Aramaic parts of the Bible

Bob Diebel

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

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Bob

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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”)

HJ. van der Wal

A small addition to Tony's post:

Genesis 31:47 - "Jegar Sahadutha" ("the heap of witness")

Mark 14:36 / Romans 8:15 / Galatians 4:6 - "Abba" ("Father")

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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”)

Bob Diebel

Many thanx Tony.

Bob D.

HJ. van der Wal

A small addition to Tony's post:

Genesis 31:47 - "Jegar Sahadutha" ("the heap of witness")

Mark 14:36 / Romans 8:15 / Galatians 4:6 - "Abba" ("Father")

Graham Criddle

A Smart Search, or Factbook lookup, provide some useful insights

Francis

This search will find Aramaic words in the LHB with LEB in parallel. There may be a more elegant way to achieve the same result. Note that each of the letters represent a different part of speech (e.g., V stands for verb, N for noun, etc.).