Aramaic parts of the Bible

Bob Diebel

How do I get a list of the places in the scriptures written in Aramaic?

Thanx,

Bob

Tony Parkinson

Old Testament Aramaic Passages

📖 Ezra

• 4:8 – 6:18
• 7:12–26
  (These sections are written in Aramaic because they record official correspondence and decrees of the Persian kings, which would have been in Aramaic, the imperial language.)

📖 Daniel

• 2:4b – 7:28
  (From the middle of Daniel 2:4, where the Chaldeans begin speaking “in Aramaic,” through the end of chapter 7. These chapters deal with Babylonian and Persian empires, so Aramaic made them widely understandable.)

📖 Jeremiah

• 10:11
  (This single verse, a warning against idolatry, is written in Aramaic rather than Hebrew.)

New Testament - The New Testament was written in Greek, but it preserves scattered Aramaic words and sayings of Jesus, reflecting his spoken language. Some examples:

• Mark 5:41 – “Talitha koum” (“Little girl, arise”)
• Mark 7:34 – “Ephphatha” (“Be opened”)
• Mark 15:34 / Matthew 27:46 – “Eloi, Eloi, lema sabachthani?” (“My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?”)
• John 1:42 – “Cephas” (Aramaic for “rock”)
• 1 Corinthians 16:22 / Revelation 22:20 – “Maranatha” (“Our Lord, come”)