Strong's H7414 (Hebrew)

Hebrew: רָמָה (Râmâh)

Pronunciation: raw-maw'

Morphology: n-pr-loc

Name Meaning: Ramah = "hill"

Derivation: the same as רָמָה (râmâh) [H7413];

Definition: Ramah, the name of four places in Palestine

KJV Renderings: Ramah.

Senses

1. a town in Benjamin on the border of Ephraim about 5 miles (8 km) from Jerusalem and near to Gibeah
2. the home place of Samuel located in the hill country of Ephraim
3. a fortified city in Naphtali
4. landmark on the boundary of Asher, apparently between Tyre and Zidon
5. a place of battle between Israel and Syria
1. also 'Ramoth-gilead'
6. a place rehabited by the Benjamites after the return from captivity

Cross References

Sources. The definition, derivation and KJV renderings are James Strong's own wording from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890) — public domain. The numbered senses and the Hebrew–Greek cross-references are the editorial work of the OpenScriptures Strong's dictionary, licensed CC BY-SA 3.0; their sense-outline conventions match the Outline of Biblical Usage (Online Bible, Larry Pierce), noted as a convention match rather than a documented claim.