Ramoth: meaning of the name

Ramoth in Hebrew and Greek

Who named Ramoth in the Bible

• Ramoth

  1 verse · first mentioned in Ezra 10:29

Places named Ramoth

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Ramoth in Scripture

“Ramoth” appears in 27 verses of the King James Version; here are the first 8.

• Deuteronomy 4:43

  Namely, Bezer in the wilderness, in the plain country, of the Reubenites; and Ramoth in Gilead, of the Gadites; and Golan in Bashan, of the Manassites.

• Joshua 20:8

  And on the other side Jordan by Jericho eastward, they assigned Bezer in the wilderness upon the plain out of the tribe of Reuben, and Ramoth in Gilead out of the tribe of Gad, and Golan in Bashan out of the tribe of Manasseh.

• Joshua 21:38

  And out of the tribe of Gad, Ramoth in Gilead with her suburbs, to be a city of refuge for the slayer; and Mahanaim with her suburbs,

• 1 Samuel 30:27

  To them which were in Beth–el, and to them which were in south Ramoth, and to them which were in Jattir,

• 1 Kings 4:13

  The son of Geber, in Ramoth–gilead; to him pertained the towns of Jair the son of Manasseh, which are in Gilead; to him also pertained the region of Argob, which is in Bashan, threescore great cities with walls and brasen bars:

• 1 Kings 22:3

  And the king of Israel said unto his servants, Know ye that Ramoth in Gilead is ours, and we be still, and take it not out of the hand of the king of Syria?

• 1 Kings 22:4

  And he said unto Jehoshaphat, Wilt thou go with me to battle to Ramoth–gilead? And Jehoshaphat said to the king of Israel, I am as thou art, my people as thy people, my horses as thy horses.

• 1 Kings 22:6

  Then the king of Israel gathered the prophets together, about four hundred men, and said unto them, Shall I go against Ramoth–gilead to battle, or shall I forbear? And they said, Go up; for the Lord shall deliver it into the hand of the king.