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1 Chronicles 26:3
“Elam the fifth, Jehohanan the sixth, Elioenai the seventh.” (KJV)
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Lexical meaning
עֵילָםʻÊylâm · ay-lawm'
H5867 · Hebrew
H5867 · Hebrew
- Definition
- Elam, a son of Shem and his descendants, with their country; also of six Israelites
- Derivation
- or עוֹלָם; (Ezra 10:2; Jeremiah 49:36), probably from H5956 (עָלַם); hidden, i.e. distant;
- KJV renderings
- Elam.
- Grammar
- עֵילָ֤ם — proper noun
- Usage
- Occurs 30 times in the Hebrew Bible.Genesis 10:22Genesis 14:1Genesis 14:91 Chronicles 1:171 Chronicles 8:24
Theological interpretation (AI)
The card on the left shows lexical data from published sources. Interpretation is separate: ask the Companion to explain how traditions read עֵילָם here.
Hebrew text: Westminster Leningrad Codex (public domain). Morphology & lemmas: Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible, CC BY 4.0 (hb.openscriptures.org). Lexicon: Strong's Hebrew Dictionary (1894, public domain; JSON edition © Open Scriptures, CC BY-SA). Verse numbers follow the Hebrew text, which occasionally differs from English Bibles.