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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 - The sons of Shem were Elam H5867 and Asshur and Arpachshad and Lud and Aram.

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And it happened in the days of Amraphel king of Shinar, Arioch king of Ellasar, Chedorlaomer king of Elam H5867, and Tidal king of [fn]Goiim,

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 14:9 - against Chedorlaomer king of Elam H5867 and Tidal king of [fn]Goiim and Amraphel king of Shinar and Arioch king of Ellasar, four kings against five—

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The sons of Shem were Elam H5867, Asshur, Arpachshad, Lud, Aram, Uz, Hul, Gether, and [fn]Meshech.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 8:24 -

Hananiah, Elam H5867, Anthothijah,

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Elam H5867 the fifth, Johanan the sixth, Eliehoenai the seventh.

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the sons of Elam H5867, 1,254;

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Unchecked Copy Box Ezr 2:31

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 2:31 -

the sons of the other Elam H5867, 1,254;

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and of the sons of Elam H5867, Jeshaiah the son of Athaliah and 70 males with him;

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Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 10:2 - And Shecaniah the son of Jehiel, one of the sons of Elam H5867, answered and said to Ezra, “We have been unfaithful to our God and have [fn]married foreign women from the peoples of the land; yet now there is hope for Israel in spite of this.

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and of the sons of Elam H5867: Mattaniah, Zechariah, Jehiel, Abdi, Jeremoth and Elijah;

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the sons of Elam H5867, 1,254;

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the sons of the other Elam H5867, 1,254;

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The heads of the people:

Parosh, Pahath-moab, Elam H5867, Zattu, Bani,

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and Maaseiah, Shemaiah, Eleazar, Uzzi, Jehohanan, Malchijah, Elam H5867, and Ezer.

And the singers made their voices heard, with Jezrahiah their overseer,

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Then it will be in that day, that the Lord

Will again acquire the second time with His hand

The remnant of His people, who will remain,

From Assyria, Egypt, Pathros, [fn]Ethiopia, Elam H5867, Shinar, Hamath,

And from the coastlands of the sea.

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A harsh vision has been declared to me;

The treacherous one still deals treacherously, and the destroyer still destroys.

Go up, Elam H5867, lay siege, Media;

I have made an end of all [fn]the groaning she has caused.

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Now Elam H5867 took up the quiver

With the chariots, [fn]infantry, and horsemen;

And Kir uncovered the shield.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 25:25 - and all the kings of Zimri, all the kings of Elam H5867, and all the kings of Media,

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That which came as the word of Yahweh to Jeremiah the prophet concerning Elam H5867, in the beginning of the reign of Zedekiah king of Judah, saying:

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“Thus says Yahweh of hosts,

‘Behold, I am going to break the bow of Elam H5867,

The [fn]finest of their might.

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‘I will bring upon Elam H5867 the four winds

From the four ends of heaven,

And I will scatter them to all these winds;

And there will be no nation

To which the banished ones of Elam H5867 will not go.

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‘So I will [fn]shatter Elam H5867 before their enemies

And before those who seek their lives;

And I will bring calamity upon them,

Even My burning anger,’ declares Yahweh,

‘And I will send out the sword after them

Until I have consumed them.

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‘Then I will set My throne in Elam H5867

And cause king and princes from there to perish,’

Declares Yahweh.

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‘But it will be in the last days

That I will [fn]return the [fn]fortunes of Elam H5867,’”

Declares Yahweh.

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“Elam H5867 is there and all her multitude all around her grave; all of them slain, fallen by the sword, who went down uncircumcised to the lower parts of the earth, who put their terror in the land of the living and bore their dishonor with those who went down to the pit.

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Unchecked Copy Box Dan 8:2

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 8:2 - And I looked in the vision. And it happened that while I was looking, I was in the citadel of Susa, which is in the province of Elam H5867; and I looked in the vision, and I myself was beside the Ulai [fn]Canal.
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