RAM.—1. An ancestor of David (Rth_4:19, Mat_1:3-4; in Luk_3:33Arni). In 1Ch_2:9 he is called the brother, but in 1Ch_2:25; 1Ch_2:27 the son of Jerahmeel. 2. The family to which Elihu belonged (Job_32:2). Some have supposed that Ram is a contraction for Aram. [Note: Aramaic.]
RAM.—See Sheep, and (for battering-ram) Fortification and Siegecraft, 6 (c).