Elam [Ē'lăm]—youth or high.

1. A son of Shem and founder of the Elamites (Gen. 10:22; 1 Chron. 1:17; Ezra 4:9; Acts 2:9).
2. Son of Shashak, a Benjamite (1 Chron. 8:24).
3. Son of Meshelemiah, a Kohathite (1 Chron. 26:3).
4. The head of a family of 1,254 that returned from exile with Zerubbabel (Ezra 2:7; Neh. 7:12).
5. Another whose posterity returned from exile (Ezra 2:31; Neh. 7:34). Perhaps same person as No. 4.
6. One whose descendants came back with Ezra (Ezra 8:7).
7. The father of Jehiel, ancestor of Shechaniah, who confessed the trespass of marrying foreign wives (Ezra 10:2, 26).
8. A chieftain who, with Nehemiah, sealed the covenant (Neh. 10:14).
9. A priest who assisted in the dedication of the rebuilt wall (Neh. 12:42). Elam is also the name of the country inhabited by his descendants (Gen. 14:1, 9).