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Aaron

/ˈæ.ɹən//ˈɛəɹ.ən/

Aaron proper noun: the elder brother of Moses in the Book of the Exodus, and in the Quran.

Proper noun

Aaron (plural Aarons)

  1. The elder brother of Moses in the Book of the Exodus, and in the Quran.
    • 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.1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Exodus 4:14
  2. A male given name from Hebrew.
    • - - - 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!1969, Philip Roth, Portnoy's Complaint, Random House, published 2002, page 145
    • Superstar quarterback Aaron Rodgers, who ruptured his left Achilles tendon just four snaps into his New York Jets career, has written off this season as a “lost year,” though he feels he can “play more years” in the NFL.2023 December 20, Sam Joseph, “Aaron Rodgers writes off this season as ‘lost year,’ but quarterback says he feels ‘I can play more years’ in NFL”, in CNN
  3. A surname transferred from the given name.

Noun

Aaron (plural Aarons)

  1. (archaic, thieves' cant) The leader of a group of thieves.
    Synonyms:
    criminal leader

Aaron meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Bengali

Aaron in Hindi

biblical brother of Moses
हारून hārūn
male given name
ऐरॉन airŏn

Aaron in Tamil

யூதர் தலைமைக்குரு

Aaron in Marathi

biblical brother of Moses
अहरोन ahron, हारून hārūn

Aaron in Bengali

biblical brother of Moses
হারূন harūn
male given name
হারূন harūn
More languagesFewer languages
Aaron in Kannada
ಏರಾನ್
Aaron in Arabic
هَارُون hārūn
Aaron in Malay
Harun
Aaron in Indonesian
Harun
Aaron in Thai
แอรอน
Aaron in Myanmar
အာရုန် arun

Synonyms of Aaron

  • criminal leader

Forms of Aaron

Proper noun
pluralAarons
Noun
pluralAarons

Origin of Aaron

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.

Words formed from Aaron

Words that rhyme with Aaron

Questions about Aaron

What does Aaron mean?
Aaron means the elder brother of Moses in the Book of the Exodus, and in the Quran.
What is Aaron in Hindi?
Aaron in Hindi is हारून (hārūn), ऐरॉन (airŏn). See Aaron meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is Aaron?
Aaron can be a proper noun or a noun.
How do you pronounce Aaron?
Aaron is pronounced /ˈɛəɹ.ən/ (US).

Words near Aaron in the dictionary

  1. aargh
  2. Aarhus
  3. Aari
  4. Aarne-Thompson-Uther index
  5. AARO
  6. Aaron
  7. Aaron's beard
  8. Aaron's beard cacti
  9. Aaron's beard cactus
  10. Aaron's beards
  11. Aaron's confession

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: Aaron (page history and authors); aaron (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); Aaron (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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