Bible Names

Elam: meaning of the name

Elam means “a young man; a virgin; a secret.”
Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (1869)boy name

Elam in Hebrew and Greek

עֵילָם H5867

ʻÊylâm (ay-lawm') — Elam, a son of Shem and his descendants, with their country; also of six Israelites

or עוֹלָם; (Ezra 10:2; Jeremiah 49:36), probably from H5956 (עָלַם); hidden, i.e. distant;

People named Elam in the Bible

Places named Elam

Elam in Scripture

“Elam” appears in 27 verses of the King James Version; here are the first 8.

  • Genesis 10:22

    The children of Shem; Elam, and Asshur, and Arphaxad, and Lud, and Aram.

  • Genesis 14:1

    And it came to pass in the days of Amraphel king of Shinar, Arioch king of Ellasar, Chedorlaomer king of Elam, and Tidal king of nations;

  • 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.

  • 1 Chronicles 1:17

    The sons of Shem; Elam, and Asshur, and Arphaxad, and Lud, and Aram, and Uz, and Hul, and Gether, and Meshech.

  • 1 Chronicles 8:24

    And Hananiah, and Elam, and Antothijah,

  • 1 Chronicles 26:3

    Elam the fifth, Jehohanan the sixth, Elioenai the seventh.

  • Ezra 2:7

    The children of Elam, a thousand two hundred fifty and four.

  • Ezra 2:31

    The children of the other Elam, a thousand two hundred fifty and four.