Definition

Chelam, a place East of Palestine

Etymology

or חֵלָאםxlit Chêlʼâm corrected to Chêlâʼm; from H2428 (חַיִל); fortress;

Word family

• חַיִל chayil

How the KJV renders it

• Helam

Every distinct English word the King James Version uses to translate this Hebrew term. The variety shows what readers in English receive across many different surface words — the same underlying word, scattered across the English Bible under different names.