Ar·am /ˈærəm, ˈɛr-/
 Aram
      n : the biblical name for ancient Syria
 Aram
    the son of Shem (Gen. 10:22); according to Gen. 22:21, a
    grandson of Nahor. In Matt. 1:3, 4, and Luke 3:33, this word is
    the Greek form of Ram, the father of Amminadab (1 Chr. 2:10).
      The word means high, or highlands, and as the name of a
    country denotes that elevated region extending from the
    northeast of Palestine to the Euphrates. It corresponded
    generally with the Syria and Mesopotamia of the Greeks and
    Romans. In Gen. 25:20; 31:20, 24; Deut. 26:5, the word "Syrian"
    is properly "Aramean" (R.V., marg.). Damascus became at length
    the capital of the several smaller kingdoms comprehended under
    the designation "Aram" or "Syria."
 Aram, highness, magnificence, one that deceives; curse