עֵילָם
e.lam
Elam
Lexicon Entry
Lexicon data from STEPBible TIPNR, Tyndale House, Cambridge. Licensed under CC BY 4.0.
What Original Readers Understood
ExploredBased on the provided lexicon data for Strong's number H5867B, the Hebrew word is 'elām (עֵילָם). It is a proper noun with a semantic domain of Person, meaning it refers to a specific individual or people group. The word Elam is translated to this form seven times in the Bible. The data does not provide information on the historical or cultural context of Elam, but it does indicate that the name Elam is used as a proper noun, which is a significant detail. Proper nouns typically refer to specific, unique entities, such as people, places, or events, and are not intended to convey general or abstract meanings. Given its status as a proper noun, the significance of the word Elam appears to be its unique association with a particular person, a group of people, or an individual event in the biblical narrative.
Source data & methodology
Occurrences in Scripture
7 total occurrences across the text
The children of Elam, one thousand two hundred fifty-four.
Ezra 2:31The children of the other Elam, one thousand two hundred fifty-four.
Ezra 8:7Of the sons of Elam, Jeshaiah the son of Athaliah; and with him seventy males.
Ezra 10:2Shecaniah the son of Jehiel, one of the sons of Elam, answered Ezra, “We have trespassed against our God, and have married foreign women of the peoples of the land. Yet now there is hope for Israel concerning this thing.
Ezra 10:26Of the sons of Elam: Mattaniah, Zechariah, and Jehiel, and Abdi, and Jeremoth, and Elijah.
Nehemiah 7:12The children of Elam: one thousand two hundred fifty-four.
Nehemiah 7:34The children of the other Elam: one thousand two hundred fifty-four.