First name Elam in the world's Bibles
In the bible, Elam is the name of the son of Shem (GEN 10:22), as well as name of son of Shashak (1CH 8:24), fifth-born son of Meshelemiah [Shallum_7] (1CH 26:3), his sons (descendants) returned to Judah after captivity (EZR 2:7), and "the other Elam" whose sons (descendants) returned to Judah after captivity (EZR 2:31). Meaning of the name: a young man; a virgin; a secret. Related names are: Shinar, Chedorlaomer, Amraphel . The translations of Elam in 68 languages of the Bible are illustrated in the
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below, from Elamitas in Spanish to エラム in Japanese!
Wear it!The children of Shem; Elam, and Asshur, and Arphaxad, and Lud, and Aram. (GEN 10:22)
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; (GEN 14:1)
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. (GEN 14:9)
The sons of Shem; Elam, and Asshur, and Arphaxad, and Lud, and Aram, and Uz, and Hul, and Gether, and Meshech. (1CH 1:17)
And Hananiah, and Elam, and Antothijah, (1CH 8:24)
Elam the fifth, Jehohanan the sixth, Elioenai the seventh. (1CH 26:3)
The children of Elam, a thousand two hundred fifty and four. (EZR 2:7)
The children of the other Elam, a thousand two hundred fifty and four. (EZR 2:31)
And of the sons of Elam; Jeshaiah the son of Athaliah, and with him seventy males. (EZR 8:7)
And Shechaniah the son of Jehiel, one of the sons of Elam, answered and said unto Ezra, We have trespassed against our God, and have taken strange wives of the people of the land: yet now there is hope in Israel concerning this thing. (EZR 10:2)
And of the sons of Elam; Mattaniah, Zechariah, and Jehiel, and Abdi, and Jeremoth, and Eliah. (EZR 10:26)
The children of Elam, a thousand two hundred fifty and four. (NEH 7:12)
The children of the other Elam, a thousand two hundred fifty and four. (NEH 7:34)
The chief of the people; Parosh, Pahath-moab, Elam, Zatthu, Bani, (NEH 10:14)
And Maaseiah, and Shemaiah, and Eleazar, and Uzzi, and Jehohanan, and Malchijah, and Elam, and Ezer. And the singers sang loud, with Jezrahiah their overseer. (NEH 12:42)
And it shall come to pass in that day, that the Lord shall set his hand again the second time to recover the remnant of his people, which shall be left, from Assyria, and from Egypt, and from Pathros, and from Cush, and from Elam, and from Shinar, and from Hamath, and from the islands of the sea. (ISA 11:11)
A grievous vision is declared unto me; the treacherous dealer dealeth treacherously, and the spoiler spoileth. Go up, O Elam: besiege, O Media; all the sighing thereof have I made to cease. (ISA 21:2)
And Elam bare the quiver with chariots of men and horsemen, and Kir uncovered the shield. (ISA 22:6)
And all the kings of Zimri, and all the kings of Elam, and all the kings of the Medes, (JER 25:25)
The word of the LORD that came to Jeremiah the prophet against Elam in the beginning of the reign of Zedekiah king of Judah, saying, (JER 49:34)
Thus saith the LORD of hosts; Behold, I will break the bow of Elam, the chief of their might. (JER 49:35)
And upon Elam will I bring the four winds from the four quarters of heaven, and will scatter them toward all those winds; and there shall be no nation whither the outcasts of Elam shall not come. (JER 49:36)
And upon Elam will I bring the four winds from the four quarters of heaven, and will scatter them toward all those winds; and there shall be no nation whither the outcasts of Elam shall not come. (JER 49:36)
For I will cause Elam to be dismayed before their enemies, and before them that seek their life: and I will bring evil upon them even my fierce anger, saith the LORD; and I will send the sword after them, till I have consumed them: (JER 49:37)
And I will set my throne in Elam, and will destroy from thence the king and the princes, saith the LORD. (JER 49:38)
But it shall come to pass in the latter days, that I will bring again the captivity of Elam, saith the LORD. (JER 49:39)
There is Elam and all her multitude round about her grave, all of them slain, fallen by the sword, which are gone down uncircumcised into the nether parts of the earth, which caused their terror in the land of the living; yet have they borne their shame with them that go down to the pit. (EZE 32:24)
And I saw in a vision; and it came to pass, when I saw, that I was at Shushan in the palace, which is in the province of Elam; and I saw in a vision, and I was by the river of Ulai. (DAN 8:2)
The children of Azmaveth, forty and two. (EZR 2:24)