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

ARAM Beth-Rehob, in Ancient Geography, 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-Dammasek, or Syria Damascena, in Ancient Geography, a principal part of Syria, and more powerful than the rest (2 Sam.), taking its name from Damascus, the principal city.

ARAM-Maacha, in Ancient Geography, 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 Maachatha, (Moses, Joshua).

ARAM-Naharaim, in Ancient Geography, i.e. Aram or Syria of the Rivers, or Mesopotamia, situated between the Euphrates and Tigris; which is the reason of the name.

ARAM-Soba or Zoba, in Ancient Geography, 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).