Aaron

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From Latin Aaron, from Ancient Greek Ἀαρών (Aarṓn), from Hebrew אַהֲרֹן (ʾAhărōn), of unknown meaning, possibly meaning “bearer of martyrs”, or perhaps also, or instead, related to the Ancient Egyptian ꜥḥꜣ rw (“warrior lion”), though it has been suggested to also mean “elevated”, “exalted” or “high mountain”. Doublet of Harun.

• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈɛɹ.ən/, /ˈæɹ.ən/

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• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈæɹ.ən/, /ˈɛə.ɹən/
• Rhymes: -ɛɹən, -æɹən
• Homophones: Aran, Arin, Arran, Arun, Erin (in some pronunciations)

Aaron (plural Aarons)

2. (biblical) The elder brother of Moses in the Book of the Exodus, and in the Quran.
   • 1611, The Holy Bible,  (King James Version), London: Robert Barker, , →OCLC, Exodus 4:14:

     And the anger of the Lord was kindled against Moses, and hee said, Is not Aaron the Leuite thy brother? I know that he can speake well.

3. A male given name from Hebrew.
   • 1969, Philip Roth, Portnoy's Complaint, Random House, published 2002, page 145:

     - - - the Junior Prom with boys whose names are right out of the grade-school reader, not Aaron and Arnold and Marvin, but Johnny and Billy and Jimmy and Tod. Not Portnoy or Pincus, but Smith and Jones and Brown!

4. A surname transferred from the given name.

• The given name was exclusively Jewish in the Middle Ages, taken up by Gentiles in the 17th century, and popular among both at the end of the 20th century.

• (nonstandard spellings of given name) Aaren, Aron, Arron
• (patronymic surname of given name) Aaronson

Aaron (plural Aarons)

1. (archaic, thieves' cant) The leader of a group of thieves.^[6]

• See Thesaurus:criminal leader

• Roana

• Aaró

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Aaron m

1. a male given name from Hebrew, equivalent to English Aaron

• IPA^(key): /ˈɑːron/,

Aaron

1. Aaron (biblical figure)
2. a male given name from Hebrew, equivalent to English Aaron

Ultimately from Ancient Greek Ἀαρών (Aarṓn), from Biblical Hebrew אַהֲרֹן (ʾAhărōn).

• IPA^(key): /ˈɑːron/,
• Rhymes: -ɑːron
• Hyphenation^(key): Aa‧ron

Aaron

1. Aaron (biblical figure)
2. a male given name from Biblical Hebrew, equivalent to English Aaron

Aaron

1. genitive singular of Aaro

• Aaron is the 181^st most common male given name in Finland, belonging to 3,368 male individuals (and as a middle name to 3,832 more), and also belongs to 6 female individuals (and as a middle name to 8 more), according to February 2023 data from the Digital and Population Data Services Agency of Finland.

• Aarno, arona, oraan, orana

• IPA^(key): /a.a.ʁɔ̃/

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Aaron m

1. Aaron (biblical figure)
2. a male given name from Hebrew, equivalent to English Aaron

• IPA^(key): ,

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Aaron m (proper noun, strong, genitive Aarons)

1. (biblical characters) Aaron
2. a male given name from Hebrew, equivalent to English Aaron

• Aron

• Ārōn, Aharōn

From Biblical Hebrew אַהֲרֹן (ʾAhărōn).

• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈa.a.ron/,

Aarōn m sg (variously declined, genitive Aarōn or Aarōnis); indeclinable, third declension

1. (Ecclesiastical Latin) Aaron (biblical figure)
   • 207 CE – 208 CE, Tertullian, Adversus Marcionem 22.15:

     In qua facie ad faciem visibilem se ei repromiserat, etiam ad Aaronem dicens

     He promised that he would be visible to him face to face, even saying to Aaron

Indeclinable noun or third-declension noun, singular only.

• “Aaron”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• Aaron in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• “Aaron”, in ΛΟΓΕΙΟΝ Dictionaries for Ancient Greek and Latin (in English, French, Spanish, German, Dutch and Chinese), University of Chicago, since 2011

From English Aaron, from Latin Aaron, from Ancient Greek Ἀαρών (Aarṓn), from Hebrew אַהֲרֹן (ʾAhărōn). Doublet of Harun.

• IPA^(key):
• Rhymes: -rən, -ən
• Hyphenation: Aa‧ron

Aaron (Jawi spelling ايرن)

1. A male given name from English.

From Latin Aarōn, from Biblical Hebrew אַהֲרֹן (Ahărōn).

• IPA^(key): /ɑːˈɑ.roːn/

Āarōn m

1. (biblical) Aaron
   • c. 1050, Old English Hexateuch, Deuteronomy 9:20

     Hē wæs yrre wiþ Aaron and wolde hine fordōn and ic ġebæd for hyne

     And the Lord was very angry with Aaron and would have destroyed him; so I prayed for Aaron also at the same time.