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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:
a. Ezra 2:7 = Nehemiah 7:12.
b. Ezra 2:31 = Nehemiah 7:34.
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.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 10:22 - filii Sem Aelam et Assur et Arfaxad et Lud et Aram

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 14:1

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 14:1 - factum est autem in illo tempore ut Amrafel rex Sennaar et Arioch rex Ponti et Chodorlahomor rex Aelamitarum et Thadal rex Gentium

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 14:9

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 14:9 - scilicet adversum Chodorlahomor regem Aelamitarum et Thadal regem Gentium et Amrafel regem Sennaar et Arioch regem Ponti quattuor reges adversus quinque

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 1:17 - filii Sem Aelam et Assur et Arfaxad et Lud et Aram et Us et Hul et Gothor et Mosoch

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 8:24

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 8:24 - et Anania et Ailam et Anathothia

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 26:3

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 26:3 - Ahilam quintus Iohanan sextus Helioenai septimus

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Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 2:7 - filii Helam mille ducenti quinquaginta quattuor

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Unchecked Copy Box Ezr 2:31

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 2:31 - filii Helam alterius mille ducenti quinquaginta quattuor

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Unchecked Copy Box Ezr 8:7

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 8:7 - de filiis Helam Isaias filius Athaliae et cum eo septuaginta viri

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Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 10:2 - et respondit Sechenia filius Iehihel de filiis Helam et dixit Ezrae nos praevaricati sumus in Deum nostrum et duximus uxores alienigenas de populis terrae et nunc si est paenitentia Israhel super hoc

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Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 10:26 - et de filiis Helam Mathania Zaccharias et Hiehil et Abdi et Irimoth et Helia

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 7:12 - filii Helam mille octingenti quinquaginta quattuor

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Unchecked Copy Box Neh 7:34

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 7:34 - viri Helam alterius mille ducenti quinquaginta quattuor

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 10:14 - capita populi Pheros Phaethmoab Helam Zethu Bani

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Unchecked Copy Box Neh 12:42

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 12:42 - [Vulgate 12:41] et Maasia et Semea et Eleazar et Azi et Iohanan et Melchia et Elam et Ezer et clare cecinerunt cantores et Iezraia praepositus

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 11:11 - et erit in die illa adiciet Dominus secundo manum suam ad possidendum residuum populi sui quod relinquetur ab Assyriis et ab Aegypto et a Fetros et ab Aethiopia et ab Aelam et a Sennaar et ab Emath et ab insulis maris

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 21:2

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 21:2 - visio dura nuntiata est mihi qui incredulus est infideliter agit et qui depopulator est vastat ascende Aelam obside Mede omnem gemitum eius cessare feci

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 22:6 - et Aelam sumpsit faretram currum hominis equitis et parietem nudavit clypeus

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 25:25 - et cunctis regibus Zambri et cunctis regibus Aelam et cunctis regibus Medorum

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 49:34 - quod factum est verbum Domini ad Hieremiam prophetam adversus Aelam in principio regni Sedeciae regis Iuda dicens

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 49:35 - haec dicit Dominus exercituum ecce ego confringam arcum Aelam summam fortitudinem eorum

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 49:36

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 49:36 - et inducam super Aelam quattuor ventos a quattuor plagis caeli et ventilabo eos in omnes ventos istos et non erit gens ad quam non perveniant profugi Aelam

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 49:37

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 49:37 - et pavere faciam Aelam coram inimicis suis et in conspectu quaerentium animam eorum et adducam super eos malum iram furoris mei dicit Dominus et emittam post eos gladium donec consumam eos

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 49:38

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 49:38 - et ponam solium meum in Aelam et perdam inde reges et principes ait Dominus

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 49:39

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 49:39 - in novissimis autem diebus reverti faciam captivos Aelam dicit Dominus

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 32:24

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 32:24 - ibi Aelam et omnis multitudo eius per gyrum sepulchri sui omnes hii interfecti ruentesque gladio qui descenderunt incircumcisi ad terram ultimam qui posuerunt terrorem suum in terra viventium et portaverunt ignominiam suam cum his qui descendunt in lacum

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Unchecked Copy Box Dan 8:2

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 8:2 - vidi in visione mea, cum essem in Susis castro, quod est in Aelam regione: vidi autem in visione esse me super portam Ulai.
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