Aram

the son of Shem (Gen 10:22 ); according to (Gen 22:21 ), a grandson of Nahor. In (Matt 1:3 ; 1:4), and (Luke 3:33), this word is the Greek form of Ram, the father of Amminadab (1Chr 2:10).

The word means high, or highlands, and as the name of a country denotes that elevated region extending from the northeast of Palestine to the Euphrates. It corresponded generally with the Syria and Mesopotamia of the Greeks and Romans. In (Gen 25:20 ; 31:20; 31:24; Deut 26:5 ), the word "Syrian" is properly "Aramean" (R.V., marg.). Damascus became at length the capital of the several smaller kingdoms comprehended under the designation "Aram" or "Syria."

EBD - Easton's Bible Dictionary