Strong's H5867 (Hebrew)[edit | edit source]

Lemma: עֵילָם (ʻÊylâm)

Pronunciation: ay-lawm'

POS: ay-lawm' Morph: n-pr-m n-pr-loc

Exegesis: or ; (Ezra 10:2; Jeremiah 49:36), probably from ; hidden, i.e. distant;

Definition: or עוֹלָם; (Ezra 10:2; Jeremiah 49:36), probably from עָלַם; hidden, i.e. distant; Elam, a son of Shem and his descendants, with their country; also of six Israelites; Elam.

KJV Usage: Elam.

Senses[edit | edit source]

• 1. Elam = "eternity"
• 2. n pr m
• 3. 1) a Korhite Levite in the time of David
• 4. 2) a chief man of the tribe of Benjamin
• 5. 3) ancestor of a family of exiles who returned with Zerubbabel
• 6. 4) a chief of the people who signed the covenant with Nehemiah
• 7. 5) another ancestor of another family of exiles who returned with Zerubbabel
• 8. 6) a priest who assisted at the dedication of the wall of Jerusalem in the time of Nehemiah
• 9. 7) another head of a family of returning exiles
• 10. n pr loc
• 11. 8) a province east of Babylon and northeast of the lower Tigris

Cross References[edit | edit source]

• GREEK G1639

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