Greek word · G6095
Ἀρνὶ
arni
Arni
A personal name. It is almost certainly a variant or corrupted form of Ram (Hebrew Ram, 'high' or 'exalted'), the son of Hezron (Ruth 4:19; 1 Chronicles 2:9).
Appears once in the Greek New Testament. ·
What it means
A man of the tribe of Judah living at the time of United Monarchy, first mentioned at Rut.4.19;
son of: Hezron (H2696H);
brother of: Jerahmeel (H3396), Caleb (H3612H), Segub (H7687H) and Ashhur (H0806);
father of: Amminadab (H5992); also called Admin (KJV: Aram) at Luk.3.33;
§ Arni (Proper name)
From G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament (1922), via STEPBible.org (CC BY 4.0).
In depth
- Range of meaning
A personal name. It is almost certainly a variant or corrupted form of Ram (Hebrew Ram, 'high' or 'exalted'), the son of Hezron (Ruth 4:19; 1 Chronicles 2:9).
- Against the English
BSB and ESV have 'Arni'. Some modern versions write 'Ram' in its place, and KJV and WEB have 'Aram'.
- Used elsewhere in the period
The Hebrew Old Testament has Ram. The Septuagint manuscripts vary (forms such as Aram and Arran appear). Matthew 1:3–4 has Aram. In Greek capital-letter script, ΑΡΑΜ, ΑΡΝΙ and ΑΔΜΙΝ look close enough for copyists to confuse them, and the forms could easily have been doubled.
Where it appears
Luke · 1
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Luke 3:33 Ἀρνὶ of Arni
the son of Amminadab, the son of Admin, the son of Arni, the son of Hezron, the son of Perez, the son of Judah,
Here: This is most likely a Greek form or corruption of Ram (Hebrew Ram, Greek Aram), the son of Hezron and father of Amminadab in Ruth 4:19 and 1 Chronicles 2:9–10.
Word data: STEPBible.org (CC BY 4.0), main text only.