אֵילָם elam

Hebrew word for “arches” · Strong’s H361 · used 15 times in 12 verses

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Meaning

porch, vestibule, portico

How it is translated

Glosses given for elam in context, with how often each is used:

• porches 15

Where it is used

Chapters where it is used most

Ezekiel 40 (12)

Forms

• ואלמיו 8
• ואילמיו 2
• ולאלמיו 2
• לאלמות 1
• ולאילמיו 1
• ואלמות 1

Words used with it

Words that share verses with elam more often than their overall frequency would suggest:

• אַיִל ayil “ram” 9
• חַלּוֹן challon “window” 6
• תָּא ta “chamber” 5
• תִּמֹרָה timrah “palm” 5
• רֹחַב rochav “width” 6
• אֹרֶךְ orekh “length” 6
• אַמָּה ammah “cubit” 6
• מִדָּה middah “measure” 5
• חָמֵשׁ chamesh “five” 6
• עֶשְׂרִים esrim “twenty” 6
• סָבִיב saviv “around” 6
• מַעֲלָה maalah “step” 4

Key verses

The verses using elam that are most connected by cross-references (King James Version):

• Ezekiel 40:16 — And there were narrow windows to the little chambers, and to their posts within the gate round about, and likewise to the arches: and windows were round about…
• Ezekiel 40:21 — And the little chambers thereof were three on this side and three on that side; and the posts thereof and the arches thereof were after the measure of the…
• Ezekiel 40:22 — And their windows, and their arches, and their palm trees, were after the measure of the gate that looketh toward the east; and they went up unto it by seven…
• Ezekiel 40:24 — After that he brought me toward the south, and behold a gate toward the south: and he measured the posts thereof and the arches thereof according to these…
• Ezekiel 40:25 — And there were windows in it and in the arches thereof round about, like those windows: the length was fifty cubits, and the breadth five and twenty cubits.
• Ezekiel 40:26 — And there were seven steps to go up to it, and the arches thereof were before them: and it had palm trees, one on this side, and another on that side, upon the…
• Ezekiel 40:29 — And the little chambers thereof, and the posts thereof, and the arches thereof, according to these measures: and there were windows in it and in the arches…
• Ezekiel 40:30 — And the arches round about were five and twenty cubits long, and five cubits broad.
• Ezekiel 40:31 — And the arches thereof were toward the utter court; and palm trees were upon the posts thereof: and the going up to it had eight steps.
• Ezekiel 40:33 — And the little chambers thereof, and the posts thereof, and the arches thereof, were according to these measures: and there were windows therein and in the…
• Ezekiel 40:34 — And the arches thereof were toward the outward court; and palm trees were upon the posts thereof, on this side, and on that side: and the going up to it had…
• Ezekiel 40:36 — The little chambers thereof, the posts thereof, and the arches thereof, and the windows to it round about: the length was fifty cubits, and the breadth five…

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Hebrew and Greek text, tagging, glosses and lexicon definitions: STEPBible.org, Tyndale House Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG; CC BY 4.0), adapted. Counts follow King James verse numbering; a word counts each time it is written.