This name belongs to 7 different people and places in the Bible:
- Elam: A temple gatekeeper during David's reign
- Elam: Son of Shashak, a Benjamite
- Elam: Ancestor of exiles who returned to Jerusalem
- Elam: Son of Shem, grandson of Noah
- Elam: A leader who signed Nehemiah's covenant
- Elam: A priest or Levite in Nehemiah's time
- Elam: Ancient kingdom east of Babylon; ally and enemy of Israel
Definition
or עוֹלָם; (Ezra 10:2; Jeremiah 49:36), probably from H5956; hidden, i.e. distant; Elam, a son of Shem and his descendants, with their country; also of six Israelites
Traditional renderings: Elam.
Traditional renderings: Elam.
Glossary entries
Where it occurs
Occurrences
27 total
- Genesis 10:22עֵילָ֣ם · ElamThe sons of Shem: Elam, Asshur, Arphaxad, Lud, and Aram.
- Genesis 14:1עֵילָ֔ם · of ElamIn those days Amraphel king of Shinar, Arioch king of Ellasar, Chedorlaomer king of Elam, and Tidal king of Goiim
- Genesis 14:9עֵילָ֗ם · of Elam…against Chedorlaomer king of Elam, Tidal king of Goiim, Amraphel king of Shinar, and Arioch king of Ellasar—four kings against five.
- 1 Chronicles 1:17עֵילָ֣ם · ElamThe sons of Shem: Elam, Asshur, Arphaxad, Lud, and Aram. The sons of Aram: Uz, Hul, Gether, and Meshech.
- 1 Chronicles 8:24וְעֵילָ֖ם · ElamHananiah, Elam, Anthothijah,
- 1 Chronicles 26:3עֵילָ֤ם · ElamElam the fifth, Jehohanan the sixth, and Eliehoenai the seventh.
- Ezra 2:7עֵילָ֔ם · of Elam…the descendants of Elam, 1,254;
- Ezra 2:31עֵילָ֣ם · Elam…the descendants of the other Elam, 1,254;
- Ezra 8:7עֵילָ֔ם · of Elam…from the descendants of Elam, Jeshaiah son of Athaliah, and with him 70 men;
- Ezra 10:2עוֹלָםThen 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.
- Ezra 10:26עֵילָ֑ם · of ElamFrom the descendants of Elam: Mattaniah, Zechariah, Jehiel, Abdi, Jeremoth, and Elijah.
- Nehemiah 7:12עֵילָ֔ם · of Elam…the descendants of Elam, 1,254;
- Nehemiah 7:34עֵילָ֣ם · Elam…the descendants of the other Elam, 1,254;
- Nehemiah 10:14עֵילָ֥ם · ElamAnd the leaders of the people: Parosh, Pahath-moab, Elam, Zattu, Bani,
- Nehemiah 12:42וְעֵילָ֣ם · Elam…and also Maaseiah, Shemaiah, Eleazar, Uzzi, Jehohanan, Malchijah, Elam, and Ezer. Then the choirs sang out under the direction of Jezrahiah.
- Isaiah 11:11וּמֵעֵילָ֤ם · from ElamOn 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.
- Isaiah 21:2עֵילָם֙ · O ElamA 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.”
- Isaiah 22:6וְעֵילָם֙ · ElamElam takes up a quiver, with chariots and horsemen, and Kir uncovers the shield.
- Jeremiah 25:25עֵילָ֔ם · Elam…all the kings of Zimri, Elam, and Media;
- Jeremiah 49:34עֵילָ֑ם · ElamThis 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.
- Jeremiah 49:35עֵילָ֑ם · Elam’sThis is what the LORD of Hosts says: “Behold, I will shatter Elam’s bow, the mainstay of their might.
- Jeremiah 49:36עֵילָ֜ם · ElamI 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.
- Jeremiah 49:37עֵ֠ילָם · ElamSo 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.
- Jeremiah 49:38בְּעֵילָ֑ם · in ElamI will set My throne in Elam, and destroy its king and officials,” declares the LORD.
- Jeremiah 49:39עֵילָ֖ם · Elam“Yet in the last days, I will restore Elam from captivity,” declares the LORD.
- Ezekiel 32:24עֵילָם֙ · ElamElam 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.
- Daniel 8:2בְּעֵילָ֣ם · of ElamAnd 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.