ʼêylâm — H361

Definition

masculine noun

a pillar-space (or colonnade), i.e. a pale (or portico)

1. porch, vestibule, portico

Usually translated as

arch

Origin

or (shortened) ʼêlâm ; or (feminine) ʼêlammâh ; probably from H352

• ʼayil (H352)

Greek equivalents

• Elamítēs (G1639)

Occurrences

ʼêylâm occurs 15 times in 12 verses of the King James.

Distribution of the word across the Bible: Ezekiel (12)

• Ezekiel 40:16 — And there were narrow windows to the little chambers, and to their posts within the gate round about, and likewise to (לָאֵֽלַמּ֑וֹת) the arches: and windows were round about inward: and upon each post were palm trees.
• Ezekiel 40:21 — And the little chambers thereof were three on this side and three on that side; and the posts thereof (וְאֵֽלַמָּיו֙) and the arches thereof were after the measure of the first gate: the length thereof was fifty cubits, and the breadth five and twenty cubits.
• Ezekiel 40:22 — And their windows, and (וְאֵֽילַמָּ֖יו) their arches, and their palm trees, were after the measure of the gate that looketh toward the east; and they went up unto it by seven steps; and the arches thereof were before them.
• Ezekiel 40:22 — And their windows, and their arches, and their palm trees, were after the measure of the gate that looketh toward the east; and they went up unto it by seven steps; and (וְאֵֽלַמָּיו֙) the arches thereof were before them.
• Ezekiel 40:24 — After that he brought me toward the south, and behold a gate toward the south: and he measured the posts thereof (וְאֵ֣ילַמָּ֔יו) and the arches thereof according to these measures.
• Ezekiel 40:25 — And there were windows in (וּלְאֵֽילַמָּיו֙) it and in the arches thereof round about, like those windows: the length was fifty cubits, and the breadth five and twenty cubits.
• Ezekiel 40:26 — And there were seven steps to go up to (וְאֵֽלַמָּ֖יו) it, and the arches thereof were before them: and it had palm trees, one on this side, and another on that side, upon the posts thereof.
• Ezekiel 40:29 — And the little chambers thereof, and the posts thereof (וּלְאֵלַמָּ֖יו), and the arches thereof, according to these measures: and there were windows in it and in the arches thereof round about: it was fifty cubits long, and five and twenty cubits broad.
• Ezekiel 40:29 — And the little chambers thereof, and the posts thereof, and the arches thereof, according to these measures: and there were windows in (וְאֵֽלַמָּיו֙) it and in the arches thereof round about: it was fifty cubits long, and five and twenty cubits broad.
• Ezekiel 40:30 — And (וְאֵֽלַמּ֖וֹת) the arches round about were five and twenty cubits long, and five cubits broad.
• Ezekiel 40:31 — And (וְאֵלַמָּ֗יו) the arches thereof were toward the utter court; and palm trees were upon the posts thereof: and the going up to it had eight steps.
• Ezekiel 40:33 — And the little chambers thereof, and the posts thereof (וּלְאֵלַמָּ֖יו), and the arches thereof, were according to these measures: and there were windows therein and in the arches thereof round about: it was fifty cubits long, and five and twenty cubits broad.
• Ezekiel 40:33 — And the little chambers thereof, and the posts thereof, and the arches thereof, were according to these measures: and there were windows therein (וְאֵֽלַמָּיו֙) and in the arches thereof round about: it was fifty cubits long, and five and twenty cubits broad.
• Ezekiel 40:34 — And (וְאֵלַמָּ֗יו) the arches thereof were toward the outward court; and palm trees were upon the posts thereof, on this side, and on that side: and the going up to it had eight steps.
• Ezekiel 40:36 — The little chambers thereof, the posts thereof (וְאֵֽלַמָּ֔יו), and the arches thereof, and the windows to it round about: the length was fifty cubits, and the breadth five and twenty cubits.