Helem
The name Helem means “dreaming; healing”.
Easton's Bible Dictionary 1897
A stroke, great-grandson of Asher (1 Chr. 7:35).
Smith's Bible Dictionary 1863
(strength).
- A descendant of Asher. (1 Chronicles 7:35)
- A man mentioned only in (Zechariah 6:14) Apparently the same as Heldai.
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia 1915
he'-lem:
(1) helem; Septuagint Codex Vaticanus, Balaam, omitting "son," Codex Alexandrinus, huios Elam, "son of Elam" (1Ch 7:35). A great-grandson of Asher, called Hotham in 1Ch 7:32. The form "Elam" appears as the name of a Levite in 1 Esdras 8:33.
(2) chelem, "strength," regarded by Septuagint as a common noun (Zec 6:14). One of the ambassadors from the Jews of the exile to Jerusalem; probably the person called Heldai in Zec 6:10 is meant.