Extended Strong's Hebrew Lexicon (Brown-Driver-Briggs based)
Elam
Usage: § Elam = "eternity" a province east of Babylon and northeast of the lower Tigris
Eylam means “Elam” — full meaning, definition, and every linked Bible usage across the indexed canon.
Strong's H5867 עֵילָם עוֹלָם (`Eylam) is a Hebrew Strong's word-study entry. `Eylam (ay-lawm') (or mOwlam (Ezra 10) n/l. 1. hidden, i.e. distant 2. Elam, a son of Shem and his descendants, with their country It has 27 linked Bible usages across 8 books. Visible English usage signals include elam and ezra. Indexed coverage on this page includes Old Testament.
`Eylam (ay-lawm') (or mOwlam (Ezra 10) n/l. 1. hidden, i.e. distant 2. Elam, a son of Shem and his descendants, with their country 3. also of six Israelites [probably from H5956] KJV: Elam. Root(s): H5956
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Elam
Usage: § Elam = "eternity" a province east of Babylon and northeast of the lower Tigris
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27 indexed usages in Old Testament.
The children of Shem; Elam, and Asshur, and Arphaxad, and Lud, and Aram.
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;
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.
First 27 linked usage excerpts for Strong's H5867.
The children of Shem; Elam, and Asshur, and Arphaxad, and Lud, and Aram.
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;
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.
The sons of Shem; Elam, and Asshur, and Arphaxad, and Lud, and Aram, and Uz, and Hul, and Gether, and Meshech.
And Hananiah, and Elam, and Antothijah,
Elam the fifth, Jehohanan the sixth, Elioenai the seventh.
The children of Elam, a thousand two hundred fifty and four.
The children of the other Elam, a thousand two hundred fifty and four.
And of the sons of Elam; Jeshaiah the son of Athaliah, and with him seventy males.
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.
And of the sons of Elam; Mattaniah, Zechariah, and Jehiel, and Abdi, and Jeremoth, and Eliah.
The children of Elam, a thousand two hundred fifty and four.
The children of the other Elam, a thousand two hundred fifty and four.
The chief of the people; Parosh, Pahathmoab, Elam, Zatthu, Bani,
And Maaseiah, and Shemaiah, and Eleazar, and Uzzi, and Jehohanan, and Malchijah, and Elam, and Ezer. And the singers sang loud, with Jezrahiah their overseer.
And it shall come to pass in that day, that the Lord shall set his hand again the second time to recover the remnant of his people, which shall be left, from Assyria, and from Egypt, and from Pathros, and from Cush, and from Elam, and from Shinar, and from Hamath, and from the islands of the sea.
A grievous vision is declared unto me; the treacherous dealer dealeth treacherously, and the spoiler spoileth. Go up, O Elam: besiege, O Media; all the sighing thereof have I made to cease.
And Elam bare the quiver with chariots of men and horsemen, and Kir uncovered the shield.
And all the kings of Zimri, and all the kings of Elam, and all the kings of the Medes,
The word of the LORD that came to Jeremiah the prophet against Elam in the beginning of the reign of Zedekiah king of Judah, saying,
Thus saith the LORD of hosts; Behold, I will break the bow of Elam, the chief of their might.
And upon Elam will I bring the four winds from the four quarters of heaven, and will scatter them toward all those winds; and there shall be no nation whither the outcasts of Elam shall not come.
For I will cause Elam to be dismayed before their enemies, and before them that seek their life: and I will bring evil upon them, even my fierce anger, saith the LORD; and I will send the sword after them, till I have consumed them:
And I will set my throne in Elam, and will destroy from thence the king and the princes, saith the LORD.
But it shall come to pass in the latter days, that I will bring again the captivity of Elam, saith the LORD.
There is Elam and all her multitude round about her grave, all of them slain, fallen by the sword, which are gone down uncircumcised into the nether parts of the earth, which caused their terror in the land of the living; yet have they borne their shame with them that go down to the pit.
And I saw in a vision; and it came to pass, when I saw, that I was at Shushan in the palace, which is in the province of Elam; and I saw in a vision, and I was by the river of Ulai.
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Eylam (Strong's H5867) is a Hebrew word most simply glossed "Elam". `Eylam (ay-lawm') (or mOwlam (Ezra 10) n/l. 1. hidden, i.e. distant 2. Elam, a son of Shem and his descendants, with their country
This page currently indexes 27 linked usages for Strong's H5867 across 8 books.
Use the linked verse references on this page to study Strong's H5867 in context. The indexed coverage includes Old Testament.
The visible usage excerpts most often surface English words such as elam and ezra. These are scanning signals from the displayed verses, not replacements for the original-language definition.