עֵילָם
ʻÊylâm(ay-lawm')
“Elam, a son of Shem and his descendants, with their country; also of six Israelites”
28 occurrencesOld TestamentUncommon Word
Definition
Strong’s Definition
Elam, a son of Shem and his descendants, with their country; also of six Israelites
Translated in KJV as
Elam.
Etymology
or עוֹלָם; (Ezra 10:2; Jeremiah 49:36), probably from H5956 (עָלַם); hidden, i.e. distant;
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“And Shechaniah the son of Jehiel, one of the sons of Elam, answered and said unto Ezra, We have trespassed against our God, and have taken strange wives of the people of the land: yet now there is hop…”