Ramath: meaning of the name
Ramath means “Ramatha, raised; lofty.”
Ramath in Scripture
“Ramath” appears in 3 verses of the King James Version.
- Joshua 13:26
And from Heshbon unto Ramath–mizpeh, and Betonim; and from Mahanaim unto the border of Debir;
- Joshua 19:8
And all the villages that were round about these cities to Baalath–beer, Ramath of the south. This is the inheritance of the tribe of the children of Simeon according to their families.
- Judges 15:17
And it came to pass, when he had made an end of speaking, that he cast away the jawbone out of his hand, and called that place Ramath–lehi.