Dictionaries :: Ulam

Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary

Ulam:

the porch; the court; their strength; their folly

International Standard Bible Encyclopaedia

Ulam:

u'-lam ('ulam, "preceding"):

(1) A "son"of Peresh; a Manassite clan (1Ch 7:16,17). Lucian reads Elam.

(2) A descendant of Benjamin who had sons, "mighty men of valor" (1Ch 8:39,40). The Septuagint's Codex Vaticanus has Ailam in 1Ch 8:39 and Aileim in 8:40; Codex Alexandrinus has Oulam in both verses, and so Lucian.

Nave's Topical Bible

Ulam: 1. Son of Sheresh

1Ch 7:16; 17

Ulam: 2. Son of Eshek

1Ch 8:39, 40

Smith's Bible Dictionary

Ulam:

(porch).

(1.) A descendant of Gilead, the grandson of Manasseh and father of Bedan (1 Chronicles 7:17). (B.C. 1450)

(2.) The first‐born of Eshek, a descendant of the house of Saul (1 Chronicles 8:39-40). (B.C. 588)