Dictionaries :: Helem

Easton's Bible Dictionary

Helem:

a stroke, great-grandson of Asher (1Ch 7:35).

Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary

Helem:

dreaming; healing

International Standard Bible Encyclopaedia

Helem:

he'-lem:

(1) helem; Septuagint Codex Vaticanus, Balaam, omitting "son," Codex Alexandrinus, huios Elam, "son of Elam" (1Ch 7:35). A great-grandson of Asher, called Hotham in 1Ch 7:32. The form "Elam" appears as the name of a Levite in 1 Esdras 8:33.

(2) chelem, "strength," regarded by Septuagint as a common noun (Zec 6:14). One of the ambassadors from the Jews of the exile to Jerusalem; probably the person called Heldai in Zec 6:10 is meant.

Nave's Topical Bible

Helem: 1. A Descendant of Asher

1Ch 7:35

Helem: 2. Probably Same as Heldai

Zec 6:10, 14

Smith's Bible Dictionary

Helem:

(strength).

(1.) A descendant of Asher (1 Chronicles 7:35).

(2.) A man mentioned only in Zechariah 6:14. Apparently the same as Heldai. SEE [HELDAI, 2.].