עֵילָם ʻÊylâm

Hebrew · Strong's H5867 · pronounced ay-lawm' · used 28 times in 27 verses

Meaning

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

In the King James Version: Elam.

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

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Where it is used

Genesis 10:22 The sons of Shem: Elam, Asshur, Arphaxad, Lud, and Aram.
Genesis 14:1 In those days Amraphel king of Shinar, Arioch king of Ellasar, Chedorlaomer king of Elam, and Tidal king of Goiim
Genesis 14:9 against Chedorlaomer king of Elam, Tidal king of Goiim, Amraphel king of Shinar, and Arioch king of Ellasar—four kings against five.
1 Chronicles 1:17 The sons of Shem: Elam, Asshur, Arphaxad, Lud, and Aram. The sons of Aram: Uz, Hul, Gether, and Meshech.
1 Chronicles 8:24 Hananiah, Elam, Anthothijah,
1 Chronicles 26:3 Elam the fifth, Jehohanan the sixth, and Eliehoenai the seventh.
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;
Nehemiah 10:14 And the leaders of the people: Parosh, Pahath-moab, Elam, Zattu, Bani,
Nehemiah 12:42 and also Maaseiah, Shemaiah, Eleazar, Uzzi, Jehohanan, Malchijah, Elam, and Ezer. Then the choirs sang out under the direction of Jezrahiah.
Isaiah 11:11 On that day the Lord will extend His hand a second time to recover the remnant of His people from Assyria, from Egypt, from Pathros, from Cush, from Elam, from Shinar, from Hamath, and from the islands of the sea.
Isaiah 21:2 A dire vision is declared to me: “The traitor still betrays, and the destroyer still destroys. Go up, O Elam! Lay siege, O Media! I will put an end to all her groaning.”
Isaiah 22:6 Elam takes up a quiver, with chariots and horsemen, and Kir uncovers the shield.
Jeremiah 25:25 all the kings of Zimri, Elam, and Media;
Jeremiah 49:34 This is the word of the LORD that came to Jeremiah the prophet concerning Elam at the beginning of the reign of Zedekiah king of Judah.
Jeremiah 49:35 This is what the LORD of Hosts says: “Behold, I will shatter Elam’s bow, the mainstay of their might.
Jeremiah 49:36 I will bring the four winds against Elam from the four corners of the heavens, and I will scatter them to all these winds. There will not be a nation to which Elam’s exiles will not go.
Jeremiah 49:37 So I will shatter Elam before their foes, before those who seek their lives. I will bring disaster upon them, even My fierce anger,” declares the LORD. “I will send out the sword after them until I finish them off.
Jeremiah 49:38 I will set My throne in Elam, and destroy its king and officials,” declares the LORD.
Jeremiah 49:39 “Yet in the last days, I will restore Elam from captivity,” declares the LORD.
Ezekiel 32:24 Elam is there with all her multitudes around her grave. All of them are slain, fallen by the sword—those who went down uncircumcised to the earth below, who once spread their terror in the land of the living. They bear their disgrace with those who descend to the Pit.
Daniel 8:2 And in the vision I saw myself in the citadel of Susa, in the province of Elam. I saw in the vision that I was beside the Ulai Canal.