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Lexicon :: Strong's H5867 - ʿêlām

Aa
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

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 10:22 - These are the sons of Shem: Elam and Asshur and Arpachshad and Lud and Aram.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 14:1

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 14:1 - Now in the days of Amraphel, king of Shinar, Arioch, king of Ellasar, Chedorlaomer, king of Elam, and Tidal, king of Goiim,

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 14:9

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 14:9 - Against Chedorlaomer, king of Elam, and Tidal, king of Goiim, and Amraphel, king of Shinar, and Arioch, king of Ellasar: four kings against the five.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 1:17

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 1:17 - The sons of Shem: Elam and Asshur and Arpachshad and Lud and Aram and Uz and Hul and Gether and Meshech.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 8:24

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 8:24 - And Hananiah and Elam and Anathothijah

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 26:3

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 26:3 - Elam the fifth, Jehohanan the sixth, Eliehoenai the seventh.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 2:7

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

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Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 2:31

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 2:31 - The children of the other Elam, 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, Jeshaiah; the son of Athaliah; and with him seventy males.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 10:2

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 10:2 - And Shecaniah, the son of Jehiel, one of the sons of Elam, answering, said to Ezra, We have done evil against our God, and have taken as our wives strange women of the peoples of the land: but still there is hope for Israel in this question.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 10:26

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 10:26 - And of the sons of Elam, Mattaniah, Zechariah, and Jehiel and Abdi and Jeremoth and Elijah.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 7:12

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

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 7:34

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 7:34 - The children of the other Elam, a thousand, two hundred and fifty-four.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 10:14

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 10:14 - The chiefs of the people: Parosh, Pahath-moab, Elam, Zattu, Bani,

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 12:42

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 12:42 - And Maaseiah and Shemaiah and Eleazar and Uzzi and Jehohanan and Malchijah and Elam and Ezer. And the makers of melody made their voices loud, with Jezrahiah their overseer.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 11:11

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 11:11 - And in that day the hand of the Lord will be stretched out the second time to get back the rest of his people, from Assyria, and from Egypt, and from Pathros, and from Cush, and from Elam, and from Shinar, and from Hamath, and from the sea-lands.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 21:2

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 21:2 - A vision of fear comes before my eyes; the worker of deceit goes on in his false way, and the waster goes on making waste. Up! Elam; to the attack! Media; I have put an end to her sorrow.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 22:6

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 22:6 - And Elam was armed with arrows, and Aram came on horseback; and the breastplate of Kir was uncovered.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 25:25

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 25:25 - And all the kings of Zimri, and all the kings of Elam, and all the kings of the Medes;

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 49:34

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 49:34 - The word of the Lord which came to Jeremiah the prophet about Elam, when Zedekiah first became king of Judah, saying,

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 49:35

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 49:35 - This is what the Lord of armies has said: See, I will have the bow of Elam, their chief strength, broken.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 49:36

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 49:36 - And I will send on Elam four winds from the four quarters of heaven, driving them out to all those winds; there will be no nation into which the wanderers from Elam do not come.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 49:37

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 49:37 - And I will let Elam be broken before their haters, and before those who are making designs against their lives: I will send evil on them, even my burning wrath, says the Lord; and I will send the sword after them till I have put an end to them:

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 49:38

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 49:38 - I will put the seat of my power in Elam, and in Elam I will put an end to kings and rulers, says the Lord.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 49:39

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 49:39 - But it will come about that, in the last days, I will let the fate of Elam be changed, says the Lord.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 32:24

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 32:24 - There is Elam and all her people, round about her last resting-place: all of them put to death by the sword, who have gone down without circumcision into the lowest parts of the earth, who were a cause of fear in the land of the living, and are put to shame with those who go down to the underworld:

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Unchecked Copy BoxDan 8:2

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 8:2 - And I saw in the vision; and when I saw it, I was in the strong town Shushan, which is in the country of Elam; and in the vision I was by the water-door of the Ulai.
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