אֱלִיעָםʼĔlîyʻâm

proper name, masculine: God is kinsman, El is kinsman

Pronunciation: el-ee-awm' · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H463

Meanings

a. father of Bathsheba (2 Samuel 11:3; 1 Chronicles 3:5)

b. one of David's heroes (2 Samuel 23:34)

Same root

Where it appears

Appears 2 times in the Bible.

  • 2 Samuel 11:3 He sent someone to find out who she was, and he was told, “She is Bathsheba, the daughter of Eliam and the wife of Uriah the Hittite.”
  • 2 Samuel 23:34 Eliphelet son of Ahasbai from Maacah; Eliam son of Ahithophel from Giloh;

Source: Brown, Driver and Briggs, Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain; markup by unfoldingWord, CC BY (github.com/unfoldingWord/Brown-Driver-Briggs-Enhanced).