Elam in the Bible

Meaning: a young man; a virgin; a secret

Exact Match

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;

Verse ConceptsBabylon, History Of

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.

Verse ConceptsFour PeopleFive People

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

From Rehum the chief deputy, Shimshai the scribe, and the rest of their colleagues—the judges and magistrates from Tripolis, Persia, Erech, Babylon, Susa (that is, the people of Elam),

Verse ConceptsJudges

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.

Verse ConceptsHope, In GodOptimismParticipation, In SinUnfaithfulness, To God

And of the sons of Elam; Mattaniah, Zechariah, and Jehiel, and Abdi, and Jeremoth, and Eliah.

The chief of the people; Parosh, Pahathmoab, Elam, Zatthu, Bani,

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.

Verse ConceptsSingers

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.

Verse ConceptsDay of the LORDHand Of GodIslandsRemnantRestoring NationsThe Prophecy Towards AssyriaThe Prophecy Towards EgyptDoing Things TwiceSurvivors FavouredRecovery

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.

Verse ConceptsProphetic Visionstraitors

And Elam bare the quiver with chariots of men and horsemen, and Kir uncovered the shield.

Verse ConceptsQuiversThings Stripped

And all the kings of Zimri, and all the kings of Elam, and all the kings of the Medes,

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,

Verse ConceptsProphets, Role OfYears Of Zedekiah

Thus saith the LORD of hosts; Behold, I will break the bow of Elam, the chief of their might.

Verse ConceptsDisarmamentBreaking Weapons

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.

Verse ConceptsScattering The PeoplesFour WindsExiled Foreigners

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:

Verse Conceptsend

And I will set my throne in Elam, and will destroy from thence the king and the princes, saith the LORD.

Verse ConceptsGod, Sovereignty OfThrone

But it shall come to pass in the latter days, that I will bring again the captivity of Elam, saith the LORD.

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.

Verse ConceptsdepthDying With The UncircumcisedFearing Other PeopleLife And DeathShame Has Come

Among the slain
they prepare a resting place for Elam
with all her hordes.
Her graves are all around her.
All of them are uncircumcised,
slain by the sword,
although their terror was once spread
in the land of the living.
They bear their disgrace
with those who descend to the Pit.
They are placed among the slain.

Verse ConceptsDying With The UncircumcisedFearing Other PeopleLife And DeathState Of The DeadShame Has Come

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.

Verse ConceptsCitadelsRivers And StreamsCanals

Men of Parthia, Media, and Elam, and those living in Mesopotamia, in Judaea and Cappadocia, in Pontus and Asia,

Verse ConceptsProvinces

References

Hastings

Easton

American

Fausets

Morish

Smith

Watsons