Dict: easton - Aram

easton:

Aram @ the son of Shem kjv@Genesis:10:22); according to kjv@Genesis:22:21, a grandson of Nahor. In kjv@Matthew:1:3-4, and kjv@Luke:3:33, this word is the Greek form of Ram, the father of Amminadab ( kjv@1Chronicles: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 kjv@Genesis:25:20 kjv@Genesis:31:20 kjv@Genesis:31:24; kjv@Deuteronomy: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."