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Lexicon :: Strong's H5867 - ʿêlām

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עֵילָם
Transliteration
ʿêlām
Pronunciation
ay-lawm'
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Part of Speech
proper locative noun, proper masculine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
Probably from עָלַם (H5956)
Strong’s Definitions

עֵילָם ʻÊylâm, ay-lawm'; or עוֹלָם ʻÔwlâm; (Ezra 10:2; Jeremiah 49:36), probably from H5956; hidden, i.e. distant; Elam, a son of Shem and his descendants, with their country; also of six Israelites:—Elam.


KJV Translation Count — Total: 28x

The KJV translates Strong's H5867 in the following manner: Elam (28x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 28x
The KJV translates Strong's H5867 in the following manner: Elam (28x).
  1. Elam = "eternity"

    proper masculine noun
    1. a Korhite Levite in the time of David

    2. a chief man of the tribe of Benjamin

    3. ancestor of a family of exiles who returned with Zerubbabel

    4. a chief of the people who signed the covenant with Nehemiah

    5. another ancestor of another family of exiles who returned with Zerubbabel

    6. a priest who assisted at the dedication of the wall of Jerusalem in the time of Nehemiah

    7. another head of a family of returning exiles

      proper locative noun
    8. a province east of Babylon and northeast of the lower Tigris

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
עֵילָם ʻÊylâm, ay-lawm'; or עוֹלָם ʻÔwlâm; (Ezra 10:2; Jeremiah 49:36), probably from H5956; hidden, i.e. distant; Elam, a son of Shem and his descendants, with their country; also of six Israelites:—Elam.
STRONGS H5867: Abbreviations
† I. עֵילָם proper name, of a people et. terr. Elam, Αιλαμ, Ἐλαμεῖραι, well-known country and people northeast of Lower Tigris (Assyrian Elamtu DlPa 320 ff. COTGenesis 10:22); — as early invaders of Palestine Genesis 14:1, 9, allies of Assyr. Isaiah 22:6; foe of Babylon Isaiah 21:2; abode of dispersed Israelites Isaiah 11:11; prophesied against Jeremiah 49:34, 35, 36 (twice in verse) (Qr, Kt עולם), Jeremiah 49:37; Jeremiah 49:38; Jeremiah 49:39; Ezekiel 32:24, compare כָּלמַֿלְכֵי ע׳ Jeremiah 25:25; called 'son' of Shem Genesis 10:22 (P) = 1 Chronicles 1:17; purely local designation הַמְּדִינָה ע׳ Daniel 8:2.

† II. עֵילָם proper name, masculine Ηλαμ, Αιλαμ:
1. heads of families of returned exiles:
c. Ezra 8:7; Ezra 10:2 (Qr; Kt עולם), Ezra 10:26.
2. a chief of people Nehemiah 10:15.
3. name in Benjamin 1 Chronicles 8:24.
4. Levite name 1 Chronicles 26:3.
5. a priest Nehemiah 12:42.

See related Aramaic BDB entry H5962.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

10:22; 10:22; 14:1; 14:9

1 Chronicles

1:17; 8:24; 26:3

Ezra

2:7; 2:31; 8:7; 10:2; 10:26

Nehemiah

7:12; 7:34; 10:15; 12:42

Isaiah

11:11; 21:2; 22:6

Jeremiah

25:25; 49:34; 49:35; 49:36; 49:37; 49:38; 49:39

Ezekiel

32:24

Daniel

8:2

H5867

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H5867 matches the Hebrew עֵילָם (ʿêlām),
which occurs 30 times in 27 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 10:22 - The sons of Shem: Elam, Asshur, Arpachshad, Lud and Aram;
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 14:1 -

In the days of the [Eastern] kings Amraphel of Shinar, Arioch of Ellasar, Chedorlaomer of Elam, and Tidal of Goiim,

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 14:9 - against Chedorlaomer king of Elam and Tidal king of Goiim and Amraphel king of Shinar and Arioch king of Ellasar—four kings against five.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 1:17 -

The sons of Shem: Elam, Asshur, Arpachshad, Lud, Aram, Uz, Hul, Gether, and Meshech.

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 8:24 - Hananiah, Elam, Anthothijah,
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 26:3 - Elam the fifth, Jehohanan the sixth, Eliehoenai the seventh.
Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 2:7 - the sons of Elam, 1,254;
Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 2:31 - the sons of the other Elam, 1,254;
Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 8:7 - of the sons of Elam, Jeshaiah son of Athaliah, with 70 men;
Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 10:2 - Shecaniah the son of Jehiel, of the sons of Elam, said to Ezra, “We have been unfaithful to our God and have married foreign women from the peoples of the land; yet now there is hope for Israel in spite of this.
Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 10:26 - and of the sons of Elam: Mattaniah, Zechariah, Jehiel, Abdi, Jeremoth, and Elijah;
Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 7:12 - the sons of Elam, 1,254;
Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 7:34 - the sons of the other Elam, 1,254;
Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 10:14 - The leaders of the people: Parosh, Pahath-moab, Elam, Zattu, Bani,
Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 12:42 - and Maaseiah, Shemaiah, Eleazar, Uzzi, Jehohanan, Malchijah, Elam, and Ezer. And the singers sang, with Jezrahiah as their leader.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 11:11 -

Then it will happen on that day that the Lord

Will again acquire with His hand a second time

The remnant of His people, who will remain,

From Assyria, from [Lower] Egypt, from Pathros, from Cush (Ethiopia), from Elam [in Persia], from Shinar [Babylonia], from Hamath [in Aram],

And from the coastlands bordering the [Mediterranean] Sea.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 21:2 -

A harsh vision has been shown to me;

The treacherous one deals treacherously, and the destroyer destroys.

Go up, Elam! Lay siege, Media!

All the groaning [caused by Babylon’s ruthless oppressions] I [the LORD] have brought to an end.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 22:6 -

Elam took up the quiver

With the chariots, infantry and horsemen;

And Kir uncovered the shield.

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 25:25 - all the kings of Zimri, all the kings of Elam (Persia), and all the kings of Media;
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 49:34 -

The word of the LORD that came to Jeremiah the prophet concerning [fn]Elam, in the beginning of the reign of Zedekiah king of Judah, saying:

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 49:35 -

“Thus says the LORD of hosts,

‘Behold (listen carefully), I am going to break the bow of Elam,

The finest [weapon] of their strength.

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 49:36 -

‘And I will bring upon Elam the four winds

From the four corners of heaven;

And I will scatter them toward all those winds,

And there will be no nation

To which the outcasts of Elam will not go.

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 49:37 -

‘So I will cause Elam to be shattered (dismayed) before their enemies

And before those who seek their lives;

And I will bring disaster on them,

Even My fierce anger,’ says the LORD.

‘And I will send the sword after them

Until I have consumed them.

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 49:38 -

‘Then I will set My throne [of judgment] in [fn]Elam

And I will destroy from there the king and princes,’

Says the LORD.

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 49:39 -

‘But it will be in the last days (the end of days)

That I will reverse the captivity and restore the fortunes of Elam,’”

Says the LORD.

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 32:24 -

[fn]Elam [a conquest of Assyria] is there and all her hordes around her grave; all of them slain, fallen by the sword, who have gone down uncircumcised to the lower parts of the earth, who made their terror spread in the land of the living and bore their shame and defeat with those who went down to the pit.

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 8:2 - I looked in the vision and it seemed that I was at the citadel of [fn]Susa, [the capital of Persia], which is in the province of Elam; and I looked in the vision and I saw myself by the Ulai Canal.
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