How to Pronounce Arimathea
ehr-uh-muh-THEE-uh
Arimathea is pronounced ehr-uh-muh-THEE-uh: five syllables, stress on the fourth. Also heard: Air-ah-mah-THEE-ah, AIR-uh-muh-THEE-uh.
What does Arimathea mean?
Arimathea means “a lion dead to the Lord”.
Hitchcock’s Bible Names (1869), public domain.
Where was Arimathea?
A “city of the Jews” (Luke 23:51), the birth-place of Joseph in whose sepulchre our Lord was laid (Matt. 27:57, 60; John 19:38). It is probably the same place as Ramathaim in Ephraim, and the birth-place of Samuel (1 Sam. 1:1, 19). Others identify it with Ramleh in Dan, or Rama (q.v.) in Benjamin (Matt. 2:18).
Adapted from Easton's Bible Dictionary (1897), public domain.
Also pronounced
Air-ah-mah-THEE-ah
AIR-uh-muh-THEE-uh