H5862

עיטם

עיטם

iyatam

Proper locative noun · From עיט (H5861)

From H5861; hawk-ground; Etam, a place in Palestine:—Etam.

Outline

Etam = "lair of wild beasts"

a village of the tribe of Simeon
a town in Judah fortified and garrisoned by king Rehoboam of Judah and located between Bethlehem and Tekoa
a cliff; site uncertain

Usages

Judges 15:8

And he smote them hip and thigh with a great slaughter: and he went down and dwelt in the top of the rock Etam.

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Judges 15:11

Then 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.

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1 Chronicles 4:3

And these were of the father of Etam; Jezreel, and Ishma, and Idbash: and the name of their sister was Hazelelponi:

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1 Chronicles 4:32

And their villages were, Etam, and Ain, Rimmon, and Tochen, and Ashan, five cities:

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2 Chronicles 11:6

He built even Beth-lehem, and Etam, and Tekoa,

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