Bible Names

Ramah: meaning of the name

Ramah means “same as Ram.”
Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (1869)

Ramah in Hebrew and Greek

רָמָה H7414

Râmâh (raw-maw') — Ramah, the name of four places in Palestine

the same as H7413 (רָמָה);

Places named Ramah

Ramah in Scripture

“Ramah” appears in 34 verses of the King James Version; here are the first 8.

  • Joshua 18:25

    Gibeon, and Ramah, and Beeroth,

  • Joshua 19:29

    And then the coast turneth to Ramah, and to the strong city Tyre; and the coast turneth to Hosah; and the outgoings thereof are at the sea from the coast to Achzib:

  • Joshua 19:36

    And Adamah, and Ramah, and Hazor,

  • Judges 4:5

    And she dwelt under the palm tree of Deborah between Ramah and Beth–el in mount Ephraim: and the children of Israel came up to her for judgment.

  • Judges 19:13

    And he said unto his servant, Come, and let us draw near to one of these places to lodge all night, in Gibeah, or in Ramah.

  • 1 Samuel 1:19

    And they rose up in the morning early, and worshipped before the Lord, and returned, and came to their house to Ramah: and Elkanah knew Hannah his wife; and the Lord remembered her.

  • 1 Samuel 2:11

    And Elkanah went to Ramah to his house. And the child did minister unto the Lord before Eli the priest.

  • 1 Samuel 7:17

    And his return was to Ramah; for there was his house; and there he judged Israel; and there he built an altar unto the Lord.