ʼĔlîyʻâm — H463

Definition

masculine proper noun

Eliam, an Israelite

1. Eliam = "God of the people" or "God is kinsman"
2. Bathsheba's father
3. a Gilonite warrior of David

Usually translated as

Eliam

Origin

from H410 and H5971; God of (the) people

• Derived from ʼêl (H410)
• Derived from ʻam (H5971)

Occurrences

ʼĔlîyʻâm occurs 2 times in the King James.

Distribution of the word across the Bible: 2 Samuel (2)

• 2 Samuel 11:3 — And David sent and enquired after the woman. And one said, Is not this Bath-sheba, the daughter of Eliam (אֱלִיעָ֔ם), the wife of Uriah the Hittite?
• 2 Samuel 23:34 — Eliphelet the son of Ahasbai, the son of the Maachathite, Eliam (אֱלִיעָ֥ם) the son of Ahithophel the Gilonite,