Aramaic
11Aramaic — /ar euh may ik/, n. 1. Also, Aramean, Aramaean. a northwest Semitic language that from c300 B.C. A.D. 650 was a lingua franca for nearly all of SW Asia and was the everyday speech of Syria, Mesopotamia, and Palestine. Abbr.: Aram Cf. Biblical… …
12Aramaic — Ancient Syriac; language of the Persian Empire from the 6c BC. Aramaic was the language of Christ and Jews in the Near East …
13Aramaic — [ˌarə meɪɪk] noun a branch of the Semitic family of languages, used as a lingua franca in the Near East from the 6th century BC and still spoken in some communities. adjective relating to Aramaic. Origin C19: from Gk Aramaios of Aram (the… …
14Aramaic — Ar•a•ma•ic [[t]ˌær əˈmeɪ ɪk[/t]] n. 1) peo the western Semitic language of the Aramaeans, from c300 B.C. to A.D. 650 a lingua franca in SW Asia and the everyday speech of Palestine, Syria, and Mesopotamia: supplanted by Arabic 2) peo of or… …
15Aramaic — n. & adj. n. a branch of the Semitic family of languages, esp. the language of Syria used as a lingua franca in the Near East from the sixth century BC, later dividing into varieties one of which included Syriac and Mandaean. adj. of or in… …
16Aramaic primacy — is the view that the Christian New Testament and/or its sources were originally written in the Aramaic language. Aramaic Primacy is asserted over and against Greek Primacy (the dominant scholarly view).Brief historyGeorge Lamsa s translation of… …
17Aramaic alphabet — Bilingual Greek and Aramaic inscription by the Mauryan emperor Ashoka the Great at Kandahar, 3rd century BC …
18Aramaic history — may refer to: History of the Aramaic language History of the Syriac people History of Syriac Christianity This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the same title. If an internal link led you here, you may wish to chan …
19Aramaic language — Not to be confused with the Amharic language. For the people, see Aramaeans. Aramaic Arāmît Pronunciation [arɑmiθ], [arɑmit], [ɑrɑmɑjɑ], [ɔrɔmɔjɔ] Spoken in Ir …
20Aramaic of Jesus — Most scholars believe that historical Jesus primarily spoke Aramaic, [cite encyclopedia|encyclopedia=The Eerdmans Bible Dictionary|title=Aramaic|quote=It is generally agreed that Aramaic was the common language of Palestine in the first century A …
