Elam עֵילָם

Elam (Hebrew עֵילָם, Strong's H5867) is a place name in the Old Testament, glossed “Elam”. It occurs 28 times.

Definition

H5867A: Elam

H5867B: Elam

H5867C: Elam

H5867G: Elam

H5867H: Elam

H5867I: Elam

H5867J: Elam

From the STEPBible Brief Lexicon of Hebrew (based on the abridged Brown-Driver-Briggs), STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.

Translated as

Verses

Every verse with Elam, with the English words that translate it highlighted (KJV or BSB; other translations show the KJV here).

Genesis

• Genesis 10:22
  The children of Shem; Elam, and Asshur, and Arphaxad, and Lud, and Aram.The sons of Shem: Elam, Asshur, Arphaxad, Lud, and Aram.
• Genesis 14:1
  And it came to pass in the days of Amraphel king of Shinar, Arioch king of Ellasar, Chedorlaomer king of Elam, and Tidal king of nations;In those days Amraphel king of Shinar, Arioch king of Ellasar, Chedorlaomer king of Elam, and Tidal king of Goiim
• Genesis 14:9
  With Chedorlaomer the king of Elam, and with Tidal king of nations, and Amraphel king of Shinar, and Arioch king of Ellasar; four kings with five.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 Chronicles 1:17
  The sons of Shem; Elam, and Asshur, and Arphaxad, and Lud, and Aram, and Uz, and Hul, and Gether, and Meshech.The sons of Shem: Elam, Asshur, Arphaxad, Lud, and Aram. The sons of Aram: Uz, Hul, Gether, and Meshech.
• 1 Chronicles 8:24
  And Hananiah, and Elam, and Antothijah,Hananiah, Elam, Anthothijah,
• 1 Chronicles 26:3
  Elam the fifth, Jehohanan the sixth, Elioenai the seventh.Elam the fifth, Jehohanan the sixth, and Eliehoenai the seventh.

Ezra

• Ezra 2:7
  The children of Elam, a thousand two hundred fifty and four.the descendants of Elam, 1,254;
• Ezra 2:31
  The children of the other Elam, a thousand two hundred fifty and four.the descendants of the other Elam, 1,254;
• Ezra 8:7
  And of the sons of Elam; Jeshaiah the son of Athaliah, and with him seventy males.from the descendants of Elam, Jeshaiah son of Athaliah, and with him 70 men;
• Ezra 10:2
  And Shechaniah the son of Jehiel, one of the sons of Elam, answered and said unto Ezra, We have trespassed against our God, and have taken strange wives of the people of the land: yet now there is hope in Israel concerning this thing.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
  And of the sons of Elam; Mattaniah, Zechariah, and Jehiel, and Abdi, and Jeremoth, and Eliah.From the descendants of Elam: Mattaniah, Zechariah, Jehiel, Abdi, Jeremoth, and Elijah.

Nehemiah

• Nehemiah 7:12
  The children of Elam, a thousand two hundred fifty and four.the descendants of Elam, 1,254;
• Nehemiah 7:34
  The children of the other Elam, a thousand two hundred fifty and four.the descendants of the other Elam, 1,254;
• Nehemiah 10:14
  The chief of the people; Parosh, Pahath–moab, Elam, Zatthu, Bani,And the leaders of the people: Parosh, Pahath-moab, Elam, Zattu, Bani,
• Nehemiah 12:42
  And Maaseiah, and Shemaiah, and Eleazar, and Uzzi, and Jehohanan, and Malchijah, and Elam, and Ezer. And the singers sang loud, with Jezrahiah their overseer.and also Maaseiah, Shemaiah, Eleazar, Uzzi, Jehohanan, Malchijah, Elam, and Ezer. Then the choirs sang out under the direction of Jezrahiah.

Isaiah

• Isaiah 11:11
  And it shall come to pass in that day, that the Lord shall set his hand again the second time to recover the remnant of his people, which shall be left, from Assyria, and from Egypt, and from Pathros, and from Cush, and from Elam, and from Shinar, and from Hamath, and from the islands of the sea.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 grievous vision is declared unto me; the treacherous dealer dealeth treacherously, and the spoiler spoileth. Go up, O Elam: besiege, O Media; all the sighing thereof have I made to cease.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
  And Elam bare the quiver with chariots of men and horsemen, and Kir uncovered the shield.Elam takes up a quiver, with chariots and horsemen, and Kir uncovers the shield.

Jeremiah

• Jeremiah 25:25
  And all the kings of Zimri, and all the kings of Elam, and all the kings of the Medes,all the kings of Zimri, Elam, and Media;
• Jeremiah 49:34
  The word of the Lord that came to Jeremiah the prophet against Elam in the beginning of the reign of Zedekiah king of Judah, saying,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
  Thus saith the Lord of hosts; Behold, I will break the bow of Elam, the chief of their might.This is what the LORD of Hosts says: “Behold, I will shatter Elam’s bow, the mainstay of their might.
• Jeremiah 49:36
  And upon Elam will I bring the four winds from the four quarters of heaven, and will scatter them toward all those winds; and there shall be no nation whither the outcasts of Elam shall not come.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
  For I will cause Elam to be dismayed before their enemies, and before them that seek their life: and I will bring evil upon them, even my fierce anger, saith the Lord; and I will send the sword after them, till I have consumed them: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
  And I will set my throne in Elam, and will destroy from thence the king and the princes, saith the Lord.I will set My throne in Elam, and destroy its king and officials,” declares the LORD.
• Jeremiah 49:39
  But it shall come to pass in the latter days, that I will bring again the captivity of Elam, saith the Lord.“Yet in the last days, I will restore Elam from captivity,” declares the LORD.

Ezekiel

• Ezekiel 32:24
  There is Elam and all her multitude round about her grave, all of them slain, fallen by the sword, which are gone down uncircumcised into the nether parts of the earth, which caused their terror in the land of the living; yet have they borne their shame with them that go down to the pit.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

• Daniel 8:2
  And I saw in a vision; and it came to pass, when I saw, that I was at Shushan in the palace, which is in the province of Elam; and I saw in a vision, and I was by the river of Ulai.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.

Notes

1. 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.
2. English renderings from the public-domain KJV with Strong's numbers (eBible.org) and the Berean Standard Bible interlinear (public domain).