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Eglayim <a href="../hebrew/98.htm" title="98">►</a></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center" class="maintable2"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><div id="leftbox"><div class="padleft"><div class="vheading">Strong's Lexicon</div><div align="left"><span class="toptitle2">Eglayim: Eglayim</span></div><p><span class="tophdg">Original Word: </span><span class="hebrew">אֶגְלַיִם</span><br><span class="tophdg">Part of Speech: </span>Proper Name Location<br><span class="tophdg">Transliteration: </span>Eglayim<br><span class="tophdg">Pronunciation: </span>eg-lah'-yim<br><span class="tophdg">Phonetic Spelling: </span>(eg-lah'-yim)<br><span class="tophdg">Definition: </span>Eglayim<br><span class="tophdg">Meaning: </span>Eglajim<p><span class="tophdg">Word Origin: </span>Derived from the Hebrew root word עֵגֶל (egel), meaning "calf."<p><span class="tophdg">Corresponding Greek / Hebrew Entries: </span>There are no direct Greek equivalents for Eglayim in the Strong's Greek Dictionary, as it is a specific Hebrew place name.<p><span class="tophdg">Usage: </span>Eglayim is a place name mentioned in the Hebrew Bible. The name is thought to mean "two calves" or "double pool," reflecting either a geographical feature or a cultural significance related to the worship of calves, which was prevalent in some ancient Near Eastern cultures.<p><span class="tophdg">Cultural and Historical Background: </span>Eglayim is mentioned in the context of prophetic literature, specifically in the book of Isaiah. The location is not widely known or identified with certainty in modern geography, but it is believed to have been situated in the region of Moab, east of the Dead Sea. The mention of Eglayim in the Bible reflects the broader geopolitical landscape of the ancient Near East, where Moab was a neighboring nation to Israel and often in conflict or tension with it.<div class="vheading2">NAS Exhaustive Concordance</div><span class="hdg">Word Origin</span><br>from the same as <a href="/hebrew/96.htm">egel</a><br><span class="hdg">Definition</span><br>a city in Moab<br><span class="hdg">NASB Translation</span><br>Eglaim (1).<p><div align="center"><span class="smalltext"><iframe width="100%" height="85" scrolling=no src="/nasec.htm" frameborder=0 cellpadding=0></iframe></span></div><div class="vheading2">Brown-Driver-Briggs</div> <font class="hebrew2">אֶגְלַ֫יִם</font> <font size="+1" color="#552200"><b>proper name, of a location</b></font> <font size="+1"><b>town in Moab</b></font> <a href="/interlinear/isaiah/15-8.htm">Isaiah 15:8</a>; (meaning ?); ? compare <font face="Gentium,Galatia SIL,SBL Greek,GFS Porson,Times New Roman">Αἰγαλειμ</font> (Euseb.) 9 miles south of Areopolis; see Lag<sup>Onom. 228, 98; ed. 2, p. 224</sup>. <p><font class="hebrew2">אגם</font> (<em>troubled, sad</em>, Assyrian <i><em>agâmu</em></i> Dl<sup>W</sup> compare Arabic <img src="/bdbgif/bdb000809.gif"> <em>loathe</em>; also <img src="/bdbgif/bdb000810.gif"> <em>marshy jungle</em>; see <font class="hebrew2">עגם</font>). <font size="+1">**</font>Arabic <img src="/bdbgif/bdb111908.gif"> also = <em>spoil</em> (of water); compare <img src="/bdbgif/bdb111909.gif"> (<img src="/bdbgif/bdb111910.gif">) = <em>pool, reed-bed</em> (also <em>tangled thicket</em>, etc.) Lane, and <em>marsh</em> Dozy<sup>i. 11</sup>. <br><br><iframe width="100%" height="85" scrolling=no src="/bsoft2.htm" frameborder=0 cellpadding=0></iframe><div class="vheading2">Strong's Exhaustive Concordance</div>Eglaim <p>Dual of <a href="/hebrew/96.htm">'egel</a>.; a double pond; Eglajim, a place in Moab -- Eglaim. <p>see HEBREW <a href="/hebrew/96.htm">'egel</a> <div class="vheading2">Forms and Transliterations</div>אֶגְלַ֙יִם֙ אגלים ’eḡ·la·yim ’eḡlayim egLayim<div class="vheading2">Links</div><a href="/interlinear/matthew/1-1.htm">Interlinear Greek</a> • <a href="/interlinear/genesis/1-1.htm">Interlinear Hebrew</a> • <a href="/strongs.htm">Strong's Numbers</a> • <a href="/englishmans_greek.htm">Englishman's Greek Concordance</a> • <a href="/englishmans_hebrew.htm">Englishman's Hebrew Concordance</a> • <a href="/texts/matthew/1-1.htm">Parallel Texts</a></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><div class="vheading">Englishman's Concordance</div><b><a href="/text/isaiah/15-8.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Isaiah 15:8</a> </b><br><a href="/interlinear/isaiah/15.htm" title="Hebrew">HEB:</a> <span class="hebrew3">מוֹאָ֑ב עַד־ <b> אֶגְלַ֙יִם֙ </b> יִלְלָתָ֔הּ וּבְאֵ֥ר</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/isaiah/15.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> [goes] as far <span class="itali">as Eglaim</span> and its wailing<br><a href="/kjvs/isaiah/15.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> the howling <span class="itali">thereof unto Eglaim,</span> and the howling<br><a href="/interlinear/isaiah/15-8.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> of Moab far <span class="itali">Eglaim</span> wail to Beer-elim<p><i><a href="/hebrew/strongs_97.htm">1 Occurrence</a></i><br /><br /><b><a href="/hebrew/strongs_97.htm">Strong's Hebrew 97<br>1 Occurrence</a></b><br><br><a href="/hebrew/eglayim_97.htm">’eḡ·la·yim — 1 Occ.</a><br></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; 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