Eglaim

Easton's Bible Dictionary

Isaiah 15:8Ezekiel 47:10

Fausset's Bible Dictionary

("two ponds".) Same as Eneglaim. ("fountain of two calves".) On the extreme boundary of Moab (Isaiah 15:8), over against Engedi, near where Jordan enters the Dead Sea.

Holman Bible Dictionary

rugm el-Gilimeh el-Kerak Ezekiel 47:10

Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible

EGLAIM ( Isaiah 15:8 ). A town of Moab. The name has not been recovered.

Morrish Bible Dictionary

City of Moab. Isaiah 15:8 . The name signifies 'two ponds.'

Smith's Bible Dictionary

Egla'im. (two ponds). A place named only in Isaiah 15:8, probably the same as En-Eglaim.

International Standard Bible Encyclopedia

eg´lā̇ -im ( אגלים , 'eghlayim  ; Ἀγαλείμ , Agaleı́m ): A place named in Isaiah 15:8 , possibly in the South of Moab. Eusebius ( Onomasticon ) identifies it with Agallim, a village 8 Roman miles South of Areopolis. It cannot now be identified.

Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature

(Hebrews Egla'yim, אֶגְלִיַם , two ponds; Sept. Ἀγαλείμ, Vulg. Gallim), a place named in Isaiah 15:8, apparently as one of the most remote points on the boundary of Moab. It is probably the same as the EN-EGLAIM (See En-Eglaim) (q.v.) of Ezekiel 47:10. Eusebius and Jerome (Onomast. s.v. Ἀγαλλείμ, Agalleim) say that it still existed in their day as a village (Αἰγαλλαιμ ), eight miles south of Areoplis, i.e., Ar-Moab. Exactly in that position, however, stands Kerak, the ancient Kir-Moab. A town named Agalla (῎Αγαλλα ) is mentioned, by Josephus with Zoar and other places as in the country of the Arabians (Ant. 14:1, 4). Some have also confounded it with GALLIM (See Gallim) (q.v.). De Saulcy conceives Eglaim to be the same with a place which he names Wady Ajerrah, not far north of the ruins of Rabbah, but on slender grounds (Dead Sea, 1:262, 270). (See Eglath); (See Eglon) 3.