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Elam Scripture - Jeremiah 25:25

And all the kings of Zimri, and all the kings of Elam, and all the kings of the Medes,...

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Elam Scripture - 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....

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Elam Scripture - 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....

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Elam in Wikipedia

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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Elam in Hitchcock's Bible Names

a young man; a virgin; a secret...

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Elam in the Bible Encyclopedia - ISBE

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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Elam in Naves Topical Bible

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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Elam in Smiths Bible Dictionary

(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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Elam in Easton's Bible Dictionary

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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Elam in Fausset's Bible Dictionary

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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