Aaron

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The origin of the name Aaron is Hebrew

 

This is how Aaron is written in Hebrew:

אַהֲרוֹן = Aharown

 

This is how Aaron is written in Greek

Ἀαρών = Aarōn

 

The  biblical meaning of the name Aaron is light bringer.

 

Aaron was the brother of Moses a Levite and the first high priest

 

The name Aaron appears in the bible in the following verses:

Exodus 4:14 KJV
And the anger of the LORD was kindled against Moses, and he said, Is not אַהֲרוֹן (Aaron) the Levite thy brother? I know that he can speak well. And also, behold, he cometh forth to meet thee: and when he seeth thee, he will be glad in his heart.

Exodus 4:27 KJV
And the LORD said to אַהֲרוֹן (Aaron), Go into the wilderness to meet Moses. And he went, and met him in the mount of God, and kissed him.

Exodus 4:28 KJV
And Moses told אַהֲרוֹן (Aaron) all the words of the LORD who had sent him, and all the signs which he had commanded him.

Exodus 4:29 KJV
And Moses and אַהֲרוֹן (Aaron) went and gathered together all the elders of the children of Israel:

Exodus 4:30 KJV
And אַהֲרוֹן (Aaron) spake all the words which the LORD had spoken unto Moses, and did the signs in the sight of the people.

Exodus 5:1 KJV
And afterward Moses and אַהֲרוֹן (Aaron) went in, and told Pharaoh, Thus saith the LORD God of Israel, Let my people go, that they may hold a feast unto me in the wilderness.

Exodus 5:4 KJV
And the king of Egypt said unto them, Wherefore do ye, Moses and אַהֲרוֹן (Aaron), let the people from their works? get you unto your burdens.

Exodus 5:20 KJV
And they met Moses and אַהֲרוֹן (Aaron), who stood in the way, as they came forth from Pharaoh:

Exodus 6:13 KJV
And the LORD spake unto Moses and unto אַהֲרוֹן (Aaron), and gave them a charge unto the children of Israel, and unto Pharaoh king of Egypt, to bring the children of Israel out of the land of Egypt.

Exodus 6:20 KJV
And Amram took him Jochebed his father’s sister to wife; and she bare him אַהֲרוֹן (Aaron) and Moses: and the years of the life of Amram were an hundred and thirty and seven years.

Exodus 6:23 KJV
And אַהֲרוֹן (Aaron) took him Elisheba, daughter of Amminadab, sister of Naashon, to wife; and she bare him Nadab, and Abihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar.

Exodus 6:25 KJV
And Eleazar Aaron’s son took him one of the daughters of Putiel to wife; and she bare him Phinehas: these are the heads of the fathers of the Levites according to their families.

Exodus 6:26 KJV
These are that אַהֲרוֹן (Aaron) and Moses, to whom the LORD said, Bring out the children of Israel from the land of Egypt according to their armies.

Exodus 6:27 KJV
These are they which spake to Pharaoh king of Egypt, to bring out the children of Israel from Egypt: these are that Moses and אַהֲרוֹן (Aaron).

Exodus 7:1 KJV
And the LORD said unto Moses, See, I have made thee a god to Pharaoh: and אַהֲרוֹן (Aaron) thy brother shall be thy prophet.

Exodus 7:2 KJV
Thou shalt speak all that I command thee: and אַהֲרוֹן (Aaron) thy brother shall speak unto Pharaoh, that he send the children of Israel out of his land.

Exodus 7:6 KJV
And Moses and אַהֲרוֹן (Aaron) did as the LORD commanded them, so did they.

Exodus 7:7 KJV
And Moses was fourscore years old, and אַהֲרוֹן (Aaron) fourscore and three years old, when they spake unto Pharaoh.

Exodus 7:8 KJV
And the LORD spake unto Moses and unto אַהֲרוֹן (Aaron), saying,

Exodus 7:9 KJV
When Pharaoh shall speak unto you, saying, Shew a miracle for you: then thou shalt say unto אַהֲרוֹן (Aaron), Take thy rod, and cast it before Pharaoh, and it shall become a serpent.

Exodus 7:10 KJV
And Moses and אַהֲרוֹן (Aaron) went in unto Pharaoh, and they did so as the LORD had commanded: and Aaron cast down his rod before Pharaoh, and before his servants, and it became a serpent.

Exodus 7:12 KJV
For they cast down every man his rod, and they became serpents: but Aaron’s rod swallowed up their rods.

Exodus 7:19 KJV
And the LORD spake unto Moses, Say unto אַהֲרוֹן (Aaron), Take thy rod, and stretch out thine hand upon the waters of Egypt, upon their streams, upon their rivers, and upon their ponds, and upon all their pools of water, that they may become blood; and that there may be blood throughout all the land of Egypt, both in vessels of wood, and in vessels of stone.

Exodus 7:20 KJV
And Moses and אַהֲרוֹן (Aaron) did so, as the LORD commanded; and he lifted up the rod, and smote the waters that were in the river, in the sight of Pharaoh, and in the sight of his servants; and all the waters that were in the river were turned to blood.

Exodus 8:5 KJV
And the LORD spake unto Moses, Say unto אַהֲרוֹן (Aaron), Stretch forth thine hand with thy rod over the streams, over the rivers, and over the ponds, and cause frogs to come up upon the land of Egypt.

Exodus 8:6 KJV
And אַהֲרוֹן (Aaron) stretched out his hand over the waters of Egypt; and the frogs came up, and covered the land of Egypt.

Exodus 8:8 KJV
Then Pharaoh called for Moses and אַהֲרוֹן (Aaron), and said, Intreat the LORD, that he may take away the frogs from me, and from my people; and I will let the people go, that they may do sacrifice unto the LORD.

Exodus 8:12 KJV
And Moses and אַהֲרוֹן (Aaron) went out from Pharaoh: and Moses cried unto the LORD because of the frogs which he had brought against Pharaoh.

Exodus 8:16 KJV
And the LORD said unto Moses, Say unto אַהֲרוֹן (Aaron), Stretch out thy rod, and smite the dust of the land, that it may become lice throughout all the land of Egypt.

Exodus 8:17 KJV
And they did so; for אַהֲרוֹן (Aaron) stretched out his hand with his rod, and smote the dust of the earth, and it became lice in man, and in beast; all the dust of the land became lice throughout all the land of Egypt.

Exodus 8:25 KJV
And Pharaoh called for Moses and for אַהֲרוֹן (Aaron), and said, Go ye, sacrifice to your God in the land.

Exodus 9:8 KJV
And the LORD said unto Moses and unto אַהֲרוֹן (Aaron), Take to you handfuls of ashes of the furnace, and let Moses sprinkle it toward the heaven in the sight of Pharaoh.

Exodus 9:27 KJV
And Pharaoh sent, and called for Moses and אַהֲרוֹן (Aaron), and said unto them, I have sinned this time: the LORD is righteous, and I and my people are wicked.

Exodus 10:3 KJV
And Moses and אַהֲרוֹן (Aaron) came in unto Pharaoh, and said unto him, Thus saith the LORD God of the Hebrews, How long wilt thou refuse to humble thyself before me? let my people go, that they may serve me.

Exodus 10:8 KJV
And Moses and אַהֲרוֹן (Aaron) were brought again unto Pharaoh: and he said unto them, Go, serve the LORD your God: but who are they that shall go?

Exodus 10:16 KJV
Then Pharaoh called for Moses and אַהֲרוֹן (Aaron) in haste; and he said, I have sinned against the LORD your God, and against you.

Exodus 11:10 KJV
And Moses and אַהֲרוֹן (Aaron) did all these wonders before Pharaoh: and the LORD hardened Pharaoh’s heart, so that he would not let the children of Israel go out of his land.

Exodus 12:1 KJV
And the LORD spake unto Moses and אַהֲרוֹן (Aaron) in the land of Egypt, saying,

Exodus 12:28 KJV
And the children of Israel went away, and did as the LORD had commanded Moses and אַהֲרוֹן (Aaron), so did they.

Exodus 12:31 KJV
And he called for Moses and אַהֲרוֹן (Aaron) by night, and said, Rise up, and get you forth from among my people, both ye and the children of Israel; and go, serve the LORD, as ye have said.

Exodus 12:43 KJV
And the LORD said unto Moses and אַהֲרוֹן (Aaron), This is the ordinance of the passover: There shall no stranger eat thereof:

Exodus 12:50 KJV
Thus did all the children of Israel; as the LORD commanded Moses and אַהֲרוֹן (Aaron), so did they.

Exodus 15:20 KJV
And Miriam the prophetess, the sister of אַהֲרוֹן (Aaron), took a timbrel in her hand; and all the women went out after her with timbrels and with dances.

Exodus 16:2 KJV
And the whole congregation of the children of Israel murmured against Moses and אַהֲרוֹן (Aaron) in the wilderness:

Exodus 16:6 KJV
And Moses and אַהֲרוֹן (Aaron) said unto all the children of Israel, At even, then ye shall know that the LORD hath brought you out from the land of Egypt:

Exodus 16:9 KJV
And Moses spake unto אַהֲרוֹן (Aaron), Say unto all the congregation of the children of Israel, Come near before the LORD: for he hath heard your murmurings.

Exodus 16:10 KJV
And it came to pass, as אַהֲרוֹן (Aaron) spake unto the whole congregation of the children of Israel, that they looked toward the wilderness, and, behold, the glory of the LORD appeared in the cloud.

Exodus 16:33 KJV
And Moses said unto אַהֲרוֹן (Aaron), Take a pot, and put an omer full of manna therein, and lay it up before the LORD, to be kept for your generations.

Exodus 16:34 KJV
As the LORD commanded Moses, so אַהֲרוֹן (Aaron) laid it up before the Testimony, to be kept.

Exodus 17:10 KJV
So Joshua did as Moses had said to him, and fought with Amalek: and Moses, אַהֲרוֹן (Aaron), and Hur went up to the top of the hill.

Luke 1:5 KJV
There was in the days of Herod, the king of Judaea, a certain priest named Zacharias, of the course of Abia: and his wife was of the daughters of Ἀαρών (Aaron), and her name was Elisabeth.

Acts 7:40 KJV
Saying unto Ἀαρών (Aaron), Make us gods to go before us: for as for this Moses, which brought us out of the land of Egypt, we wot not what is become of him.

Hebrews 5:4 KJV
And no man taketh this honour unto himself, but he that is called of God, as was Ἀαρών (Aaron).

Hebrews 7:11 KJV
If therefore perfection were by the Levitical priesthood, (for under it the people received the law,) what further need was there that another priest should rise after the order of Melchisedec, and not be called after the order of Ἀαρών (Aaron)?

Hebrews 9:4 KJV
Which had the golden censer, and the ark of the covenant overlaid round about with gold, wherein was the golden pot that had manna, and Ἀαρών (Aaron) rod that budded, and the tables of the covenant;