Bible Encyclopedia: Eliam

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International Standard Bible Encyclopedia

ELIAM

e-li'-am ('eli'-am, "people's God"?):

(1) Father of Bathsheba (2 Samuel 11:3); in 1 Chronicles 3:5 called Ammiel.

(2) One of David's "thirty," son of Ahithophel the Gilonite (2 Samuel 23:34).

Strong's Hebrew

463. Eliam -- "God is kinsman," an Israelite name
... Eliam. 464 . "God is kinsman," an Israelite name. Transliteration: Eliam Phonetic
Spelling: (el-ee-awm') Short Definition: Eliam. ... name NASB Word Usage Eliam (2 ...
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Library

The Fifth
... the treason of Adonijah. Ahithophel is not there; though we read of "Eliam
the son of Ahithophel" (verse 34). He was David's greatest ...
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Against the Heresy of one Noetus.
... Damascenus. But Philastrius, Heresy, 53, puts Elijah for Aaron: hic etiam
dicebat se Moysem esse, et fratrem suum Eliam prophetam. ...
/.../the extant works and fragments of hippolytus/against the heresy of one.htm

Causes of Corruption Chiefly Intentional.
... Jerome.--Apostoli in Lege versati . . . ulcisci nituntur iniuriam, et imitari Eliam,
&c. Dominus, qui non ad iudicandum venerat, sed ad salvandum, &c. . . . ...
/.../chapter xiv causes of corruption.htm

Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary

Eliam

the people of God

Smith's Bible Dictionary

Eliam

(God's people.).

Father of Bath-sheba, the wife of David. (11:3)
One of David's "thirty" warriors. (2 Samuel 23:34)

Easton's Bible Dictionary

God's people.

(1.) The father of Bathsheba, the wife of Uriah (2 Samuel 11:3). In 1 Chronicles 3:5 his name is Ammiel.

(2.) This name also occurs as that of a Gilonite, the son of Ahithophel, and one of David's thirty warriors (2 Samuel 23:34). perhaps these two were the same person.

Thesaurus

Eliam (2 Occurrences)
...ELIAM. e-li'-am ('eli'-am, "people's God"?): (1) Father of Bathsheba (2 Samuel
11:3); in 1 Chronicles 3:5 called Ammiel. ...Eliam (2 Occurrences). ...
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Bath-sheba (12 Occurrences)
... Daughter of the oath, or of seven, called also Bath-shu'a (1 Chronicles 3:5), was
the daughter of Eliam (2 Samuel 11:3) or Ammiel (1 Chronicles 3:5), and wife ...
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Bathsheba (14 Occurrences)
... Daughter of the oath, or of seven, called also Bath-shu'a (1 Chronicles 3:5), was
the daughter of Eliam (2 Samuel 11:3) or Ammiel (1 Chronicles 3:5), and wife ...
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Eli'am (2 Occurrences)
Eli'am. Eliam, Eli'am. Eliaonias . ... And one said: 'Is not this Bath-sheba, the
daughter of Eliam, the wife of Uriah the Hittite?' (See RSV). ...
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Ahithophel (17 Occurrences)
... In the latter half of the list of David's mighty men, not among the older veterans
with whom the list begins, appears "Eliam the son of Ahithophel the Gilonite ...
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Proper (62 Occurrences)
... The synonyms Eliam and Ammiel, "God is a kinsman," not only exhibit the common archaism
in the retention of the vowel i, but the name Eliam also shows the ...
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Ahijah (23 Occurrences)
... Ahimelech at Nob. (4.) A Pelonite, one of David's heroes (1 Chronicles
11:36); called also Eliam (2 Samuel 23:34). (5.) A Levite ...
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Ammiel (6 Occurrences)
... (3.) The father of Bathsheba, the wife of Uriah, and afterwards of David
(1 Chronicles 3:5). He is called Eliam in 2 Samuel 11:3. ...
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Uri'ah (32 Occurrences)
... after the woman. And one said: 'Is not this Bath-sheba, the daughter of
Eliam, the wife of Uriah the Hittite?' (See RSV). 2 Samuel ...
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Urijah (29 Occurrences)
... 2 Samuel 11:3 and David sent and inquired after the woman. And one said, Is not
this Bathsheba, the daughter of Eliam, the wife of Urijah the Hittite? (DBY). ...
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Bible Concordance

Eliam (2 Occurrences)

2 Samuel 11:3 David send and inquired after the woman. One said, "Isn't this Bathsheba, the daughter of Eliam, the wife of Uriah the Hittite?"
(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS NIV)

2 Samuel 23:34 Eliphelet the son of Ahasbai, the son of the Maacathite, Eliam the son of Ahithophel the Gilonite,
(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS NIV)

Subtopics

Eliam

Eliam: Father of Bath-Sheba

Eliam: Father of Bath-Sheba: Called Ammiel

Eliam: One of David's Valiant Men

Eliam: One of David's Valiant Men: Called Ahijah

Related Terms

Bath-sheba (12 Occurrences)

Bathsheba (14 Occurrences)

Eli'am (2 Occurrences)

Ahithophel (17 Occurrences)

Proper (62 Occurrences)