Quick Definition
Etam
Biblical Persons & Places
Strong's Definition
Etam, a place in Palestine
Derivation: from H5861 (עַיִט); hawk-ground;
KJV Usage: Etam.
Outline of Biblical Usage
STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon
עֵיטָם (e.tam) — Etam.
§ Etam = "lair of wild beasts" a cliff; site uncertain
עֵיטָם (e.tam) — Etam.
§ Etam = "lair of wild beasts" a village of the tribe of Simeon
עֵיטָם (e.tam) — Etam.
§ Etam = "lair of wild beasts" a town in Judah fortified and garrisoned by king Rehoboam of Judah and located between Bethlehem and Tekoa
UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew
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Names of Locations
Etam = town; ◄ territory of Judah; regarded as founded by a man with the same name
Names of People
Etam = man; ◄ tribe of Judah; ► regarded as the founder of a town with the same name
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Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon
עֵיטָם n.pr.loc. (perh. animal-name) perh. near town
city fortified by Rehob., between Bethlehem and Tekoa
in Simeon
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