Aram-naharaim, Mesopotamia

“Aram” From Boyd’s Bible Dictionary:

(high). (1) Translated Mesopotamia (Gen. 24:1010And the servant took ten camels of the camels of his master, and departed; for all the goods of his master were in his hand: and he arose, and went to Mesopotamia, unto the city of Nahor. (Genesis 24:10)). The high part of Syria to the N. E. of Palestine. Absorbed by Syria, with capital at Damascus (1 Kings 20:11And Ben-hadad the king of Syria gathered all his host together: and there were thirty and two kings with him, and horses, and chariots: and he went up and besieged Samaria, and warred against it. (1 Kings 20:1); Isa. 7:88For the head of Syria is Damascus, and the head of Damascus is Rezin; and within threescore and five years shall Ephraim be broken, that it be not a people. (Isaiah 7:8); 1 Kings 11:2424And he gathered men unto him, and became captain over a band, when David slew them of Zobah: and they went to Damascus, and dwelt therein, and reigned in Damascus. (1 Kings 11:24)). (2) A descendant of Nahor (Gen. 22:2121Huz his firstborn, and Buz his brother, and Kemuel the father of Aram, (Genesis 22:21)). (3) An Asherite (1 Chron. 7:3434And the sons of Shamer; Ahi, and Rohgah, Jehubbah, and Aram. (1 Chronicles 7:34)). (4) An ancestor of Christ (Matt. 1:44And Aram begat Aminadab; and Aminadab begat Naasson; and Naasson begat Salmon; (Matthew 1:4); Luke 3:3333Which was the son of Aminadab, which was the son of Aram, which was the son of Esrom, which was the son of Phares, which was the son of Juda, (Luke 3:33)).

“Mesopotamia” From Boyd’s Bible Dictionary:

“Aram” From Concise Bible Dictionary:

This is the name of a large district lying north of Arabia, north-east of Palestine, east of Phenicia, south of the Taurus range, and west of the Tigris. It is generally supposed that the name points to the district as the “Highlands,” though it may be from Aram the son of Shem, as above. The word occurs once untranslated in Numbers 23:7,7And he took up his parable, and said, Balak the king of Moab hath brought me from Aram, out of the mountains of the east, saying, Come, curse me Jacob, and come, defy Israel. (Numbers 23:7) as “Aram” simply, from whence Balaam was brought, “out of the mountains of the east”; but it is mostly translated Syria or Syrian. Thus we have —

“Mesopotamia” From Concise Bible Dictionary:

This name signifies “midst of the rivers.” It is the district lying between the rivers Euphrates and the Upper Tigris, especially in the N.W. It is first mentioned as the abode of Nahor and his family. Isaac’s wife came from thence, and Jacob served Laban there. Mention is made of but one king of Mesopotamia, Chushan-rishathaim, who ruled over Israel—no doubt a part of them—for eight years (Judg. 3:8-108Therefore the anger of the Lord was hot against Israel, and he sold them into the hand of Chushan-rishathaim king of Mesopotamia: and the children of Israel served Chushan-rishathaim eight years. 9And when the children of Israel cried unto the Lord, the Lord raised up a deliverer to the children of Israel, who delivered them, even Othniel the son of Kenaz, Caleb's younger brother. 10And the Spirit of the Lord came upon him, and he judged Israel, and went out to war: and the Lord delivered Chushan-rishathaim king of Mesopotamia into his hand; and his hand prevailed against Chushan-rishathaim. (Judges 3:8‑10)). Mesopotamia became absorbed in the great nations, belonging successively to the Assyrians, Medea and Persians, Greeks, and Romans; and is now possessed by the Turks (Gen. 24:1010And the servant took ten camels of the camels of his master, and departed; for all the goods of his master were in his hand: and he arose, and went to Mesopotamia, unto the city of Nahor. (Genesis 24:10); Deut. 23:44Because they met you not with bread and with water in the way, when ye came forth out of Egypt; and because they hired against thee Balaam the son of Beor of Pethor of Mesopotamia, to curse thee. (Deuteronomy 23:4); 1 Chron. 19:66And when the children of Ammon saw that they had made themselves odious to David, Hanun and the children of Ammon sent a thousand talents of silver to hire them chariots and horsemen out of Mesopotamia, and out of Syria-maachah, and out of Zobah. (1 Chronicles 19:6); Acts 2:99Parthians, and Medes, and Elamites, and the dwellers in Mesopotamia, and in Judea, and Cappadocia, in Pontus, and Asia, (Acts 2:9); Acts 7:22And he said, Men, brethren, and fathers, hearken; The God of glory appeared unto our father Abraham, when he was in Mesopotamia, before he dwelt in Charran, (Acts 7:2)). See ARAM-NAHARAIM.

Strong’s Dictionary of Hebrew Words:

Number:
763 (find all occurrences in KJV Bible)
Transliteration:
’Aram
Phonic:
Naharayim
Meaning:
from 758 and the dual of 5104; Aram of (the) two rivers (Euphrates and Tigris) or Mesopotamia
KJV Usage:
Aham-naharaim, Mesopotamia

Potts’ Bible Proper Names:

Between two rivers:―country between Tigris and Euphrates Rivers, Gen. 24:10. {Inter duo flumina}