Bible Dictionary

Raamah

Thunder. (1.) One of the sons of Cush (Gen. 10:7). (2.) A country which traded with Tyre (Ezek. 27:22).

Easton's Bible Dictionary (1897)

Thunder. ) One of the sons of Cush (Gen. 10:7). ) A country which traded with Tyre (Ezek. 27:22).

Smith's Bible Dictionary (1863)

(horse’s mane), a son of Cush and father of the Cushite Sheba and Dedan. ) The tribe of Raamah became afterward renowned as traders. (Ezekiel 27:22) They were settled on the Persian Gulf.

Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible (1898) & Schaff's Bible Dictionary

RA'AMAH (trembling), a commercial country which traded with Tyre. Eze 27:22. This land furnished spices, gems, and gold, and was probably named after a son of Cush, whose descendants are believed to have settled upon the south-western shore of the Persian Gulf. The Septuagint renders Raamah by Regma, a place mentioned by Ptolemy in the territory of the Nariti, an Arabian tribe settled in the above locality.

Hitchcock's Bible Names (1869)

greatness; thunder; some sort of evil