עֵיטָם
Transliteration
ʿêṭām
Pronunciation
ay-tawm'
Part of Speech
proper locative noun
Root Word (Etymology)
From עַיִט (H5861)
Strong’s Definitions

עֵיטָם ʻÊyṭâm, ay-tawm'; from H5861; hawk-ground; Etam, a place in Palestine:—Etam.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 5x

The KJV translates Strong's H5862 in the following manner: Etam (5x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 5x
The KJV translates Strong's H5862 in the following manner: Etam (5x).

  1. Etam = "lair of wild beasts"

    1. a village of the tribe of Simeon

    2. a town in Judah fortified and garrisoned by king Rehoboam of Judah and located between Bethlehem and Tekoa

    3. a cliff; site uncertain

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
עֵיטָם ʻÊyṭâm, ay-tawm'; from H5861; hawk-ground; Etam, a place in Palestine:—Etam.
STRONGS H5862: Abbreviations
† עֵיטָם proper name, of a location (perhaps animal-name, from עַיִט, compare GrayProp. Names 93); —
1. Ηταμ, Ιταμ, a cliff, סְעִיף סֶלַע ע׳ Judges 15:8, 11 perhaps near town עֵיטָם, see following, but at ‘Arāḳ Isma‘īn near edge of Shephelah, west-southwest from Jerusalem according to SchickZPV x (1887), 143 ff.
2. Αιταν[μ], etc., city fortified by Rehoboam 2 Chronicles 11:6, between Bethlehem and Tekoa, = ‘Ain ‘Atān approximately 2 miles south-southwest from Bethlehem, BuhlGeogr. 92 GFMJudges 15:8, near Ŭrtâs RobBR i. 477; clan in Judah 1 Chronicles 4:3.
3. Αιταν[μ], in Simeon 1 Chronicles 4:32 (Be [not Oettli Kau Kit] reads עֵתֶר from Joshua 15:42).
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Joshua

15:42

Judges

15:8; 15:8; 15:11

1 Chronicles

4:3; 4:32

2 Chronicles

11:6