H5867 עֵילָם

Strong's Hebrew Concordance · 28 KJV occurrences

עֵילָם

ʻÊylâm · ay-lawm'

Definition

Elam, a son of Shem and his descendants, with their country; also of six Israelites

KJV Renderings

Elam.

Derivation / Etymology

or עוֹלָם; (Ezra 10:2; Jeremiah 49:36), probably from H5956 (עָלַם); hidden, i.e. distant;

Sample KJV Verses (8 of 28)

Genesis 10:22The children of Shem; Elam, and Asshur, and Arphaxad, and Lud, and Aram.
1 Chronicles 1:17¶ The sons of Shem; Elam, and Asshur, and Arphaxad, and Lud, and Aram, and Uz, and Hul, and Gether, and Meshech.
Ezra 2:31The children of the other Elam, a thousand two hundred fifty and four.
Ezra 10:26And of the sons of Elam; Mattaniah, Zechariah, and Jehiel, and Abdi, and Jeremoth, and Eliah.
Nehemiah 12:42And Maaseiah, and Shemaiah, and Eleazar, and Uzzi, and Jehohanan, and Malchijah, and Elam, and Ezer. And the singers sang loud, with Jezrahiah their overseer.
Isaiah 22:6And Elam bare the quiver with chariots of men and horsemen, and Kir uncovered the shield.
Jeremiah 49:36And 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.
Jeremiah 49:38And I will set my throne in Elam, and will destroy from thence the king and the princes, saith the LORD.