Topic
Helem
5 passages cited, from 4 classic reference works.
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The verses
The passages the works cite, those cited by more of them first.
- 1 Chronicles 7:35Easton · Smith · ISBE · Nave 1. A descendant of Asher
And the sons of his brother Helem; Zophah, and Imna, and Shelesh, and Amal.
- Zechariah 6:14Smith · ISBE · Nave 2. Probably same as HELDAI
And the crowns shall be to Helem, and to Tobijah, and to Jedaiah, and to Hen the son of Zephaniah, for a memorial in the temple of the LORD.
- Zechariah 6:10ISBE · Nave 2. Probably same as HELDAI
Take of them of the captivity, even of Heldai, of Tobijah, and of Jedaiah, which are come from Babylon, and come thou the same day, and go into the house of Josiah the son of Zephaniah;
- 1 Chronicles 7:32ISBE
And Heber begat Japhlet, and Shomer, and Hotham, and Shua their sister.
- 1 Esdras 8:33ISBE
Of the sons of Elam, Josias son of Gotholias, and with him seventy men:
In the reference works
Easton's Bible Dictionary (1897) · 1 references
A stroke, great-grandson of Asher (1 Chr. 7:35).
Smith's Bible Dictionary (1884) · 2 references
- A descendant of Asher. (1 Chronicles 7:35)
- A man mentioned only in (Zechariah 6:14) Apparently the same as Heldai.
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (1915) · 5 references
he'-lem:
(1) helem; Septuagint Codex Vaticanus, Balaam, omitting "son," Codex Alexandrinus, huios Elam, "son of Elam" (1Ch 7:35). A great-grandson of Asher, called Hotham in 1Ch 7:32. The form "Elam" appears as the name of a Levite in 1 Esdras 8:33.
(2) chelem, "strength," regarded by Septuagint as a common noun (Zec 6:14). One of the ambassadors from the Jews of the exile to Jerusalem; probably the person called Heldai in Zec 6:10 is meant.
In the topical indexes
Texts: Easton's Bible Dictionary (1897); Smith's Bible Dictionary (1884); International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (1915); Nave's Topical Bible (1896), from the CrossWire SWORD modules (public domain). Verse references were parsed from the works' own markup and checked against the KJV verse list.