joram

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proper noun

A male given name from Hebrew.

UncommonScrabble 14

Meanings

joram1

nounjoram (plural jorams)

plural jorams

  1. alternativeAlternative spelling of jorum.

Joram2

proper noun
  1. A male given name from Hebrew.

    On Sat., August 25, 1984[,] Mason M. of Bethel Park; beloved husband of Helen L. Thomas; father of Jason and Joram Thomas; […]

    1984 August 27, “[Death Notices] Thomas”, in The Pittsburgh Press, volume 101, number 65, Pittsburgh, Pa., →OCLC, page B6, column 9
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    So turning hastily for the wagon, they beheld it afar off, going like Jehu the son of Jehoshaphat, king Joram [of Israel]’s general, who slew Jezebel in the city of Jezreel.

    1833 September 14, “From the Nantucket Inquirer. The Newest News.”, in The United States Gazette, volume XXXIII, number 1957, Philadelphia, Pa.: Joseph R[ipley] Chandler, →OCLC, page [2], column 4

    Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence Mushinske of Ridgewood announce the birth of a son, Joram Blake, on Dec. 24 in Columbia Presbyterian Hospital, New York City.

    1978 February 19, “Area Births”, in The Sunday News, volume 59, number 8, Ridgewood, N.J., →OCLC, pages 96, column 4, and 103, column 3

Origin

  1. Hebrewיוֹרָם
  2. EnglishJoram

From Hebrew יוֹרָם, a contracted form of יְהוֹרָם (yehorám, “Jehoram”).

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