ʻÊylâm — H5867

Definition

masculine proper noun

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

1. Elam = "eternity"
2. n pr m
3. a Korhite Levite in the time of David
4. a chief man of the tribe of Benjamin
5. ancestor of a family of exiles who returned with Zerubbabel
6. a chief of the people who signed the covenant with Nehemiah
7. another ancestor of another family of exiles who returned with Zerubbabel
8. a priest who assisted at the dedication of the wall of Jerusalem in the time of Nehemiah
9. another head of a family of returning exiles
10. n pr loc
11. a province east of Babylon and northeast of the lower Tigris

Usually translated as

Elam

Origin

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

• ʻâlam (H5956)

Greek equivalents

• Elamítēs (G1639)

Occurrences

ʻÊylâm occurs 28 times in 27 verses of the King James.

Distribution of the word across the Bible: Genesis (3), 1 Chronicles (3), Ezra (5), Nehemiah (4), Isaiah (3), Jeremiah (7), Ezekiel (1), Daniel (1)

• Genesis 10:22 — The children of Shem; Elam (עֵילָ֣ם), and Asshur, and Arphaxad, and Lud, and Aram.
• Genesis 14:1 — And it came to pass in the days of Amraphel king of Shinar, Arioch king of Ellasar, Chedorlaomer king of Elam (עֵילָ֔ם), and Tidal king of nations;
• Genesis 14:9 — With Chedorlaomer the king of Elam (עֵילָ֗ם), and with Tidal king of nations, and Amraphel king of Shinar, and Arioch king of Ellasar; four kings with five.
• 1 Chronicles 1:17 — The sons of Shem; Elam (עֵילָ֣ם), and Asshur, and Arphaxad, and Lud, and Aram, and Uz, and Hul, and Gether, and Meshech.
• 1 Chronicles 8:24 — And Hananiah, and Elam (וְעֵילָ֖ם), and Antothijah,
• 1 Chronicles 26:3 — Elam (עֵילָ֤ם) the fifth, Jehohanan the sixth, Elioenai the seventh.
• Ezra 2:7 — The children of Elam (עֵילָ֔ם), a thousand two hundred fifty and four.
• Ezra 2:31 — The children of the other Elam (עֵילָ֣ם), a thousand two hundred fifty and four.
• Ezra 8:7 — And of the sons of Elam (עֵילָ֔ם); Jeshaiah the son of Athaliah, and with him seventy males.
• Ezra 10:2 — And Shechaniah the son of Jehiel, one of the sons of Elam (עֵילָם֙), answered and said unto Ezra, We have trespassed against our God, and have taken strange wives of the people of the land: yet now there is hope in Israel concerning this thing.
• Ezra 10:26 — And of the sons of Elam (עֵילָ֑ם); Mattaniah, Zechariah, and Jehiel, and Abdi, and Jeremoth, and Eliah.
• Nehemiah 7:12 — The children of Elam (עֵילָ֔ם), a thousand two hundred fifty and four.
• Nehemiah 7:34 — The children of the other Elam (עֵילָ֣ם), a thousand two hundred fifty and four.
• Nehemiah 10:14 — The chief of the people; Parosh, Pahath-moab, Elam (עֵילָ֥ם), Zatthu, Bani,
• Nehemiah 12:42 — And Maaseiah, and Shemaiah, and Eleazar, and Uzzi, and Jehohanan, and Malchijah, and Elam (וְעֵילָ֣ם), and Ezer. And the singers sang loud, with Jezrahiah their overseer.
• Isaiah 11:11 — And it shall come to pass in that day, that the Lord shall set his hand again the second time to recover the remnant of his people, which shall be left, from Assyria, and from Egypt, and from Pathros, and from Cush, and from Elam (וּמֵעֵילָ֤ם), and from Shinar, and from Hamath, and from the islands of the sea.
• Isaiah 21:2 — A grievous vision is declared unto me; the treacherous dealer dealeth treacherously, and the spoiler spoileth. Go up, O Elam (עֵילָם֙): besiege, O Media; all the sighing thereof have I made to cease.
• Isaiah 22:6 — And Elam (וְעֵילָם֙) bare the quiver with chariots of men and horsemen, and Kir uncovered the shield.
• Jeremiah 25:25 — And all the kings of Zimri, and all the kings of Elam (עֵילָ֔ם), and all the kings of the Medes,
• Jeremiah 49:34 — The word of the LORD that came to Jeremiah the prophet against Elam (עֵילָ֑ם) in the beginning of the reign of Zedekiah king of Judah, saying,
• Jeremiah 49:35 — Thus saith the LORD of hosts; Behold, I will break the bow of Elam (עֵילָ֑ם), the chief of their might.
• Jeremiah 49:36 — And upon Elam (עֵילָ֜ם) will I bring the four winds from the four quarters of heaven, and will scatter them toward all those winds; and there shall be no nation whither the outcasts of Elam shall not come.
• Jeremiah 49:36 — And upon Elam will I bring the four winds from the four quarters of heaven, and will scatter them toward all those winds; and there shall be no nation whither the outcasts of Elam (עֵילָֽם) shall not come.
• Jeremiah 49:37 — For I will cause Elam (עֵ֠ילָם) to be dismayed before their enemies, and before them that seek their life: and I will bring evil upon them, even my fierce anger, saith the LORD; and I will send the sword after them, till I have consumed them:
• Jeremiah 49:38 — And I will set my throne in Elam (בְּעֵילָ֑ם), and will destroy from thence the king and the princes, saith the LORD.
• Jeremiah 49:39 — But it shall come to pass in the latter days, that I will bring again the captivity of Elam (עֵילָ֖ם), saith the LORD.
• Ezekiel 32:24 — There is Elam (עֵילָם֙) and all her multitude round about her grave, all of them slain, fallen by the sword, which are gone down uncircumcised into the nether parts of the earth, which caused their terror in the land of the living; yet have they borne their shame with them that go down to the pit.
• Daniel 8:2 — And I saw in a vision; and it came to pass, when I saw, that I was at Shushan in the palace, which is in the province of Elam (בְּעֵילָ֣ם); and I saw in a vision, and I was by the river of Ulai.