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English Dictionary: rama by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Rama
n
  1. avatar of Vishnu whose name is synonymous with God; any of three incarnations: Ramachandra or Parashurama or Balarama; "in Hindu folklore Rama is the epitome of chivalry and courage and obedience to sacred law"
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:
   Rama
      (Matt. 2:18), the Greek form of Ramah. (1.) A city first
      mentioned in Josh. 18:25, near Gibeah of Benjamin. It was
      fortified by Baasha, king of Israel (1 Kings 15:17-22; 2 Chr.
      16:1-6). Asa, king of Judah, employed Benhadad the Syrian king
      to drive Baasha from this city (1 Kings 15:18, 20). Isaiah
      (10:29) refers to it, and also Jeremiah, who was once a prisoner
      there among the other captives of Jerusalem when it was taken by
      Nebuchadnezzar (Jer. 39:8-12; 40:1). Rachel, whose tomb lies
      close to Bethlehem, is represented as weeping in Ramah (Jer.
      31:15) for her slaughtered children. This prophecy is
      illustrated and fulfilled in the re-awakening of Rachel's grief
      at the slaughter of the infants in Bethlehem (Matt. 2:18). It is
      identified with the modern village of er-Ram, between Gibeon and
      Beeroth, about 5 miles due north of Jerusalem. (See {SAMUEL}.)
     
         (2.) A town identified with Rameh, on the border of Asher,
      about 13 miles south-east of Tyre, "on a solitary hill in the
      midst of a basin of green fields" (Josh. 19:29).
     
         (3.) One of the "fenced cities" of Naphtali (Josh. 19:36), on
      a mountain slope, about seven and a half miles west-south-west
      of Safed, and 15 miles west of the north end of the Sea of
      Galilee, the present large and well-built village of Rameh.
     
         (4.) The same as Ramathaim-zophim (q.v.), a town of Mount
      Ephraim (1 Sam. 1:1, 19).
     
         (5.) The same as Ramoth-gilead (q.v.), 2 Kings 8:29; 2 Chr.
      22:6.
     
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