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Eliam

Boyd’s Bible Dictionary:

(God’s people). (1) Father of Bathsheba (2 Sam. 11:3³And David sent and inquired after the woman. And one said, Is not this Bath-sheba, the daughter of Eliam, the wife of Uriah the Hittite? (2 Samuel 11:3)). (2) One of David’s warriors (2 Sam. 23:34³⁴Eliphelet the son of Ahasbai, the son of the Maachathite, Eliam the son of Ahithophel the Gilonite, (2 Samuel 23:34)).

Concise Bible Dictionary:

1. Father of Bath-sheba, or Bathshua (2 Sam. 11:3³And David sent and inquired after the woman. And one said, Is not this Bath-sheba, the daughter of Eliam, the wife of Uriah the Hittite? (2 Samuel 11:3)). He is called AMMIEL in 1 Chronicles 3:5⁵And these were born unto him in Jerusalem; Shimea, and Shobab, and Nathan, and Solomon, four, of Bath-shua the daughter of Ammiel: (1 Chronicles 3:5).

2. Son of Ahithophel, and one of David’s thirty mighty men (2 Sam. 23:34³⁴Eliphelet the son of Ahasbai, the son of the Maachathite, Eliam the son of Ahithophel the Gilonite, (2 Samuel 23:34)).

Strong’s Dictionary of Hebrew Words:

Number:

463 (find all occurrences in KJV Bible)

Transliteration:

’Eliy`am

Phonic:

el-ee-awm’

Meaning:

from 410 and 5971; God of (the) people; Eliam, an Israelite

KJV Usage:

Eliam

Jackson’s Dictionary of Scripture Proper Names:

God of the people

Potts’ Bible Proper Names:

The people of God; God is gatherer:―father of Bath-Sheba, 2 Sam. 11:3. {Dei populus}