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Word: eliam (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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Usage:

...walked upon the roof of the king's house; and from the roof he saw a woman washing herself; and the woman was very beautiful to look upon. And David sent and enquired after the woman. And one said: "Is not this Bath-Sheba, the daughter of Eliam, the wife of Uriah the Hittite?" . . . And it came to pass in the morning that David wrote a letter to Joab, and sent it by the hand of Uriah . . . saying: "Set ye Uriah in the forefront of the hottest battle, and retire ye from him, that he may be smitten...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: EGYPT: Thy Brother's Betrothed | 1/9/1950 | See Source »

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