A mountainous country to the east of Babylonia, with the Persian Gulf on the south and southwest (Gen. 10: 22; Acts 2: 9). See Chedorlaomer. Its chief town was Shushan; prophecies concerning Elam are found in Isa. 11: 11; Isa. 21: 2; Isa. 22: 6; Jer. 25: 25; Jer. 49: 34-39; Ezek. 32: 24.

Several men of this name are mentioned, but only in genealogies.