ʼÊthâm — H864

Definition

locative proper noun

Etham, a place in the Desert

1. Etham = "with them: their plowshare"
2. a stopping place for Israel during the Exodus

Usually translated as

Etham

Origin

of Egyptian derivation

Occurrences

ʼÊthâm occurs 4 times in the King James.

Distribution of the word across the Bible: Exodus (1), Numbers (3)

• Exodus 13:20 — And they took their journey from Succoth, and encamped in Etham (בְאֵתָ֔ם), in the edge of the wilderness.
• Numbers 33:6 — And they departed from Succoth, and pitched in Etham (בְאֵתָ֔ם), which is in the edge of the wilderness.
• Numbers 33:7 — And they removed from Etham (מֵֽאֵתָ֔ם), and turned again unto Pi-hahiroth, which is before Baal-zephon: and they pitched before Migdol.
• Numbers 33:8 — And they departed from before Pi-hahiroth, and passed through the midst of the sea into the wilderness, and went three days’ journey in the wilderness of Etham (אֵתָ֔ם), and pitched in Marah.