Original: עֵילָם

Transliteration: ʻÊylâm

Phonetic: ay-lawm'

Short Definition: Elam

Original: עולם עילם o

Transliteration: ‛êylâm ‛ôlâm

Phonetic: ay-lawm'

BDB Definition:

Elam = "eternity"

1. a Korhite Levite in the time of David (noun proper masculine)
2. a chief man of the tribe of Benjamin (noun proper masculine)
3. ancestor of a family of exiles who returned with Zerubbabel (noun proper masculine)
4. a chief of the people who signed the covenant with Nehemiah (noun proper masculine)
5. another ancestor of another family of exiles who returned with Zerubbabel (noun proper masculine)
6. a priest who assisted at the dedication of the wall of Jerusalem in the time of Nehemiah (noun proper masculine)
7. another head of a family of returning exiles (noun proper masculine)
8. a province east of Babylon and northeast of the lower Tigris (noun proper locative)

Origin: probably from H5956

TWOT entry: None

Part(s) of speech:

Cognate: H5860, H5861, H5862, H5863, H5864, H5866, H5868