Quick Definition
Rameses
Biblical Persons & Places
Raamses
Raamses= near Pithom (Pithom@Exo.1.11=H6619)
A location near Pithom only mentioned at Exo.1.11;
only referred to as Raamses (רַֽעַמְסֵס).
Rameses
Rameses
A location first mentioned at Gen.47.11;
only referred to as Rameses (רַֽעַמְסֵס).
Strong's Definition
Rameses or Raamses, a place in Egypt
Derivation: or רַעַמְסֵס; of Egyptian origin;
KJV Usage: Raamses, Rameses.
Outline of Biblical Usage
Raamses or Rameses = "child of the sun"
1) a city in lower Egypt built by Hebrew slaves; probably in Goshen
STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon
§ Raamses or Rameses = "child of the sun"
a city in lower Egypt built by Hebrew slaves; probably in Goshen
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon
רַעַמְסֵס / רַעְמְסֵס
ra‛mesês / ra‛amsês
BDB Definition:
Raamses or Rameses = child of the sun
1) a city in lower Egypt built by Hebrew slaves; probably in Goshen
Part of Speech: noun proper locative
A Related Word by BDB/Strongs Number: of Egyptian origin
Total KJV Occurrences: 5