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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 -

Shem’s sons were Elam, Asshur, Arpachshad, Lud, and Aram.

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 14:1 -

In those days King Amraphel of Shinar, King Arioch of Ellasar, King Chedorlaomer of Elam, and King Tidal of Goiim[fn]

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 14:9 -

against King Chedorlaomer of Elam, King Tidal of Goiim, King Amraphel of Shinar, and King Arioch of Ellasar ​— ​four kings against five.

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 1:17 -

Shem’s sons: 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,

and Eliehoenai the seventh.

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 2:7 -
Elam’s descendants 1,254
Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 2:31 -
the other Elam’s people 1,254
Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 8:7 -

Jeshaiah son of Athaliah

from Elam’s descendants,

and 70 men with him;

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 10:2 -

Then Shecaniah son of Jehiel, an Elamite, responded to Ezra, “We have been unfaithful to our God by marrying foreign women from the surrounding peoples, but there is still hope for Israel in spite of this.

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 10:26 -

Elam’s descendants: Mattaniah, Zechariah, Jehiel, Abdi, Jeremoth, and Elijah;

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 7:12 -
Elam’s descendants 1,254
Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 7:34 -
the other Elam’s people 1,254
Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 10:14 -

The heads of the people were

Parosh, Pahath-moab, Elam, Zattu, Bani,

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 12:42 -

and Maaseiah, Shemaiah, Eleazar,

Uzzi, Jehohanan, Malchijah, Elam, and Ezer.

Then the singers sang, with Jezrahiah as the leader.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 11:11 -

On that day the Lord will extend his hand a second time to recover the remnant of his people who survive ​— ​from Assyria, Egypt, Pathros, Cush, Elam, Shinar, Hamath, and the coasts and islands of the west.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 21:2 -

A troubling vision is declared to me:

“The treacherous one acts treacherously,

and the destroyer destroys.

Advance, Elam! Lay siege, you Medes!

I will put an end to all the groaning.”

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 22:6 -

Elam took up a quiver

with chariots and horsemen,[fn]

and Kir uncovered the shield.

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 25:25 -

all the kings of Zimri,

all the kings of Elam,

and all the kings of Media;

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 49:34 -

This is the word of the LORD that came to the prophet Jeremiah about Elam[fn] at the beginning of the reign of King Zedekiah of Judah.

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 49:35 -

This is what the LORD of Armies says:

I am about to shatter Elam’s bow,

the source[fn] of their might.

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 49:36 -

I will bring the four winds against Elam

from the four corners of the heavens,

and I will scatter them to all these winds.

There will not be a nation

to which Elam’s banished ones will not go.

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 49:37 -

I will devastate Elam before their enemies,

before those who intend to take their lives.

I will bring disaster on them,

my burning anger.

This is the LORD’s declaration.

I will send the sword after them

until I finish them off.

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 49:38 -

I will set my throne in Elam,

and I will destroy the king and officials from there.

This is the LORD’s declaration.

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 49:39 -

Yet, in the last days,

I will restore the fortunes of Elam.

This is the LORD’s declaration.

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 32:24 -

“Elam is there

with all her hordes around her grave.

All of them are slain, fallen by the sword —

those who went down to the underworld uncircumcised,

who once spread their terror

in the land of the living.

They bear their disgrace

with those who descend to the Pit.

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 8:2 -

I saw the vision, and as I watched, I was in the fortress city of Susa, in the province of Elam. I saw in the vision that I was beside the Ulai Canal.

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