King James Bible Dictionary

{hidden} that {is} distant; {Elam} a son of {Shem} and his {descendants} with their country; also of six Israelites

Elam = "eternity" n pr m

1. a Korhite Levite in the time of David

2. a chief man of the tribe of Benjamin

3. ancestor of a family of exiles who returned with Zerubbabel

4. a chief of the people who signed the covenant with Nehemiah

5. another ancestor of another family of exiles who returned with Zerubbabel

6. a priest who assisted at the dedication of the wall of Jerusalem in the time of Nehemiah

7. another head of a family of returning exiles n pr loc

8. a province east of Babylon and northeast of the lower Tigris