`Eylam <05867>
Mlye `Eylam or Mlwe `Owlam (\\#Ezr 10:2; Jer 49:36\\)
| Pronunciation | : | ay-lawm' o-lawm' |
| Origin | : | probably from 05956, Greek 1639 elamithv |
| Reference | : | - |
| PrtSpch | : | |
| In Hebrew | : | Mlye 20, Mlyew 3, Mlyeb 2, *Mlye {Mlwe} 2, Mlyemw 1 |
| In NET | : | Elam 25, Elamites 2, Elam's 1 |
| In AV | : | Elam 28 |
| Count | : | 28 |
| Definition | : |
Elam = "eternity"
n pr m
1) a Korhite Levite in the time of David
2) a chief man of the tribe of Benjamin
3) ancestor of a family of exiles who returned with Zerubbabel
4) a chief of the people who signed the covenant with Nehemiah
5) another ancestor of another family of exiles who returned with
Zerubbabel
6) a priest who assisted at the dedication of the wall of Jerusalem
in the time of Nehemiah
7) another head of a family of returning exiles
n pr loc
8) a province east of Babylon and northeast of the lower Tigris
or mOwlam (Ezra 10:2; Jeremiah 49:36) {o-lawm'}; probably from 5956; hidden, i.e. distant; Elam, a son of Shem and his descendants, with their country; also of six Israelites: KJV -- Elam. see HEBREW for 05956 |
| Related Greek | : | - |
| Variations in Bible | : | Elam (NET, KJV, NASB, NIV, NRSV, TEV) |
