Bible Names

Helam: meaning of the name

Helam means “their army; their trouble.”
Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (1869)

Helam in Hebrew and Greek

חֵילָם H2431

Chêylâm (khay-lawm') — Chelam, a place East of Palestine

or חֵלָאםxlit Chêlʼâm corrected to Chêlâʼm; from H2428 (חַיִל); fortress;

Places named Helam

Helam in Scripture

“Helam” appears in 2 verses of the King James Version.

  • 2 Samuel 10:16

    And Hadarezer sent, and brought out the Syrians that were beyond the river: and they came to Helam; and Shobach the captain of the host of Hadarezer went before them.

  • 2 Samuel 10:17

    And when it was told David, he gathered all Israel together, and passed over Jordan, and came to Helam. And the Syrians set themselves in array against David, and fought with him.