the God of measure, or of the garment
Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary
ELMODAM or Almodad. Luk_3:28; Gen_10:26.
Fausset's Bible Dictionary
By Andrew Robert Fausset, co-Author of Jamieson, Fausset and Brown's 1888.
Elmo'dam. (measure). Son of Er, in the genealogy of Joseph. Luk_3:28.
Smith's Bible Dictionary
By Dr. William Smith.Published in 1863
Elmodam
(Ε᾿λμωδάμ; perhaps for אִלְמוֹדָד, Almodad), son of Er and father of Cosam; one of the ancestors of Christ, in the private line of David. and great-grandfather of Maamfiah, the great-grandfather of Salathiel (Luk_3:28). B.C. cir. 700. He is not mentioned in the Old Test.
CYCLOPEDIA OF BIBLICAL, THEOLOGICAL AND ECCLESIASTICAL
press 1895.