or Aramaea Regio (anc. geog.), the Hebrew name of Syria, so called from Aram the son of Shem, (Moses, Josephus).

ARIM Beth-Rehob, (anc. geog.) was that part of Syria lying to the north of Palestine; because Rehob was its boundary towards that quarter, (Moses); allotted to the tribe of Asher, (Judges); where it joins Sidon, (Joshua).

ARAM-Damascus, or Syria Damascena, (anc. geog.) a principal part of Syria, and more powerful than the rest, (2 Sam.) taking its name from Damascus, the principal city.

ARAM-Maacha, (anc. geog.) a district of Syria, at the foot of mount Hermon, (2 Samuel, 1 Chronicles); on the borders of the half tribe of Manasseh, on the other side the Jordan, called the coast of Maachath, (Moses, Joshua).

ARAM-Nubaraim, (anc. geog.) i.e. Aram, or Syria of the Rivers, or Mesopotamia, situated between the Euphrates and Tygris; which is the reason of the name.

ARAM-Soba, or Zoba, (anc. geog.) which David conquered, was a country near the Euphrates, where afterwards Palmyra stood: the Euphrates bounded it on the east, as the land of Canaan and Syria Damascena did on the west, (2 Samuel).