Elam

A man, in the time of Exile and Return · named in 7 verses

the name means hidden, i.e. distant Strong's Lexicon

Elam was the ancestor of a group of exiles who returned to Jerusalem.

From Easton's Bible Dictionary

Highland, the son of Shem (Gen. 10:22), and the name of the country inhabited by his descendants (14:1, 9; Isa. 11:11; 21:2, etc.) lying to the east of Babylonia, and extending to the shore of the Mediterranean, a distance in a direct line of about 1,000 miles. The name Elam is an Assyrian word meaning "high."

Easton's Illustrated Bible Dictionary, 1897 — public domain, quoted in full and unedited.

First named at Ezra 2:7.

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Verses that name Elam

Ezra 2:7 the descendants of Elam, 1,254;
Ezra 2:31 the descendants of the other Elam, 1,254;
Ezra 8:7 from the descendants of Elam, Jeshaiah son of Athaliah, and with him 70 men;
Ezra 10:2 Then 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 10:26 From the descendants of Elam: Mattaniah, Zechariah, Jehiel, Abdi, Jeremoth, and Elijah.
Nehemiah 7:12 the descendants of Elam, 1,254;
Nehemiah 7:34 the descendants of the other Elam, 1,254;