Strong's Dictionary Number: [5867]
5867
1 Original Word: עֵילָם
2 Word Origin: probably from (05956)
3 Transliterated Word: `Eylam
4 TDNT/TWOT Entry: None
5 Phonetic Spelling: ay-lawm'
6 Part of Speech:
7 Strong's Definition: or mOwlam (Ezra 10:2; Jeremiah 49:36) {o-lawm'}; probably from [05956;]05956; hidden, i.e. distant; Elam, a son of Shem and his descendants, with their country; also of six Israelites:--Elam.
8 Definition: Elam = "eternity" n pr m
- a Korhite Levite in the time of David
- a chief man of the tribe of Benjamin
- ancestor of a family of exiles who returned with Zerubbabel
- a chief of the people who signed the covenant with Nehemiah
- another ancestor of another family of exiles who returned with Zerubbabel
- a priest who assisted at the dedication of the wall of Jerusalem in the time of Nehemiah
- another head of a family of returning exiles n pr loc
- a province east of Babylon and northeast of the lower Tigris
9 English:
0 Usage: Elam