STRONGS G1639:
Ἐλαμίτης (T WH
Ἐλαμείτης, [see under the word
εἰ,
ἰ]),
-ου,
ὁ,
an Elamite, i. e. an inhabitant of the province of Elymais, a region stretching southward to the Persian Gulf, but the boundaries of which are variously given (cf.
Winers RWB under the word Elam;
Vaihinger in Herzog 3, p. 747ff;
Dillmann in Schenkel 2, p. 91f;
Schrader in Rheim, p. 358f; Grimm on 1 Macc. 6:1; [
BB. DD., see under the words Elam, Elamites]):
Acts 2:9. (
Isaiah 21:2; in Greek writings
Ἐλυμαῖος, and so Judith 1:6.)
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