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Raamah
Open directlyEaston's Bible Dictionary · 1897
Thunder. (1.) One of the sons of Cush (Gen. 10:7). (2.) A country which traded with Tyre (Ezek. 27:22).
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Smith's Bible Dictionary · 1863
(horse’s mane), a son of Cush and father of the Cushite Sheba and Dedan. (Genesis 10:7) (B.C. after 2513.) The tribe of Raamah became afterward renowned as traders. (Ezekiel 27:22) They were settled on the Persian Gulf.
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Hastings Dictionary of the Bible · 1898
RA'AMAH (trembling), a commercial country which traded with Tyre. Eze 27:22. This land furnished spices, gems, and gold, and was probably named after a son of Cush, whose descendants are believed to have settled upon the south-western shore of the Persian Gulf. The Septuagint renders Raamah by Regma, a place mentioned by Ptolemy in the territory of the Nariti, an Arabian tribe settled in the above locality.
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Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary · 1869
greatness; thunder; some sort of evil
Schaff's Dictionary of the Bible · 1880
RA'AMAH (trembling), a commercial country which traded with Tyre. Eze 27:22. This land furnished spices, gems, and gold, and was probably named after a son of Cush, whose descendants are believed to have settled upon the south-western shore of the Persian Gulf. The Septuagint renders Raamah by Regma, a place mentioned by Ptolemy in the territory of the Nariti, an Arabian tribe settled in the above locality.