The Definition of the word Aram-naharaim
Aram-naharaim
Aram of the two rivers, is Mesopotamia (as it is rendered in "Gen. 24:10), the country enclosed between the Tigris on the east" "and the Euphrates on the west (Ps. 60, title); called also the" "field of Aram (Hos. 12:12, R.V.) i.e., the open country of" "Aram; in the Authorized Version, "country of Syria." Padan-aram" (q.v.) was a portion of this country.
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