Elam
עֵילָם · e.lam · H5867B“a young man; a virgin; a secret” Hitchcock's 18697 mentions in 2 books, most in Ezra (5)
Who he was
Elam is mentioned in Ezr.2.7,31; 8.7; 10.26; and Neh.7.12,34 as the ancestor of a group of Jewish exiles who returned to Jerusalem from Babylon. In Ezra 2:7 and Nehemiah 7:12, the descendants of Elam are listed among the exiles who returned with Zerubbabel. Ezra 8:7 records that some of the descendants of Elam also returned with Ezra. In Ezr.10.2,26, some of the descendants of Elam are mentioned among those who had married foreign women and pledged to put them away. The repeated mentions of Elam's descendants suggest they were a significant family group among the returning exiles.
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Every mention
7 references, counted from STEPBible, Tyndale House Cambridge · CC BY 4.0 · verse text: World English Bible (public domain)
Ezra 5 mentions
Ezra 2:7The children of Elam, one thousand two hundred fifty-four.Ezra 2:31The children of the other Elam, one thousand two hundred fifty-four.Ezra 8:7Of the sons of Elam, Jeshaiah the son of Athaliah; and with him seventy males.Ezra 10:2Shecaniah the son of Jehiel, one of the sons of Elam, answered Ezra, “We have trespassed against our God, and have married foreign women of the peoples of the land. Yet now there is hope…Ezra 10:26Of the sons of Elam: Mattaniah, Zechariah, Jehiel, Abdi, Jeremoth, and Elijah.
Nehemiah 2 mentions
Nehemiah 7:12The children of Elam: one thousand two hundred fifty-four.Nehemiah 7:34The children of the other Elam: one thousand two hundred fifty-four.
What the dictionary says
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…
Easton's Bible Dictionary (1897)
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- Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (1869) · Public domain