# H5867 עֵילָם

עֵילָם (ʻÊylâm), Strong’s H5867: Elam, a son of Shem and his descendants, with their country; also of six Israelites KJV: Elam.. Occurs 28 times.

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*ʻÊylâm* — Elam, a son of Shem and his descendants, with their country; also of six Israelites

KJV: Elam.

Derived from [עָלַם ʻâlam](https://besorah.bible/word/H5956) (to veil from sight, i.e. conceal)

Occurs 28 times.

## Brown–Driver–Briggs
- עֵילָם n.pr.m.
- 1 heads of families of returned exiles
- 2 a chief of people
- 3 name in Benjamin
- 4 Levite name
- 5 a priest
- עֵילָם n.pr.gent
- עֵילָם n.pr.gent. et terr. Elam

## Where it occurs
- [Genesis 10:22](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/genesis/10?v=22) — The sons of Shem were: Elam, Asshur, Arpachshad, Lud, and Aram.
- [Genesis 14:1](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/genesis/14?v=1) — In the days of Amraphel, king of Shinar; Arioch, king of Ellasar; Chedorlaomer, king of Elam; and Tidal, king of Goiim,
- [Genesis 14:9](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/genesis/14?v=9) — against Chedorlaomer king of Elam, Tidal king of Goiim, Amraphel king of Shinar, and Arioch king of Ellasar; four kings…
- [Isaiah 11:11](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/isaiah/11?v=11) — It will happen in that day that the Lord will set his hand again the second time to recover the remnant that is left of…
- [Isaiah 21:2](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/isaiah/21?v=2) — A grievous vision is declared to me. The treacherous man deals treacherously, and the destroyer destroys. Go up, Elam…
- [Isaiah 22:6](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/isaiah/22?v=6) — Elam carried his quiver, with chariots of men and horsemen; and Kir uncovered the shield.
- [Jeremiah 25:25](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/jeremiah/25?v=25) — and all the kings of Zimri, all the kings of Elam, and all the kings of the Medes;
- [Jeremiah 49:34](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/jeremiah/49?v=34) — The LORD’s word that came to Jeremiah the prophet concerning Elam, in the beginning of the reign of Zedekiah king of…
- [Jeremiah 49:35](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/jeremiah/49?v=35) — “The LORD of Hosts says: ‘Behold, I will break the bow of Elam, the chief of their might.
- [Jeremiah 49:36](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/jeremiah/49?v=36) — I will bring on Elam the four winds from the four quarters of the sky, and will scatter them toward all those winds…