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HebrewH5867Noun

עֵילָם

e.lam

26Occurrences
H5867Strong's #
NounPart of Speech

Definition

Quick Definition(Strong's Concordance)

Elam, a son of Shem and his descendants, with their country; also of six Israelites

or עוֹלָם; (Ezra 10:2; Jeremiah 49:36), probably from H5956 (עָלַם); hidden, i.e. distant;

Full Lexicon Entry(Abbott-Smith)
§ Elam = "eternity" a province east of Babylon and northeast of the lower Tigris

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Grammar & Morphology

Part of Speech

Noun

Morphology Code

N:N--L

Full Description

N:N--L

Occurrences

עֵילָם appears 26 times in the Old Testament.

Distribution by Book

Jeremiah
7
Ezra
5
1 Chronicles
3
Genesis
3
Isaiah
3
Nehemiah
3
Daniel
1
Ezk
1

Key Passages

1 Chronicles 1:17BSB

The sons of Shem:Elam, Asshur, Arphaxad, Lud, and Aram.The sons of Aram: Uz, Hul, Gether, and Meshech.

Ezra 10:2BSB

Then Shecaniah son of Jehiel, an Elamite, said to Ezra: “We have been unfaithful to our God by marrying foreign women from the people of the land, yet in spite of this, there is hope for Israel.

Genesis 10:22BSB

The sons of Shem:Elam, Asshur, Arphaxad, Lud, and Aram.

Isaiah 22:6BSB

Elam takes up a quiver, with chariots and horsemen,and Kir uncovers the shield.

Jeremiah 49:37BSB

So I will shatter Elam before their foes,before those who seek their lives.I will bring disaster upon them,even My fierce anger,”declares the LORD.“I will send out the sword after themuntil I finish them off.

Lexicon data from STEPBible.org (Tyndale House, Cambridge) under CC BY 4.0 license.