Strongs's #2431: Cheylam - Greek/Hebrew Definitions

Greek/Hebrew Definitions

Strong's #2431: Cheylam (pronounced khay-lawm')

or Cheleam {khay-lawm'}; from 2428; fortress; Chelam, a place East of Palestine:--Helam.

Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon:

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chêylâm / chêl'âm

Helam = "stronghold"
1) a place east of the Jordan, west of the Euphrates, in Gilead, at which the Syrians under Hadarezer were defeated by David

Part of Speech: noun proper masculine
Relation: from H2428

Usage:

This word is used 2 times:

2 Samuel 10:16: "were beyond the river: and they came to Helam; and Shobach the captain of the host"
2 Samuel 10:17: "he gathered all Israel together, and passed over Jordan, and came to Helam. And the Syrians"