Strong's H5867 (Hebrew)

Hebrew: עֵילָם (ʻÊylâm)

Pronunciation: ay-lawm'

Morphology: n-pr-m n-pr-loc

Part of Speech: n pr m, n pr loc

Name Meaning: Elam = "eternity"

Derivation: or עוֹלָם (ʻÔwlâm); (Ezra 10:2; Jeremiah 49:36), probably from עָלַם (ʻâlam) H5956; hidden, i.e. distant

Definition: Elam, a son of Shem and his descendants, with their country; also of six Israelites

KJV Renderings: Elam

Senses

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
8. a province east of Babylon and northeast of the lower Tigris

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