English

Proper noun

Aaron ‎(plural Aarons)

1. The elder brother of Moses in the Book of the Exodus, and in the Quran.
   • 1611, Bible (KJV), Exodus 4:14::

     And the anger of the LORD was kindled against Moses, and he said, is not Aaron the Levite thy brother? I know that he can speak well.

2. A male given name.
   • 1969 Philip Roth, Portnoy's Complaint, Random House, 2002, page 145:

     - - - 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!

3. A surname​.

Usage notes

• The given name was exclusively Jewish in the Middle Ages, taken up by Gentiles in the 17th century, and popular among both at the end of the 20th century.

Derived terms

• Aaron's bells
• Aaron's rod
• Aaron's serpent

Related terms

• (nonstandard spellings of given name) Aaren, Aron, Arron

Translations

Noun

Aaron ‎(plural Aarons)

1. (archaic, thieves' cant) The leader of a group of thieves.^[6]

Synonyms

• See Wikisaurus:criminal leader

References

1. ↑ 1937, Michael de Angelis, The correct pronunciation of Latin according to Roman usage
2. ↑ 2006, L. Olausson and C. Sangster, Oxford BBC Guide to Pronunciation (Oxford University Press), page 1.
3. ↑ “Pronunciation Guide”, in (Please provide the title of the work), The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, accessed 2013-05-01
4. ↑ Oxford English Dictionary (2013)
5. ↑ 1994, Bible Pronunciation Guide (edited by William O. Walker III, published by Harper Collins, ISBN 0060689625)
6. ↑ Farmer, John Stephen (1890) Slang and Its Analogues, volume 1, page 2

Catalan

Alternative forms

• Aaró

Proper noun

Aaron m

1. A male given name, cognate with English Aaron.

Estonian

Proper noun

Aaron

1. Aaron (biblical figure)
2. A male given name.

Finnish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɑːron/
• Hyphenation: Aa‧ron

Proper noun

Aaron

1. Aaron (biblical figure) .
2. A male given name.

Declension

Proper noun

Aaron

1. genitive singular of Aaro

Anagrams

• Aarno, arona, oraan, orana

French

Proper noun

Aaron

1. Aaron (biblical figure)
2. A male given name

German

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈʔaːʀɔn/

Proper noun

Aaron ? ‎(genitive Aaron)

1. Aaron (biblical figure)
2. A male given name

Related terms

• Aron

Latin

Alternative forms

• Arōn

Etymology

From Hebrew אהרן ‎(Ahărōn).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈa.a.roːn/
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈa.a.ron/, [ˈaː.a.ron]

Proper noun

Aarōn m ‎(indeclinable)

1. Aaron (biblical figure)