Strong's Hebrew · H5867
עֵילָם
ʻÊylâm · ay-lawm'
DefinitionElam, a son of Shem and his descendants, with their country; also of six Israelites
Derivationor עוֹלָם; (Ezra 10:2; Jeremiah 49:36), probably from H5956 (עָלַם); hidden, i.e. distant;
KJV usageElam.
Occurrences28 in the KJV · 27 verses
עֵילָם in Scripture
Genesis 10:22
The children of Shem; Elam, and Asshur, and Arphaxad, and Lud, and Aram.
Genesis 14:1
And it came to pass in the days of Amraphel king of Shinar, Arioch king of Ellasar, Chedorlaomer king of Elam, and Tidal king of nations;
Genesis 14:9
With Chedorlaomer the king of Elam, and with Tidal king of nations, and Amraphel king of Shinar, and Arioch king of Ellasar; four kings with five.
1 Chronicles 1:17
The sons of Shem; Elam, and Asshur, and Arphaxad, and Lud, and Aram, and Uz, and Hul, and Gether, and Meshech.
1 Chronicles 8:24
And Hananiah, and Elam, and Antothijah,
1 Chronicles 26:3
Elam the fifth, Jehohanan the sixth, Elioenai the seventh.
Ezra 2:7
The children of Elam, a thousand two hundred fifty and four.
Ezra 2:31
The children of the other Elam, a thousand two hundred fifty and four.
Ezra 8:7
And of the sons of Elam; Jeshaiah the son of Athaliah, and with him seventy males.
Ezra 10:2
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 hope in Israel concerning this thing.
Ezra 10:26
And of the sons of Elam; Mattaniah, Zechariah, and Jehiel, and Abdi, and Jeremoth, and Eliah.
Nehemiah 7:12
The children of Elam, a thousand two hundred fifty and four.
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