Elam אֵילָם
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| אֵילָם | |
|---|---|
| Transliteration | elam |
| Strong's number | H361 |
| Language | Hebrew |
| Part of speech | masculine noun |
| Gloss | arches |
| Occurrences | 15 in 12 verses |
Elam (Hebrew אֵילָם, Strong's H361) is a Hebrew masculine noun meaning “arches”. It occurs 15 times in 12 verses of the Old Testament.
Definition
porch, vestibule, portico
From the STEPBible Brief Lexicon of Hebrew (based on the abridged Brown-Driver-Briggs), STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.
Translated as
| KJV | arches (15) |
|---|---|
| BSB | its portico (5), portico (5), both the gateway and its portico (2), porticos (1), porticoes (1) |
Verses
Every verse with Elam, with the English words that translate it highlighted (KJV or BSB; other translations show the KJV here).
Ezekiel
- Ezekiel 40:16And there were narrow windows to the little chambers, and to their posts within the gate round about, and likewise to the arches: and windows were round about inward: and upon each post were palm trees.The gate chambers and their side pillars had beveled windows all around the inside of the gateway. The porticos also had windows all around on the inside. Each side pillar was decorated with palm trees.
- Ezekiel 40:21And the little chambers thereof were three on this side and three on that side; and the posts thereof and the arches thereof were after the measure of the first gate: the length thereof was fifty cubits, and the breadth five and twenty cubits.Its three gate chambers on each side, its side pillars, and its portico all had the same measurements as the first gate: fifty cubits long and twenty-five cubits wide.
- Ezekiel 40:22And their windows, and their arches, and their palm trees, were after the measure of the gate that looketh toward the east; and they went up unto it by seven steps; and the arches thereof were before them.Its windows, portico, and palm trees had the same measurements as those of the gate facing east. Seven steps led up to it, with its portico opposite them.
- Ezekiel 40:24After that he brought me toward the south, and behold a gate toward the south: and he measured the posts thereof and the arches thereof according to these measures.Then he led me to the south side, and I saw a gateway facing south. He measured its side pillars and portico, and they had the same measurements as the others.
- Ezekiel 40:25And there were windows in it and in the arches thereof round about, like those windows: the length was fifty cubits, and the breadth five and twenty cubits.Both the gateway and its portico had windows all around, like the other windows. It was fifty cubits long and twenty-five cubits wide.
- Ezekiel 40:26And there were seven steps to go up to it, and the arches thereof were before them: and it had palm trees, one on this side, and another on that side, upon the posts thereof.Seven steps led up to it, and its portico was opposite them; it had palm trees on its side pillars, one on each side.
- Ezekiel 40:29And the little chambers thereof, and the posts thereof, and the arches thereof, according to these measures: and there were windows in it and in the arches thereof round about: it was fifty cubits long, and five and twenty cubits broad.Its gate chambers, side pillars, and portico had the same measurements as the others. Both the gateway and its portico had windows all around; it was fifty cubits long and twenty-five cubits wide.
- Ezekiel 40:30And the arches round about were five and twenty cubits long, and five cubits broad.(The porticoes around the inner court were twenty-five cubits long and five cubits deep.)
- Ezekiel 40:31And the arches thereof were toward the utter court; and palm trees were upon the posts thereof: and the going up to it had eight steps.Its portico faced the outer court, and its side pillars were decorated with palm trees. Eight steps led up to it.
- Ezekiel 40:33And the little chambers thereof, and the posts thereof, and the arches thereof, were according to these measures: and there were windows therein and in the arches thereof round about: it was fifty cubits long, and five and twenty cubits broad.Its gate chambers, side pillars, and portico had the same measurements as the others. Both the gateway and its portico had windows all around. It was fifty cubits long and twenty-five cubits wide.
- Ezekiel 40:34And the arches thereof were toward the outward court; and palm trees were upon the posts thereof, on this side, and on that side: and the going up to it had eight steps.Its portico faced the outer court, and its side pillars were decorated with palm trees on each side. Eight steps led up to it.
- Ezekiel 40:36The little chambers thereof, the posts thereof, and the arches thereof, and the windows to it round about: the length was fifty cubits, and the breadth five and twenty cubits.as did its gate chambers, side pillars, and portico. It also had windows all around. It was fifty cubits long and twenty-five cubits wide.
Notes
- Definition and verse list from STEPBible's tagged Hebrew Old Testament (TAHOT) and Greek New Testament (TAGNT) and Brief Lexicons, STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.
- English renderings from the public-domain KJV with Strong's numbers (eBible.org) and the Berean Standard Bible interlinear (public domain).