Word Study · Strong's H5867 · Hebrew
עֵילָם
elam
ay-lawm'
Strong's 1890 spelling: ʻÊylâm
“Elam, a son of Shem and his descendants, with their country”
Strong's Dictionary · 1890 · public domain
Elam, a son of Shem and his descendants, with their country; also of six Israelites
Rendered in the KJV as
Elam.
- 28occurrencesin the Old Testament
- 8 of 39Old Testament bookswhere the word stands
- 17inflected formsdistinct spellings
Across 28 occurrences
The word itself
Inflected forms · 17
- עֵילָ֔ם5
- עֵילָ֣ם4
- עֵילָם֙3
- עֵילָ֑ם3
- בְּעֵילָ֑ם1
- בְּעֵילָ֣ם1
- וּמֵעֵילָ֤ם1
- וְעֵילָ֖ם1
- וְעֵילָ֣ם1
- וְעֵילָם֙1
- עֵילָ֗ם1
- עֵילָ֤ם1
and 5 more spellings in the ledger below.
How it is rendered · 7
- Elam20
- and Elam3
- [is] in Elam1
- [were] Elam1
- and from Elam1
- in Elam1
- O Elam1
The sense the word carries at each spot — how the translators read it there, not a fixed translation.
How it parses · 6
- proper noun (a name)11
- proper noun (a name)11
- conjunction (“and”) + proper noun (a name)2
- preposition + proper noun (a name)2
- conjunction (“and”) + proper noun (a name)1
- conjunction (“and”) + preposition + proper noun (a name)1
Show the grammar codes as tagged
- HNpl · 11
- HNpm · 11
- HC/Npm · 2
- HR/Npl · 2
- HC/Npl · 1
- HC/R/Npl · 1
All 28, in canonical order
The ledger of occurrences
Where this word lives
- Jeremiah8 of 28 · 29%
- Ezra5 of 28 · 18%
- Nehemiah4 of 28 · 14%
- Genesis3 of 28 · 11%
- 1 Chronicles3 of 28 · 11%
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Genesis3 occurrences
- Genesis 10:22עֵילָ֣םʾeilamproper noun (a name)The sons of Shem: Elam, Asshur, Arphaxad, Lud, and Aram.here: [were] Elam
- Genesis 14:1עֵילָ֔םʾeilamproper noun (a name)In those days Amraphel king of Shinar, Arioch king of Ellasar, Chedorlaomer king of Elam, and Tidal king of Goiimhere: Elam
- Genesis 14:9עֵילָ֗םʾeilamproper noun (a name)against Chedorlaomer king of Elam, Tidal king of Goiim, Amraphel king of Shinar, and Arioch king of Ellasar—four kings against five.here: Elam
1 Chronicles3 occurrences
- 1 Chronicles 1:17עֵילָ֣םʾeilamproper noun (a name)The sons of Shem: Elam, Asshur, Arphaxad, Lud, and Aram. The sons of Aram: Uz, Hul, Gether, and Meshech.here: Elam
- 1 Chronicles 8:24וְעֵילָ֖םveeilamconjunction (“and”) + proper noun (a name)Hananiah, Elam, Anthothijah,here: and Elam
- 1 Chronicles 26:3עֵילָ֤םʾeilamproper noun (a name)Elam the fifth, Jehohanan the sixth, and Eliehoenai the seventh.here: Elam
Ezra5 occurrences
- Ezra 2:7עֵילָ֔םʾeilamproper noun (a name)the descendants of Elam, 1,254;here: Elam
- Ezra 2:31עֵילָ֣םʾeilamproper noun (a name)the descendants of the other Elam, 1,254;here: Elam
- Ezra 8:7עֵילָ֔םʾeilamproper noun (a name)from the descendants of Elam, Jeshaiah son of Athaliah, and with him 70 men;here: Elam
- Ezra 10:2עֵילָם֙olamproper noun (a name)Then Shecaniah son of Jehiel, an Elamite, said to Ezra: “We have been unfaithful to our God by marrying foreign women from the people of the land, yet in spite of this, there is hope for Israel.here: Elam
- Ezra 10:26עֵילָ֑םʾeilamproper noun (a name)From the descendants of Elam: Mattaniah, Zechariah, Jehiel, Abdi, Jeremoth, and Elijah.here: Elam
Nehemiah4 occurrences
- Nehemiah 7:12עֵילָ֔םʾeilamproper noun (a name)the descendants of Elam, 1,254;here: Elam
- Nehemiah 7:34עֵילָ֣םʾeilamproper noun (a name)the descendants of the other Elam, 1,254;here: Elam
- Nehemiah 10:14עֵילָ֥םʾeilamproper noun (a name)And the leaders of the people: Parosh, Pahath-moab, Elam, Zattu, Bani,here: Elam
- Nehemiah 12:42וְעֵילָ֣םveeilamconjunction (“and”) + proper noun (a name)and also Maaseiah, Shemaiah, Eleazar, Uzzi, Jehohanan, Malchijah, Elam, and Ezer. Then the choirs sang out under the direction of Jezrahiah.here: and Elam
Isaiah3 occurrences
- Isaiah 11:11וּמֵעֵילָ֤םumeeilamconjunction (“and”) + preposition + proper noun (a name)On that day the Lord will extend His hand a second time to recover the remnant of His people from Assyria, from Egypt, from Pathros, from Cush, from Elam, from Shinar, from Hamath, and from the islands of the sea.here: and from Elam
- Isaiah 21:2עֵילָם֙ʾeilamproper noun (a name)A dire vision is declared to me: “The traitor still betrays, and the destroyer still destroys. Go up, O Elam! Lay siege, O Media! I will put an end to all her groaning.”here: O Elam
- Isaiah 22:6וְעֵילָם֙veeilamconjunction (“and”) + proper noun (a name)Elam takes up a quiver, with chariots and horsemen, and Kir uncovers the shield.here: and Elam
Jeremiah8 occurrences
- Jeremiah 25:25עֵילָ֔םʾeilamproper noun (a name)all the kings of Zimri, Elam, and Media;here: Elam
- Jeremiah 49:34עֵילָ֑םʾeilamproper noun (a name)This is the word of the LORD that came to Jeremiah the prophet concerning Elam at the beginning of the reign of Zedekiah king of Judah.here: Elam
- Jeremiah 49:35עֵילָ֑םʾeilamproper noun (a name)This is what the LORD of Hosts says: “Behold, I will shatter Elam’s bow, the mainstay of their might.here: Elam
- Jeremiah 49:36עֵילָ֜םʾeilamproper noun (a name)I will bring the four winds against Elam from the four corners of the heavens, and I will scatter them to all these winds. There will not be a nation to which Elam’s exiles will not go.here: Elam
- Jeremiah 49:36עֵילָֽם׃olamproper noun (a name)I will bring the four winds against Elam from the four corners of the heavens, and I will scatter them to all these winds. There will not be a nation to which Elam’s exiles will not go.here: Elam
- Jeremiah 49:37עֵ֠ילָםʾeilomproper noun (a name)So I will shatter Elam before their foes, before those who seek their lives. I will bring disaster upon them, even My fierce anger,” declares the LORD. “I will send out the sword after them until I finish them off.here: Elam
- Jeremiah 49:38בְּעֵילָ֑םbeeilampreposition + proper noun (a name)I will set My throne in Elam, and destroy its king and officials,” declares the LORD.here: in Elam
- Jeremiah 49:39עֵילָ֖םʾeilamproper noun (a name)“Yet in the last days, I will restore Elam from captivity,” declares the LORD.here: Elam