ARNI (AV [Note: Authorized Version.] Aram [Note: ram Aramaic.] ).An ancestor of Jesus (Luk_3:33), called in Mat_1:3-4 Ram (RV [Note: Revised Version.] ). Cf. Rth_4:19, 1Ch_2:9-10.
Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible
Edited by James Hastings, D.D. Published in 1909
Ar'ni. (Used in the Revised Version for Aram in Luk_3:33 and is probably another name or form of the name of Aram. See Aram, 4. ).
Smith's Bible Dictionary
By Dr. William Smith.Published in 1863
ar?nı̄ (Ἀρνεί, Arneı́, found only in Luk_3:33 the Revised Version (British and American), following Westcott and Hort, The New Testament in Greek): The name of an ancestor of Jesus Christ. But in the King James Version, following Textus Receptus of the New Testament, and in the genealogical list of Mat_13:4 the same person is called Aram (Greek: Ἀράμ, Arám) in both the King James Version and the Revised Version, margin. In Mt the Revised Version (British and American), however, the form is Ram, which is nearest to the Old Testament name Ram (רם, rām, ?high?). Ram was great-grandson of Judah and ancestor of David (Rth_4:19; 1Ch_2:9, 1Ch_2:10).
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia
PRINTER 1915.