Strong G1639Ἐλαμίτης
Elamite
- Transliteration
- Elamitēs
- Pronunciation
- el-am-ee'-tace
- Morphology
- Proper Name of a Location in Gentilic sense
Definition
Of Hebrew origin [H5867]; an Elamite or Persian: - Elamite.
Meaning of the name
Elamite, "highland"
Detailed definition
Ἐλαμείτης (Rec. -αμίτης), -ου, ὁ
(Heb. אֵילָם) [in LXX (cl.) Ἐλυμαίος, Ἔλαμος: Jdth.1:6; Ἀιλαμείτης (vv.ll. Ἐλ-, -αμίτης; Bl., § 3, 7): Isa.11:11 21:2 22:6);]
an Elamite: Act.2:9.†
(AS)
(Heb. אֵילָם) [in LXX (cl.) Ἐλυμαίος, Ἔλαμος: Jdth.1:6; Ἀιλαμείτης (vv.ll. Ἐλ-, -αμίτης; Bl., § 3, 7): Isa.11:11 21:2 22:6);]
an Elamite: Act.2:9.†
(AS)
In the biblical story
Elam
Ancient kingdom east of Babylon; ally and enemy of Israel
Elam, an ancient nation east of Babylon, at times an ally and at times an enemy of Israel.
In the Bible
Strong G1639 appears in 1 verse of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- elamites1
First verses
- Acts 2:9Parthians, and Medes, and Elamites, and the dwellers in Mesopotamia, and in Judea, and Cappadocia, in Pontus, and Asia,