Strong’s H2431 · Hebrew
חֵילָם
Chêylâm · khay-lawm'
Origin or חֵלָאם xlit Chêlʼâm corrected to Chêlâʼm
Meaning Chelam, a place East of Palestine
In the King James Version Helam.
In 2 verses of the King James Version
- 2 Samuel 10:16And Hadarezer sent, and brought out the Syrians that were beyond the river: and they came to Helam; and Shobach the captain of the host of Hadarezer went before them.
- 2 Samuel 10:17And when it was told David, he gathered all Israel together, and passed over Jordan, and came to Helam. And the Syrians set themselves in array against David, and fought with him.
From James Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890): its Greek dictionary in the edition of Ulrik Petersen, its Hebrew and Chaldee dictionary in that of David Troidl and David Instone-Brewer; the King James words numbered as in the edition the site sets the King James Version from. Public domain.