עֵילָם

Detailed Definition

• 1(n pr m) a korhite levite in the time of david
• 2a chief man of the tribe of benjamin
• 3ancestor of a family of exiles who returned with zerubbabel
• 4a chief of the people who signed the covenant with nehemiah
• 5another ancestor of another family of exiles who returned with zerubbabel
• 6a priest who assisted at the dedication of the wall of jerusalem in the time of nehemiah
• 7another head of a family of returning exiles
• 8(n pr loc) a province east of babylon and northeast of the lower tigris