§ Etam = "lair of wild beasts" a cliff; site uncertain
STRONG'S WORD STUDY
H5862 — עֵיטָם
e.tam · Etam · Hebrew/Aramaic
5 tagged verse occurrences
Judges 15:8 · עֵיטָֽם׃ סAnd he smiteth them hip and thigh—a great smiting, and goeth down and dwelleth in the cleft of the rock Etam.Judges 15:11 · עֵיטָם֒And three thousand men of Judah go down unto the cleft of the rock Etam, and say to Samson, ‘Hast thou now known that the Philistines are rulers over us? and what is this thou hast done to us?’ And he saith to them, ‘As they did to me, so I did to them.’1 Chronicles 4:3 · עֵיטָ֔םAnd these are of the father of Etam: Jezreel, and Ishma, and Idbash; and the name of their sister is Hazzelelponi,1 Chronicles 4:32 · עֵיטָ֣םAnd their villages are Etam, and Ain, Rimmon, and Tochen, and Ashan, five cities,2 Chronicles 11:6 · עֵיטָ֖םyea, he buildeth Beth-Lehem and Etam, and Tekoa,