Ulam

Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible

ULAM . 1 . A Manassite family (  1 Chronicles 7:18;   1 Chronicles 7:17 ). 2 . A Benjamite family, specially noted as archers (  1 Chronicles 8:39-40; cf. also   2 Chronicles 14:7 (8)).

Smith's Bible Dictionary

U'lam. (Porch).

1. A descendant of Gilead, the grandson of Manasseh and father of Bedan.  1 Chronicles 7:17. (B.C. 1450).

2. The first-born of Eshek, a descendant of the house of Saul.  1 Chronicles 8:39-40. (B.C. 588).

Fausset's Bible Dictionary

1. Descendant of Gilead, Manasseh's grandson, and Bedan's father ( 1 Chronicles 7:17).

2. Eshek's firstborn, brother of Azel, Saul's descendant. His sons were mighty archers ("treaders of the bow"), with grandsons, numbering 150.

Morrish Bible Dictionary

1. Son of Sheresh, a descendant of Manasseh.  1 Chronicles 7:16,17 .

2. Son of Eshek, a Benjamite.   1 Chronicles 8:39,40 .

Holman Bible Dictionary

 1 Chronicles 7:16-17 2 1 Chronicles 8:39-40

International Standard Bible Encyclopedia

ū´lam ( אוּלם , 'ūlām , "preceding"):

(1) A "son"of Peresh; a Manassite clan ( 1 Chronicles 7:16 ,  1 Chronicles 7:17 ). Lucian reads Ἠλάμ , Ēlám .

(2) A descendant of Benjamin who had sons, "mighty men of valor" ( 1 Chronicles 8:39 ,  1 Chronicles 8:40 ). The Septuagint's Codex Vaticanus has Αίλάμ , Ailám in  1 Chronicles 8:39 and Αίλείμ , Aileı́m in  1 Chronicles 8:40; Codex Alexandrinus has Οὐλάμ , Oulám in both verses, and so Lucian.

Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature

(Heb. Ulam', אוּלָם , Porch; Sept. '''''Ο''''' '''''Ù''''' Λάμ v.r. occasionally Αἰλέμ ), the name of two Hebrews.

1. First named of the two sons of Sheresh and father of Bedan in the Gileadite posterity of Manasseh ( 1 Chronicles 6:16-17). B.C. cir. 1618.

2. The first-born of Eshek among the descendants of king Saul, and the ancestor of one hundred and fifty valiant archers ( 1 Chronicles 8:39-40). B.C. cir. 588.