STRONGS NUMBER G1639


Word Summary
Elamitēs: an Elamite, an inhabitant of Elam
Original Word: Ἐλαμίτης
Transliteration: Elamitēs
Phonetic Spelling: (el-am-ee'-tace)
Part of Speech: Noun, Masculine
Short Definition: an Elamite, an inhabitant of Elam
Meaning: Elamites -- an Elamite, an inhabitant of Elam
Strong's Concordance
Elamite.

Of Hebrew origin (Eylam); an Elamite or Persian -- Elamite.

see HEBREW Eylam

Thayer's Greek Lexicon
STRONGS NT 1639: Ἐλαμίτης

Ἐλαμίτης (T WH Ἐλαμειτης (see under the word εἰ, )), Ἐλαμιτου, , an Elamite, i. e. an inhabitant of the province of Elymais, a region stretching southward to the Persian Gulf, but the boundaries of which are variously given (cf. Winers RWB under the word Elam; Vaihinger in Herzog iii., p. 747ff; Dillmann in Schenkel ii., p. 91f; Schrader in Rheim, p. 358f; Grimm on 1 Macc. 6:1; (BB. DD., see under the words, , )): Acts 2:9. (Isaiah 21:2; in Greek writings Ἐλυμαῖος, and so Judith 1:6.)