עֵיטָם
etam · Etam
Hebrew word · Strong’s number H5862 · appears 5 times in the Bible
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etam (עֵיטָם) is a Hebrew word of the Bible that means “Etam”.
A place in Judah with a rock where Samson took refuge; also a town of Judah fortified by Rehoboam (2 Chronicles 11:6).
How to say it
e·tam
Approximate pronunciation. Vowels sound as in Spanish (a as in father, e as in bed, i as in machine, o as in note, u as in rule); the syllable in bold is stressed. The voice is your device's.
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Where it appears
- Judges 15:8
He struck them leg on thigh, a great blow; and he went down and stayed in the cleft of the crag of Etam.
- Judges 15:11
Then three thousand men from Judah went down to the cleft of the crag of Etam and said to Samson, “Do you not know that the Philistines rule over us? What is this you have done to us?” And he said to them, “As they did to me, so I have done to them.”
- 1 Chronicles 4:3
And these were the sons of the father of Etam: Jezreel, Ishma, and Idbash; and the name of their sister was Hazzelelponi.
- 1 Chronicles 4:32
And their villages were Etam, Ain, Rimmon, Tochen, and Ashan, five cities,
- 2 Chronicles 11:6
He built Bethlehem, Etam, Tekoa,