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Ararat, Armenia

“Ararat” From Boyd’s Bible Dictionary:

(high land). A high mountain of Armenia, and resting place of Noah’s ark (Gen. 8:4⁴And the ark rested in the seventh month, on the seventeenth day of the month, upon the mountains of Ararat. (Genesis 8:4)).

“Armenia” From Boyd’s Bible Dictionary:

(Land of Aram). The plateau of Western Asia, whence flow its great rivers Euphrates, Tigris, Araxes (2 Kings 19:37³⁷And it came to pass, as he was worshipping in the house of Nisroch his god, that Adrammelech and Sharezer his sons smote him with the sword: and they escaped into the land of Armenia. And Esar-haddon his son reigned in his stead. (2 Kings 19:37); Isa. 37:38³⁸And it came to pass, as he was worshipping in the house of Nisroch his god, that Adrammelech and Sharezer his sons smote him with the sword; and they escaped into the land of Armenia: and Esar-haddon his son reigned in his stead. (Isaiah 37:38)).

“Ararat” From Concise Bible Dictionary:

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A kingdom which was called upon by God, in conjunction with Medes, Persians, and others, under one captain, Cyrus, to punish Babylon in revenge of Israel (Jer. 51:27²⁷Set ye up a standard in the land, blow the trumpet among the nations, prepare the nations against her, call together against her the kingdoms of Ararat, Minni, and Ashchenaz; appoint a captain against her; cause the horses to come up as the rough caterpillers. (Jeremiah 51:27)). It is identified with Urartu or Urardhu of the Assyrian inscriptions, a district in Armenia, in which is Mount Ararat, on some part of which the ark of Noah rested (Gen.s 8:4). The mount is situate 39° 45' N, 44° 28' E, and its extreme height is about 17,000 feet above the sea, covered with perpetual snow. Objection has been taken to its great height, but it may not have been on its highest part that the ark rested.

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“Armenia” From Concise Bible Dictionary:

This name occurs in the AV (KJV) in 2 Kings 19:37³⁷And it came to pass, as he was worshipping in the house of Nisroch his god, that Adrammelech and Sharezer his sons smote him with the sword: and they escaped into the land of Armenia. And Esar-haddon his son reigned in his stead. (2 Kings 19:37) and Isaiah 37:38,³⁸And it came to pass, as he was worshipping in the house of Nisroch his god, that Adrammelech and Sharezer his sons smote him with the sword; and they escaped into the land of Armenia: and Esar-haddon his son reigned in his stead. (Isaiah 37:38) as the place to which two sons of Sennacherib fled after killing their father; but in both these passages the Hebrew word is Ararat. Armenia occurs in the LXX in the passage in Isaiah. Armenia lies west of the Caspian Sea, and extends northward of 38° N. lat. It is now partly in the Russian and partly in the Turkish empires.

Strong’s Dictionary of Hebrew Words:

Number:

780 (find all occurrences in KJV Bible)

Transliteration:

’Ararat

Phonic:

ar-aw-rat’

Meaning:

of foreign origin; Ararat (or rather Armenia)

KJV Usage:

Ararat, Armenia

Potts’ Bible Proper Names:

A bow; mountains of Mini:―plateau of western Asia [ARARAT], 2 Kings 19:37. {Arcus}