord According to Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary

Strong’s and original-language information

Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon

Ἀριμαθαία

G0707
Transliteration
Arimathaia
Language
Greek
Part of speech
N:N-F-L
Indexed occurrences
4

Glosses

Arimathea, Arimathæa

Lexicon definition

Ἁριμαθεία (WH, Ἁρ.), -ας, ἡ [in LXX: Ἁριμαθάιμ, 1Ki.1:1, al. (רָמָה) ;] Arimathæa: Mat.27:57, Mrk.15:43, Luk.23:51, Jhn.19:38.† (AS)

Strong’s Hebrew and Greek Lexicon

רָמָה

H7411
Transliteration
râmâh
Pronunciation
raw-maw'
Language
Hebrew
Indexed occurrences
12

Glosses

beguile, betray, (bow-) man, carry, deceive, throw.

Lexicon definition

to hurl

specifically, to shoot

figuratively, to delude or betray (as if causing to fall)

Strong’s Hebrew and Greek Lexicon

רָמָה

H7413
Transliteration
râmâh
Pronunciation
raw-maw'
Language
Hebrew
Indexed occurrences
5

Glosses

high place.

Lexicon definition

a height (as a seat of idolatry)

Strong’s Hebrew and Greek Lexicon

רָמָה

H7414
Transliteration
Râmâh
Pronunciation
raw-maw'
Language
Hebrew
Indexed occurrences
37

Glosses

Ramah.

Lexicon definition

Ramah, the name of four places in Palestine

Complete dictionary entries

Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary

Arimathea

a lion dead to the Lord

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A Biblical and Theological Dictionary

ARIMATHEA

or RAMAH, now called Ramlè, or Ramla, a pleasant town, beautifully situated on the borders of a fertile and extensive plain, abounding in gardens, vineyards, olive and date trees. It stands about thirty miles north-west of Jerusalem, on the high road to Jaffa. At this Rama, which was likewise called Ramathaim Zophim, as lying in the district of Zuph, or Zoph, Samuel was born, 1 Sam. i. This was likewise the native place of Joseph, called Joseph of Arimathea, who begged and obtained the body of Jesus from Pilate, Matt. xxvi, 57. There was another Ramah, about six miles north of Jerusalem, in a pass which separated the kingdoms of Israel and Judah, which Baasha, king of Israel, took and began to fortify; but he was obliged to relinquish it, in consequence of the alliance formed between Asa, king of Judah, and Benhadad, king of Syria, 1 Kings xv. This is the Ramah, supposed to be alluded to in the lamentation of Rachel for her children.

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Concordance

Strong's Concordance

Arimathea

Indexed occurrences: 4

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All Scripture references13 references

1 Kings 1

1 Kings 21:2

2 Kings 2

2 Kings 21:182 Kings 25:4

Esther 1

Esther 1:5

Matthew 1

Matthew 27:57

Mark 3

Mark 12:1Mark 15:43Mark 15:46

Luke 1

Luke 23:51

John 4

John 1:48John 18:1John 19:38John 19:41

Topical Bible

Nave's Topical Bible

ARIMATHEA

Entry:
Nave’s Topical Bible references for ARIMATHEA.

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Bible Names

Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary

Arimathea

Meaning:
a lion dead to the Lord

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ARIMATHEA

Nave’s Topical Bible references for ARIMATHEA.

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Arimathea

a lion dead to the Lord

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Dictionary

Gardens

Mentioned in Scripture, of Eden (Gen. 2:8, 9); Ahab's garden of herbs (1 Kings 21:2); the royal garden (2 Kings 21:18); the royal garden at Susa (Esther 1:5); the garden of Joseph of Arimathea (John 19:41); of Gethsemane (John 18:1). The "king's garden" mentioned 2 Kings 25:4, Neh. 3:15, was near the Pool of Siloam. Gardens were surrounded by hedges of thorns (Isa. 5:5) or by walls of stone (Prov. 24:31). "Watch-towers" or "lodges" were also built in them (Isa. 1:8; Mark 12:1), in which their keepers sat. On account of their retirement they were frequently used as places for secret prayer and communion with God (Gen. 24:63; Matt. 26:30-36; John 1:48; 18:1, 2). The dead were sometimes buried in gardens (Gen. 23:19, 20; 2 Kings 21:18, 26; 1 Sam. 25:1; Mark 15:46; John 19:41). (See [228]PARADISE.)

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