Word Study · Strong's H5862 · Hebrew
עֵיטָם
etam
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Strong's 1890 spelling: ʻÊyṭâm
“Etam, a place in Palestine”
Strong's Dictionary · 1890 · public domain
Etam, a place in Palestine
Rendered in the KJV as
Etam.
- 5occurrencesin the Old Testament
- 3 of 39Old Testament bookswhere the word stands
- 5inflected formsdistinct spellings
Across 5 occurrences
The word itself
Inflected forms · 5
- עֵיטָם֒1
- עֵיטָ֔ם1
- עֵיטָ֣ם1
- עֵיטָ֖ם1
- עֵיטָֽם׃ ס1
How it is rendered · 2
- Etam4
- [were] Etam1
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How it parses · 1
- proper noun (a name)5
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- HNpl · 5
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Judges2 occurrences
- Judges 15:8עֵיטָֽם׃ סʾeitamproper noun (a name)And he struck them ruthlessly with a great slaughter, and then went down and stayed in the cave at the rock of Etam.here: Etam
- Judges 15:11עֵיטָם֒ʾeitamproper noun (a name)In response, three thousand men of Judah went to the cave at the rock of Etam, and they asked Samson, “Do you not realize that the Philistines rule over us? What have you done to us?” “I have done to them what they did to me,” he replied.here: Etam