Arimathea

In Bible versions:

Arimathea: NET AVS NIV NRSV NASB TEV

a city located 9 km. north of Jerusalem where Samuel lived

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a lion dead to the Lord

NETBible Maps: Map4 E4

Google Maps: Arimathea (31° 49´, 35° 10´)

Arts:

Arts Topics: Enter Joseph of Arimathea

Greek

Strongs #707: Arimayaia Arimathaia

Arimathaea = "heights"

1) the name of several cities in Palestine The one mentioned in
Mt 27:57; Mr 15:43; Lu 23:51; Joh 19:38 appears to have been the same
as the birthplace of Samuel in Mount Ephraim.

707 Arimathaia ar-ee-math-ah'-ee-ah

of Hebrew origin (7414); Arimathaea (or Ramah), a place in
Palestine:-Arimathaea.
see HEBREW for 07414

Arimathea [EBD]

a "city of the Jews" (Luke 23:51), the birth-place of Joseph in whose sepulchre our Lord was laid (Matt. 27:57, 60; John 19:38). It is probably the same place as Ramathaim in Ephraim, and the birth-place of Samuel (1 Sam. 1:1, 19). Others identify it with Ramleh in Dan, or Rama (q.v.) in Benjamin (Matt. 2:18).

Arimathea [NAVE]

ARIMATHEA, called also Ramah. A town five miles N. of Jerusalem, Matt. 27:57; Mark 15:43; Luke 23:51; John 19:38.

ARIMATHEA [SMITH]

(heights). (Matthew 27:57; Luke 23:51; John 19:38) St. Luke calls it "a city of Judea." It is identified by many with the modern Ramleh .