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Raamah (son of Cush)
Excerpt from the Lexham Bible Dictionary, the most advanced Bible dictionary.
A descendant of Ham (Gen 10:7; 1 Chr 1:9); the village of Raamah (Ezek 27:22) was named after him.
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The Lexham Bible Dictionary
Raamah, Son of Cush
Raamah, Son of Cush (רַעְמָה‎, ra'mah). A descendant of Ham (Gen 10:7; 1 Chr 1:9); the village of Raamah (Ezek 27:22) was named after him.
The Anchor Yale Bible Dictionary
Raamah (Person)
RAAMAH (PERSON) [Heb raʿmâ (רַעְמָה‎); raʿmāʾ (רַעְמָא)]. A son of Cush and father of Dedan and Sheba (Gen 10:7; 1 Chr 1:9) whose name occurs in the so-called “Table of Nations” (Genesis 10) as a tribal rather than personal name (Westermann 1984: 510–11). Raamah is also named along with Sheba as a commercial
Baker Encyclopedia of the Bible
Raamah, Raama
Raamah, Raama. One of Cush’s five sons and a descendant of Noah through Ham’s line. He was the father of Sheba and Dedan (Gn 10:7; 1 Chr 1:9, Raama). Ezekiel 27:22 mentions the people of Sheba and Raamah trading spices and precious stones with the merchants of Tyre. Raamah’s name was later given to a
The International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, Revised
Raama
Raama rāʹə-mə [Heb. raʿmāʾ] (1 Ch. 1:9); AV RAAMAH; RAAMAH [Heb. raʿmâ] (Gen. 10:7; 1 Ch. 1:9; Ezk. 27:22); NEB also RAAMA. Son of Cush and father of Sheba and Dedan (Gen. 10:7; 1 Ch. 1:9). In Ezk. 27:22 Raamah is mentioned along with Sheba as a tribe or country whose merchants brought spices, precious
Tyndale Bible Dictionary
Raama, Raamah
RAAMA*, RAAMAH One of Cush’s five sons and a descendant of Ham’s line. He was the father of Sheba and Dedan (Gn 10:7; 1 Chr 1:9). Ezekiel 27:22 mentions the people of Sheba and Raamah trading spices and precious stones with the merchants of Tyre. Raamah’s name was later given to a town perhaps identifiable
The Wycliffe Bible Encyclopedia
Raamah
RAAMAH1. The fourth son of Cush, eldest son of Ham, and father of Sheba and Dedan (Gen 10:17; 1 Chr 1:9).2. A tribe associated with Sheba Ezk 27:22), believed by some to be Regma, a city in SE Arabia (following LXX). More likely the identification is with the Rhammanites in SW Arabia (Strabo xvi. 4:24),
The New Bible Dictionary, Third Edition
Raamah
RAAMAH (Heb. ra’mâ, ra‘mā, ‘trembling’). A ‘son’ of Cush (Gn. 10:7; 1 Ch. 1:9). The tribe of Raamah has not been identified, but inscriptions found in Sheba suggest a location N of Marib in Yemen. With Sheba, Raamah sold spices, precious stones and gold to Tyre (Ezk. 27:22).A. R. Millard.
Eerdmans Dictionary of the Bible
Raama, Raamah
Raama (Heb. Raʿmāʾ), Raamah (Raʿmâ)A son of Cush (Gen. 10:7; 1 Chr. 1:9); eponymous ancestor of Sheba and Dedan, Arabian peoples and territories. Located in southwestern Arabia (possibly modern Naǵrān), Raamah was a place rich in spices, gems, and gold, and thus a trading partner with Tyre (Ezek.
Eerdmans Bible Dictionary
Raama, Raamah
RAAMA [rāˊə mə] (Heb. ra˓mā˒), RAAMAH (ra˓mâ). A son of Cush (Gen. 10:7; 1 Chr. 1:9). The descendants of Raamah are associated with those of Sheba, another son of Cush, and lived somewhere in southwestern Arabia in a place rich in spices, gems, and gold (Ezek. 27:22). The city or region of Raamah
Catholic Bible Dictionary
Raamah
RAAMAH The son of Cush in the line of Ham and the father of Dedan and Sheba (Gen 10:7; 1 Chr 1:9). Raamah was later known as a small nation of traders in connection with Sheba (Ezek 27:22).
Smith’s Bible Dictionary
Raamah
Ra´amah (horse’s mane), a son of Cush and father of the Cushite Sheba and Dedan. Gen. 10:7. (b.c. after 2513.) The tribe of Raamah became afterward renowned as traders. Ezek. 27:22. They were settled on the Persian Gulf.
The New Unger’s Bible Dictionary
Raamah
RA´AMAH (raʹa-ma). The fourth named son (descendant) of Cush and grandson of Ham (Gen. 10:7; 1 Chron. 1:9). The tribe of Raamah afterward became renowned as traders (Ezek. 27:22). Raamah occurs in the inscriptions of Sheba as a place in SW Arabia near Mā˓ı̂n, referred to as Regma in the LXX and the
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