עֵילָם

A man living at the time of Exile and Return, first mentioned at Ezr.2.7

§ Elam = "eternity"

1) a Korhite Levite in the time of David

2) a chief man of the tribe of Benjamin

3) ancestor of a family of exiles who returned with Zerubbabel

4) a chief of the people who signed the covenant with Nehemiah

5) another ancestor of another family of exiles who returned with Zerubbabel

6) a priest who assisted at the dedication of the wall of Jerusalem in the time of Nehemiah