Hebrew word · H463

אֱלִיעָם

'eli'am

Eliam

Appears 2 times in 2 verses of the Hebrew Old Testament.

What it means

A man living at the time of United Monarchy, first mentioned at 2Sa.11.3;

father of: Bathsheba (H1339); also called Ammiel at 1Ch.3.5;

Also named: am.mi.el (עַמִּיאֵל "Ammiel" H5988J)

§ Eliam = "God of the people" or "God is kinsman"

1) Bathsheba's father

2) a Gilonite warrior of David

Abridged from Brown, Driver and Briggs, A Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), via STEPBible.org (CC BY 4.0).

Where it appears

2 Samuel · 2

  1. 2 Samuel 11:3 אֱלִיעָ֔ם Eliam

    So David sent and inquired about the woman, and he was told, “This is Bathsheba, the daughter of Eliam and the wife of Uriah the Hittite.”

  2. 2 Samuel 23:34 אֱלִיעָ֥ם Eliam

    Eliphelet son of Ahasbai the Maacathite, Eliam son of Ahithophel the Gilonite,

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