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Elamite

Boyd’s Bible Dictionary:

Inhabitants of Elam (Ezra 4:9⁹Then wrote Rehum the chancellor, and Shimshai the scribe, and the rest of their companions; the Dinaites, the Apharsathchites, the Tarpelites, the Apharsites, the Archevites, the Babylonians, the Susanchites, the Dehavites, and the Elamites, (Ezra 4:9)).

Concise Bible Dictionary:

Inhabitants of Elam, some of whom were located in Palestine (Ezra 4:9⁹Then wrote Rehum the chancellor, and Shimshai the scribe, and the rest of their companions; the Dinaites, the Apharsathchites, the Tarpelites, the Apharsites, the Archevites, the Babylonians, the Susanchites, the Dehavites, and the Elamites, (Ezra 4:9)). Some of the same name, 550 years after, were present at Jerusalem on the day of Pentecost, but these were doubtless Jews from Elam (Acts 2:9⁹Parthians, and Medes, and Elamites, and the dwellers in Mesopotamia, and in Judea, and Cappadocia, in Pontus, and Asia, (Acts 2:9)).

Strong’s Dictionary of Hebrew Words:

Number:

5962 (find all occurrences in KJV Bible)

Transliteration:

`Almiy

Phonic:

al-mee’

Meaning:

(Aramaic) patrial from a name corresponding to 5867 contracted; an Elamite or inhabitant of Elam

KJV Usage:

Elamite

Potts’ Bible Proper Names:

The original inhabitants of the country of Elam, Ezra 4:9.