Bible Names

Aaron: meaning of the name

Aaron means “a teacher; lofty; mountain of strength.”
Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (1869)boy name

Aaron in Hebrew and Greek

Who named Aaron in the Bible

Aaron in Scripture

“Aaron” appears in 331 verses of the King James Version; here are the first 8.

  • Exodus 4:14

    And the anger of the Lord was kindled against Moses, and he said, Is not Aaron the Levite thy brother? I know that he can speak well. And also, behold, he cometh forth to meet thee: and when he seeth thee, he will be glad in his heart.

  • Exodus 4:27

    And the Lord said to Aaron, Go into the wilderness to meet Moses. And he went, and met him in the mount of God, and kissed him.

  • Exodus 4:28

    And Moses told Aaron all the words of the Lord who had sent him, and all the signs which he had commanded him.

  • Exodus 4:29

    And Moses and Aaron went and gathered together all the elders of the children of Israel:

  • Exodus 4:30

    And Aaron spake all the words which the Lord had spoken unto Moses, and did the signs in the sight of the people.

  • Exodus 5:1

    And afterward Moses and Aaron went in, and told Pharaoh, Thus saith the Lord God of Israel, Let my people go, that they may hold a feast unto me in the wilderness.

  • Exodus 5:4

    And the king of Egypt said unto them, Wherefore do ye, Moses and Aaron, let the people from their works? get you unto your burdens.

  • Exodus 5:20

    And they met Moses and Aaron, who stood in the way, as they came forth from Pharaoh: