- Transliteration: Siloam

- Phonetic: sil-o-am'

- Definition: Siloam = "sent"

1. the Pool of Siloam, a fountain of water in Jerusalem, also called Shiloah in Isa. 8:6

2. the Tower of Siloam, may have been a tower near or over the Pool of Siloam, which fell down killing 18 men; very likely they were purifying themselves. (Gill)

- Origin: of hebrew origin H7975" class="dictionary-topic-link">H7975

- TDNT entry: None

- Part(s) of speech: Noun Location

- Strong's: Of hebrew origin [H7975" class="dictionary-topic-link">H7975]; Siloam (that is Shiloach) a pool of Jerusalem: - Siloam.