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( àֲøִîַּé , Arummi, Gen_25:20; Gen_28:5; Gen_31:20; Gen_31:24; Deu_26:5, 2 Kings 5, 20; fem. àֲøִîַּéּä , Arammiydh, 1Ch_7:14, “Aramitess;” plur. masc. àֲøִîַּé , Arammim, 2Ki_8:28-29; 2Ki_16:6 [where the text has àøåîéí , which the marg. corrects to àֲøåֹîַé , Edomites]; 2Ch_22:5; but “Syrians” is elsewhere the rendering of àֲøִí , Aranz; Óýñïò , [Luk_4:27), an inhabitant either of Western Syria, i.e. on the Mediterranean (2 Kings 5, 20), or of Eastern, i.e. Mesopotamia (Genesis loc. cit.). SEE SYRIA.