Hebrew proper noun (a place) · H5867
עֵילָם
elamay-lawm'
Elam; Elam; Elam; Elam; Elam; Elam; Elam
28 uses in the Hebrew text, one for each word STEP Bible has tagged with this key
Concordance spelling: ʻÊylâm
Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's H5867is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.
- 8 of 39Old Testament books
- 17spellings
- 7meanings
The definition in full
Strong's key (1890) · H5867
Elam, a son of Shem and his descendants, with their country; also of six Israelites
The King James renders it: Elam.
James Strong, The Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890), public domain. Strong indexed the King James text, and this site quotes his entry as that index.
Summary
elam is rendered "Elam; Elam; Elam; Elam; Elam; Elam; Elam". It stands 28 times in the Hebrew text, across eight books.
- Eight of the uses stand in Jeremiah, more than in any other book.
- The lexicon lists seven meanings for it, beginning with "Elam".
- Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.Genesis 10:22The sons of Shem: Elam, Asshur, Arphaxad, Lud, and Aram.
- The Greek text spells it seventeen different ways.
The first use
The sons of Shem: Elam, Asshur, Arphaxad, Lud, and Aram.
Genesis 10:22עֵילָ֣ם
The first use, in the order of the Old Testament's books.
Where the word stands
What the word means
The word carries seven meanings: Elam, and Elam, and Elam, and Elam, and Elam, and Elam, and Elam.
Each meaning, and the words it is translated by
| Meaning | Tagged as | Where |
|---|---|---|
| ElamStrong's entry A | Tagged aslisted under the table | WhereGenesis 10:22The sons of Shem: Elam, Asshur, Arphaxad, Lud, and Aram. |
| ElamStrong's entry B | Tagged aslisted under the table | Wherein the ledger below |
| ElamStrong's entry C | Tagged aslisted under the table | Wherein the ledger below |
| ElamStrong's entry B | Tagged aslisted under the table | Wherein the ledger below |
| ElamStrong's entry B | Tagged aslisted under the table | Wherein the ledger below |
| ElamStrong's entry B | Tagged aslisted under the table | Wherein the ledger below |
| ElamStrong's entry B | Tagged aslisted under the table | Wherein the ledger below |
How the Greek text is glossed, word by word
- Elam21
- and Elam3
- in Elam2
- and from Elam1
- O Elam1
The words built on the same word-part
Each word below begins with the same letters this one begins with. A shared word-part shows a family. It does not settle what any one of them means, so each word carries its own uses on its own page. Scholars call that shared part the stem.
| Word | Written | Meaning | Uses |
|---|---|---|---|
| עֵילוֹם | elom | ever | Uses1 |
The words it stands beside
All 28, in canonical order
Every use, in order
Every use, grouped by book, with its verse.
17 spellings and their grammar
STEP Bible tags every word of the Hebrew and Greek text with its spelling and its grammar. Both lists below count the rows printed underneath, written out in English, with the code beside each one as it was tagged.
How it is spelled
- עֵילָ֔ם5
- עֵילָ֣ם4
- עֵילָם֙3
- עֵילָ֑ם3
- בְּעֵילָ֑ם1
- בְּעֵילָ֣ם1
- וּמֵעֵילָ֤ם1
- וְעֵילָ֖ם1
- וְעֵילָ֣ם1
- וְעֵילָם֙1
- עֵילָ֗ם1
- עֵילָ֤ם1
and 5 more spellings in the ledger below.
The grammar of each form
- proper noun (a name)11HNpl
- proper noun (a name)11HNpm
- conjunction (“and”) + proper noun (a name)2HC/Npm
- preposition + proper noun (a name)2HR/Npl
- conjunction (“and”) + proper noun (a name)1HC/Npl
- conjunction (“and”) + preposition + proper noun (a name)1HC/R/Npl
Genesis
three uses
The sons of Shem: Elam, Asshur, Arphaxad, Lud, and Aram.
- עֵילָ֣םʾeilamproper noun (a name)tagged: Elam
In those days Amraphel king of Shinar, Arioch king of Ellasar, Chedorlaomer king of Elam, and Tidal king of Goiim
- עֵילָ֔םʾeilamproper noun (a name)tagged: Elam
against Chedorlaomer king of Elam, Tidal king of Goiim, Amraphel king of Shinar, and Arioch king of Ellasar—four kings against five.
- עֵילָ֗םʾeilamproper noun (a name)tagged: Elam
1 Chronicles
three uses
The sons of Shem: Elam, Asshur, Arphaxad, Lud, and Aram. The sons of Aram: Uz, Hul, Gether, and Meshech.
- עֵילָ֣םʾeilamproper noun (a name)tagged: Elam
Hananiah, Elam, Anthothijah,
- וְעֵילָ֖םveeilamconjunction (“and”) + proper noun (a name)tagged: and Elam
Elam the fifth, Jehohanan the sixth, and Eliehoenai the seventh.
- עֵילָ֤םʾeilamproper noun (a name)tagged: Elam
Ezra
five uses
the descendants of Elam, 1,254;
- עֵילָ֔םʾeilamproper noun (a name)tagged: Elam
the descendants of the other Elam, 1,254;
- עֵילָ֣םʾeilamproper noun (a name)tagged: Elam
from the descendants of Elam, Jeshaiah son of Athaliah, and with him 70 men;
- עֵילָ֔םʾeilamproper noun (a name)tagged: Elam
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.
- עֵילָם֙olamproper noun (a name)tagged: Elam
From the descendants of Elam: Mattaniah, Zechariah, Jehiel, Abdi, Jeremoth, and Elijah.
- עֵילָ֑םʾeilamproper noun (a name)tagged: Elam
Nehemiah
four uses
the descendants of Elam, 1,254;
- עֵילָ֔םʾeilamproper noun (a name)tagged: Elam
the descendants of the other Elam, 1,254;
- עֵילָ֣םʾeilamproper noun (a name)tagged: Elam
And the leaders of the people: Parosh, Pahath-moab, Elam, Zattu, Bani,
- עֵילָ֥םʾeilamproper noun (a name)tagged: Elam
and also Maaseiah, Shemaiah, Eleazar, Uzzi, Jehohanan, Malchijah, Elam, and Ezer. Then the choirs sang out under the direction of Jezrahiah.
- וְעֵילָ֣םveeilamconjunction (“and”) + proper noun (a name)tagged: and Elam
Isaiah
three uses
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.
- וּמֵעֵילָ֤םumeeilamconjunction (“and”) + preposition + proper noun (a name)tagged: and from Elam
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.”
- עֵילָם֙ʾeilamproper noun (a name)tagged: O Elam
Elam takes up a quiver, with chariots and horsemen, and Kir uncovers the shield.
- וְעֵילָם֙veeilamconjunction (“and”) + proper noun (a name)tagged: and Elam
Jeremiah
eight uses
all the kings of Zimri, Elam, and Media;
- עֵילָ֔םʾeilamproper noun (a name)tagged: Elam
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.
- עֵילָ֑םʾeilamproper noun (a name)tagged: Elam
This is what the LORD of Hosts says: “Behold, I will shatter Elam’s bow, the mainstay of their might.
- עֵילָ֑םʾeilamproper noun (a name)tagged: Elam
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.
- עֵילָ֜םʾeilamproper noun (a name)tagged: Elam
- עֵילָֽם׃olamproper noun (a name)tagged: Elam
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.
- עֵ֠ילָםʾeilomproper noun (a name)tagged: Elam
I will set My throne in Elam, and destroy its king and officials,” declares the LORD.
- בְּעֵילָ֑םbeeilampreposition + proper noun (a name)tagged: in Elam
“Yet in the last days, I will restore Elam from captivity,” declares the LORD.
- עֵילָ֖םʾeilamproper noun (a name)tagged: Elam
Ezekiel
one use
Elam is there with all her multitudes around her grave. All of them are slain, fallen by the sword—those who went down uncircumcised to the earth below, who once spread their terror in the land of the living. They bear their disgrace with those who descend to the Pit.
- עֵילָם֙ʾeilamproper noun (a name)tagged: Elam
Daniel
one use
And in the vision I saw myself in the citadel of Susa, in the province of Elam. I saw in the vision that I was beside the Ulai Canal.
- בְּעֵילָ֣םbeeilampreposition + proper noun (a name)tagged: in Elam
The letters
Gematria 150· 710 mispar gadol
Where it leads
How the numbers are counted
Every count on this page comes from STEP Bible's tagged Hebrew and Greek text, the same text the ledger prints. A use is counted once each time the tagging marks a word with this key.
Spellings are counted as the Greek text spells them, with the sentence's own punctuation taken off the word first, so a form that ends a clause is not counted as a second spelling.
The words it stands beside are the nouns, verbs and adjectives immediately before or after it, counted in every verse where the word stands. The article, the conjunctions and the prepositions are left out, because they stand beside every word.
The family is read from the lexicon by the stem the two words share, with the accents off, and a person or a place named on the stem is left out.