Elam
And all the kings of Zimri, and all the kings of Elam, and all
the kings of the Medes,...
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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....
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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....
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was an ancient civilization located in what is now southwest
Iran. Elam was centered in the far west and the southwest of
modern-day Iran, stretching from the lowlands of Khuzestan and
Ilam Province, as well as a small part of southern Iraq.
Situated just to the east of Mesopotamia, Elam was part of the
early urbanization during the Chalcolithi...
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e'-lam (`elam):
(1) A son of Shem (Gen 10:22; 1 Ch 1:17; see ELAMITES).
(2) A Benjamite (1 Ch 8:24).
(3) A Korahite (1 Ch 26:3).
(4) Heads of families in the return (Ezr 2:7 parallel Neh
7:12; Ezr 2:31 parallel Neh 7:34; Ezr 8:7; 10:2,26).
(5) A chief of the people (Neh 10:14).
(6) A priest (Neh 12:42)....
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1. A district southeast of Babylon, on Persian Gulf
Ge 14:1,9; Da 8:2
Prophecies concerning
Isa 11:11
Jews from
Ac 2:9
See ELAMITES
-2. A Korhite Levite
1Ch 26:3
-3. A Benjamite chief
1Ch 8:24
-4. Designated as "the other Elam,"
Ezr 2:31; Ne 7:34
-5. A Jewish captive, whose descendants, to the number of
One-thousand two-hundred and fi...
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(eternity).
1. This seems to have been originally the name of a
man, the son of Shem. Ge 10:22; 1Ch 1:17 Commonly, however,
it is used as the appellation of a country. Ge 14:1,9; Isa
11:11; 21:2 The Elam of Scripture appears to be the province
lying south of Assyria and east of Persia proper, to which
Herodotus gives the name of Cissia (iii. ...
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highland, the son of Shem (Gen. 10:22), and the name of the
country inhabited by his descendants (14:1, 9; Isa.
11:11; 21:2,
etc.) lying to the east of Babylonia, and extending
to the shore
of the Mediterranean, a distance in a direct line of
about 1,000
miles. The name Elam is an Assyrian word meaning
"high."
"The inhabitants of Elam, or ...
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1. Son of Shem (Genesis 10:22). The name is Semitic. The
Elamites gave their name to Elymais, the region on the left
or E. bank of the Tigris, opposite Babylonia, between it on
the W. and Persia proper on the E., and S.W. of Media. The
region is also named Susiana or Susis from its capital Susa,
called Shushah in Daniel 8:2, where Nehemiah (Ne...
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