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Lexicon :: Strong's H5862 - ʿêṭām

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עֵיטָם
Transliteration
ʿêṭām
Pronunciation
ay-tawm'
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Part of Speech
proper locative noun
Root Word (Etymology)
Strong’s Definitions

עֵיטָם ʻÊyṭâm, ay-tawm'; from H5861; hawk-ground; Etam, a place in Palestine:—Etam.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 5x

The KJV translates Strong's H5862 in the following manner: Etam (5x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 5x
The KJV translates Strong's H5862 in the following manner: Etam (5x).

  1. Etam = "lair of wild beasts"

    1. a village of the tribe of Simeon

    2. a town in Judah fortified and garrisoned by king Rehoboam of Judah and located between Bethlehem and Tekoa

    3. a cliff; site uncertain

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
עֵיטָם ʻÊyṭâm, ay-tawm'; from H5861; hawk-ground; Etam, a place in Palestine:—Etam.
STRONGS H5862: Abbreviations
† עֵיטָם proper name, of a location (perhaps animal-name, from עַיִט, compare GrayProp. Names 93); —
1. Ηταμ, LXX of Lucian (Lag.) Ιταμ, a cliff, סְעִיף סֶלַע ע׳ Judges 15:8, 11 perhaps near town עֵיטָם, see following, but at ‘Arāḳ Isma‘īn near edge of Shephelah, west-southwest from Jerusalem according to SchickZPV x (1887), 143 ff.
2. Αιταν[μ], etc., city fortified by Rehoboam 2 Chronicles 11:6, between Bethlehem and Tekoa, = ‘Ain ‘Atān approximately 2 miles south-southwest from Bethlehem, BuhlGeogr. 92 GFMJudges 15:8, near Ŭrtâs RobBR i. 477; clan in Judah 1 Chronicles 4:3.
3. Αιταν[μ], in Simeon 1 Chronicles 4:32 (Be [not Oettli Kau Kit] reads עֵתֶר from Joshua 15:42).
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Joshua

15:42

Judges

15:8; 15:8; 15:11

1 Chronicles

4:3; 4:32

2 Chronicles

11:6

H5862

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H5862 matches the Hebrew עֵיטָם (ʿêṭām),
which occurs 5 times in 5 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 15:8

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 15:8 - He attacked them viciously and slaughtered many of them. Then he went down and stayed in a cave in the rock of Etam.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 15:11

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 15:11 - Then three thousand men from Judah went down to the cave in the rock of Etam and said to Samson, “Don’t you realize that the Philistines are rulers over us? What have you done to us?” He answered, “I merely did to them what they did to me.”

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 4:3

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 4:3 - These were the sons[fn] of Etam: Jezreel, Ishma and Idbash. Their sister was named Hazzelelponi.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 4:32

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 4:32 - Their surrounding villages were Etam, Ain, Rimmon, Token and Ashan—five towns—

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 11:6

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 11:6 - Bethlehem, Etam, Tekoa,
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