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Lexicon :: Strong's H5862 - ʿêṭām

Aa
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).
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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 BoxJdg 15:8

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 15:8 - And he made an attack on them, driving them in uncontrolled flight, and causing great destruction; then he went away to his safe place in the crack of the rock at Etam.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 15:11

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 15:11 - Then three thousand of the men of Judah went down to the crack of the rock of Etam, and said to Samson, Is it not clear to you that the Philistines are our rulers? What is this you have done to us? And he said to them, I only did to them as they did to me.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 4:3

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 4:3 - And these were the sons of Hur, the father of Etam: Jezreel and Ishma and Idbash, and the name of their sister was Hazzelelponi;

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 4:32

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 4:32 - And their small towns were Etam, Ain, Rimmon, and Tochen and Ashan, five towns;

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 11:6

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 11:6 - He was the builder of Beth-lehem and Etam and Tekoa
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