ʻÊyṭâm — H5862

Definition

locative proper noun

Etam, a place in Palestine

1. Etam = "lair of wild beasts"
2. a village of the tribe of Simeon
3. a town in Judah fortified and garrisoned by king Rehoboam of Judah and located between Bethlehem and Tekoa
4. a cliff; site uncertain

Usually translated as

Etam

Origin

from H5861; hawk-ground

• Derived from ʻayiṭ (H5861)

Occurrences

ʻÊyṭâm occurs 5 times in the King James.

Distribution of the word across the Bible: Judges (2), 1 Chronicles (2), 2 Chronicles (1)

• Judges 15:8 — And he smote them hip and thigh with a great slaughter: and he went down and dwelt in the top of the rock Etam (עֵיטָֽם).
• Judges 15:11 — Then three thousand men of Judah went to the top of the rock Etam (עֵיטָם֒), and said to Samson, Knowest thou not that the Philistines are rulers over us? what is this that thou hast done unto us? And he said unto them, As they did unto me, so have I done unto them.
• 1 Chronicles 4:3 — And these were of the father of Etam (עֵיטָ֔ם); Jezreel, and Ishma, and Idbash: and the name of their sister was Hazelelponi:
• 1 Chronicles 4:32 — And their villages were, Etam (עֵיטָ֣ם), and Ain, Rimmon, and Tochen, and Ashan, five cities:
• 2 Chronicles 11:6 — He built even Beth-lehem, and Etam (עֵיטָ֖ם), and Tekoa,