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HebrewH0445Proper Noun (Masculine)

אֶלְחָנָן

el.cha.nan

4Occurrences
H0445Strong's #
Proper Noun (Masculine)Part of Speech

Definition

Quick Definition(Strong's Concordance)

Elchanan, an Israelite

from H410 (אֵל) and H2603 (חָנַן); God (is) gracious;

Full Lexicon Entry(Abbott-Smith)
A man living at the time of United Monarchy, first mentioned at ; son of: Jaare-oregim (H3296) § Elhanan = "God has been gracious" 1) Jair's son who fought the Gittites 2) Dodo's son who was a chief of David

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Grammar & Morphology

Part of Speech

Proper Noun (Masculine)

Morphology Code

N:N-M-P

Full Description

Proper Noun, Masculine

Occurrences

אֶלְחָנָן appears 4 times in the Old Testament.

Distribution by Book

1 Chronicles
2
2 Samuel
2

Key Passages

1 Chronicles 11:26BSB

Now these were the mighty men:Asahel the brother of Joab,Elhanan son of Dodo of Bethlehem,

1 Chronicles 20:5BSB

Once again there was a battle with the Philistines, and Elhanan son of Jair killed Lahmi the brother of Goliath the Gittite, the shaft of whose spear was like a weaver’s beam.

2 Samuel 21:19BSB

Once again there was a battle with the Philistines at Gob, and Elhanan son of Jair the Bethlehemite killed the brother of Goliath the Gittite, the shaft of whose spear was like a weaver’s beam.

2 Samuel 23:24BSB

Now these were members of the Thirty:Asahel the brother of Joab,Elhanan son of Dodo of Bethlehem,

Lexicon data from STEPBible.org (Tyndale House, Cambridge) under CC BY 4.0 license.