Etam
עֵיטָםStrong’s H5862etam (e-tam)
Appears in 5 verses of the Old Testament
In short
Etam is the Hebrew word usually translated “etam”. It appears in 5 verses of the Old Testament.
“And he smote them hip and thigh with a great slaughter: and he went down and dwelt in the top of the rock Etam.”
Meaning
- § Etam = "lair of wild beasts"
- § Etam = "lair of wild beasts"
- § Etam = "lair of wild beasts"
How it's translated
- etam 5
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Judges 2
- 1 Chronicles 2
- 2 Chronicles 1
3 books in all.
Explore in Scripture
- Judges 15:11Then three thousand men of Judah went to the top of the rock Etam, and said to Samson, Knowest thou not that the Philistines are rulers over us? what is this that thou hast done unto us? And he said unto them, As they did unto me, so have I done unto them.
- 1 Chronicles 4:3And these were of the father of Etam; Jezreel, and Ishma, and Idbash: and the name of their sister was Hazelelponi:
- 1 Chronicles 4:32And their villages were, Etam, and Ain, Rimmon, and Tochen, and Ashan, five cities:
- 2 Chronicles 11:6He built even Bethlehem, and Etam, and Tekoa,
Hebrew dictionary
עֵיטָם etam · Etam
§ Etam = "lair of wild beasts" a cliff; site uncertain
עֵיטָם etam · Etam
§ Etam = "lair of wild beasts" a village of the tribe of Simeon
עֵיטָם etam · Etam
§ Etam = "lair of wild beasts" a town in Judah fortified and garrisoned by king Rehoboam of Judah and located between Bethlehem and Tekoa
From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).
Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Hebrew, not from any one translation.