# H463 אֱלִיעָם

אֱלִיעָם (ʼĔlîyʻâm), Strong’s H463: Eliam, an Israelite KJV: Eliam.. Occurs 2 times.

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*ʼĔlîyʻâm* — Eliam, an Israelite

KJV: Eliam.

Built from [אֵל ʼêl](https://besorah.bible/word/H410) (strength) + [עַם ʻam](https://besorah.bible/word/H5971) (a people) — means “God of (the) people”

Occurs 2 times.

## Brown–Driver–Briggs
- אֱלִיעָם n.pr.m. (God is kinsman)
- a father of Bathsheba
- b one of David’s heroes

## Where it occurs
- [2 Samuel 11:3](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/2-samuel/11?v=3) — David sent and inquired after the woman. One said, “Isn’t this Bathsheba, the daughter of Eliam, Uriah the Hittite’s…
- [2 Samuel 23:34](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/2-samuel/23?v=34) — Eliphelet the son of Ahasbai, the son of the Maacathite, Eliam the son of Ahithophel the Gilonite,