Strong H58677 sensesעֵילָם

Meaning of the name

The 7 senses of Strong H5867

The lexicon tells 7 senses apart under this number. In the Bible, each word leads to the one it has in its verse. Strong H5867 appears in 27 verses of the KJV, all senses together.

1. Ancient kingdom east of Babylon; ally and enemy of IsraelH5867A14 verses · 5 books
2. Ancestor of exiles who returned to JerusalemH5867B7 verses · Ezra, Nehemiah
3. Son of Shem, grandson of NoahH5867C2 verses · Genesis, 1 Chronicles
4. Son of Shashak, a BenjamiteH5867G1 verse · 1 Chronicles
5. A temple gatekeeper during David's reignH5867H1 verse · 1 Chronicles
6. A leader who signed Nehemiah's covenantH5867I1 verse · Nehemiah
7. A priest or Levite in Nehemiah's timeH5867J1 verse · Nehemiah

General definition

In the Bible

Translated in the KJV by

• elam26
• cause1

First verses

1. Genesis 10:22
   The children of Shem; Elam, and Asshur, and Arphaxad, and Lud, and Aram.
2. Genesis 14:1
   And it came to pass in the days of Amraphel king of Shinar, Arioch king of Ellasar, Chedorlaomer king of Elam, and Tidal king of nations;
3. Genesis 14:9
   With Chedorlaomer the king of Elam, and with Tidal king of nations, and Amraphel king of Shinar, and Arioch king of Ellasar; four kings with five.
4. 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.
5. 1 Chronicles 8:24
   And Hananiah, and Elam, and Antothijah,
6. 1 Chronicles 26:3
   Elam the fifth, Jehohanan the sixth, Elioenai the seventh.
7. Ezra 2:7
   The children of Elam, a thousand two hundred fifty and four.
8. Ezra 2:31
   The children of the other Elam, a thousand two hundred fifty and four.
9. Ezra 8:7
   And of the sons of Elam; Jeshaiah the son of Athaliah, and with him seventy males.
10. Ezra 10:2
    And Shechaniah the son of Jehiel, one of the sons of Elam, answered and said unto Ezra, We have trespassed against our God, and have taken strange wives of the people of the land: yet now there is hope in Israel concerning this thing.
11. Ezra 10:26
    And of the sons of Elam; Mattaniah, Zechariah, and Jehiel, and Abdi, and Jeremoth, and Eliah.
12. Nehemiah 7:12
    The children of Elam, a thousand two hundred fifty and four.
13. Nehemiah 7:34
    The children of the other Elam, a thousand two hundred fifty and four.
14. Nehemiah 10:14
    The chief of the people; Parosh, Pahath–moab, Elam, Zatthu, Bani,
15. Nehemiah 12:42
    And Maaseiah, and Shemaiah, and Eleazar, and Uzzi, and Jehohanan, and Malchijah, and Elam, and Ezer. And the singers sang loud, with Jezrahiah their overseer.
16. Isaiah 11:11
    And it shall come to pass in that day, that the Lord shall set his hand again the second time to recover the remnant of his people, which shall be left, from Assyria, and from Egypt, and from Pathros, and from Cush, and from Elam, and from Shinar, and from Hamath, and from the islands of the sea.
17. Isaiah 21:2
    A grievous vision is declared unto me; the treacherous dealer dealeth treacherously, and the spoiler spoileth. Go up, O Elam: besiege, O Media; all the sighing thereof have I made to cease.
18. Isaiah 22:6
    And Elam bare the quiver with chariots of men and horsemen, and Kir uncovered the shield.
19. Jeremiah 25:25
    And all the kings of Zimri, and all the kings of Elam, and all the kings of the Medes,
20. Jeremiah 49:34
    The word of the Lord that came to Jeremiah the prophet against Elam in the beginning of the reign of Zedekiah king of Judah, saying,