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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 28 times in 27 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 10:22

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 10:22 - Sons of Sem, Elam, and Assur, and Arphaxad, and Lud, and Aram, and Cainan.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 14:1

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 14:1 - And it came to pass in the reign of Amarphal king of Sennaar, and Arioch king of Ellasar, that Chodollogomor king of Elam, and Thargal king of nations,

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 14:9

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 14:9 - against Chodollogomor king of Elam, and Thargal king of nations, and Amarphal king of Sennaar, and Arioch king of Ellasar, the four kings against the five.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 1:17

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 1:17 - The sons of Sem, Ælam, and Assur,

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 8:24

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 8:24 - and Anania, and Ambri, and Ælam, and Anathoth,

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 26:3

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 26:3 - the fifth Jolam, the sixth Jonathan, the seventh Elionai, the eighth Abdedom.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 2:7

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 2:7 - The children of Ælam, a thousand two hundred and fifty-four.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 2:31

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 2:31 - The children of Elamar, a thousand two hundred and fifty-four.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 8:7

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 8:7 - And of the sons of Elam; Isæas the son of Athelia, and with him seventy males.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 10:2

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 10:2 - And Sechenias the son of Jeel, of the sons of Elam, answered and said to Esdras, We have broken covenant with our God, and have taken strange wives of the nations of the land: yet now there is patience of hope to Israel concerning this thing.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 10:26

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 10:26 - And of the sons of Helam; Matthania, and Zacharia, and Jaïel, and Abdia, and Jarimoth, and Elia.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 7:12

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 7:12 - The children of Aelam, a thousand two hundred and fifty-four.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 7:34

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 7:34 - The men of Elamaar, one thousand two hundred and fifty-two.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 10:14

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 10:14 - (LXX 10:15) The heads of the people; Phoros, Phaath Moab, Elam, Zathuia,

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 12:42

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 12:42 - And the singers were heard, and were numbered.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 11:11 - And it shall be in that day, that the Lord shall again shew his hand, to be zealous for the remnant that is left of the people, which shall be left by the Assyrians, and that from Egypt, and from the country of Babylon, and from Ethiopia, and from the Elamites, and from the rising of the sun, and out of Arabia.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 21:2

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 21:2 - so a fearful and a grievous vision was declared to me: he that is treacherous deals treacherously, the transgressor transgresses. The Elamites are upon me, and the ambassadors of the Persians come against me: now will I groan and comfort myself.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 22:6

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 22:6 - And the Elamites took their quivers, and there were men mounted on horses, and there was a gathering for battle.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 25:25

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 25:25 - (LXX 32:25) and all the kings of Ælam, and all the kings of the Persians,

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 49:34

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 49:34 - (LXX 25:20) In the beginning of the reign of king Sedekias, there came this word concerning Ælam.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 49:35

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 49:35 - (LXX 25:15) Thus saith the Lord, The bow of Ælam is broken, even the chief of their power.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 49:36

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 49:36 - (LXX 25:16) And I will bring upon Ælam the four winds from the four corners of heaven, and I will disperse them toward all these winds; and there shall be no nation to which they shall not come—even the outcasts of Ælam.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 49:37

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 49:37 - (LXX 25:17) And I will put them in fear before their enemies that seek their life; and I will bring evils upon them according to my great anger; and I will send forth my sword after them, until I have utterly destroyed them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 49:38

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 49:38 - (LXX 25:18) And I will set my throne in Ælam, and will send forth thence king and rulers.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 49:39

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 49:39 - (LXX 25:19) But it shall come to pass at the end of days, that I will turn the captivity of Ælam, saith the Lord.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 32:24

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 32:24 - There is Ælam and all his host round about his tomb: all the slain that fell by the sword, and the uncircumcised that go down to the deep of the earth, who caused their fear to be upon the land of the living: and they have received their punishment with them that go down to the pit,

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Unchecked Copy BoxDan 8:2

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 8:2 - And I was in Susa the palace, which is in the land of Ælam, and I was on the bank of Ubal.
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