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Bible Quiz – Aramaic Words in the Bible

Aramaic

Test your Bible knowledge with this quiz exploring Aramaic words and phrases preserved in Scripture, from Abba and Hosanna to Golgotha and Maranatha.

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1). Although the New Testament was written in Greek, the authors of the four gospels maintained some words or phrases in their original Aramaic form.
2). Aramaic was an ancient Semitic language that the Hebrews adopted while in captivity in Babylon.
3). Even though they spoke Aramaic on a day to day basis, they continued to use Hebrew as their official written language.
4). In the Gospel of Mark (5:41), when Jesus raises Jairus’ daughter, He says, Talitha cum, which means, “Little girl, get up!”
5). In the Gospel of Mark (7:34), when Jesus heals a man who was both, deaf and dumb (unable to speak), He put his fingers in the man’s ears and spat and touched the man’s tongue and said, Ephphatha, meaning “Be opened.”
6). In Mark’s gospel 14:36), as Jesus prayers in the Garden of Gethsemane, He addresses God as “Abba,” meaning Father.
7). The Aramaic word Raca, as found in Matthew 5:22, means “fool.”
8). In John’s gospel (20:16), Mary Magdalene encounters the Risen Lord in the garden and calls Him, Raboni, which means Teacher.
9). In Matthew 27:46), as our Lord is dying upon the cross, He calls out in Aramaic, Eli Eli lema sabach thani meaning “My God, my God, why have you forsaken Me?” This was the opening verse from Psalm 22, which every faithful Jewish person knew by heart because it was the common prayer used during time of distress.
10). The Aramaic expression Hosanna means “O Lord, save us.”
11). Maranatha means “Lord, come!” (1 Corinthians 16:22)
12). When Jesus says that one cannot serve two masters, He uses Aramaic term Mammon which not only means money but is extended to any worldly or material wealth and/or possession which keeps people rooted in this world (i.e. “worldliness”).
13). Amen, which is maintained in Aramaic as in Hebrew, is an apt ending or affirmation of any benediction because it literally means, “So be it,” “Let it be so,” or simply “Let it be.”
14). Jesus called the sons of Zebedee, James and John, “Sons of Thunder” (Boanerges) because of their fiery eloquence and demeaner.
15). Gethsemane, a garden on the Mount of Olives, was called so because in Aramaic it means, “oil press.”
Bonus Question: The Aramaic word Golgotha means “skull.”
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