The meaning of “עֵילָם”

or עוֹלָם ʻÔwlâm (o-lawm'); (Ezra 10:2; Jeremiah 49:36), probably from עָלַם; hidden, i.e. distant Elam. - § Elam = "eternity" - Elam, a son of Shem and his descendants, with their country - also of six Israelites n pr m 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 7) another head of a family of returning exiles n pr loc 8) a province east of Babylon and northeast of the lower Tigris