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HebrewH0511Proper Noun (Masculine)

אֶלְקָנָה

el.qa.nah

12Occurrences
H0511Strong's #
Proper Noun (Masculine)Part of Speech

Definition

Quick Definition(Strong's Concordance)

Elkanah, the name of several Israelites

from H410 (אֵל) and H7069 (קָנָה); God has obtained;

Full Lexicon Entry(Abbott-Smith)
A man of the tribe of Levi living at the time of Egypt and Wilderness, first mentioned at ; son of: Korah (H7141I); brother of: Assir (H0617) and Ebiasaph (H0043) § Elkanah = "God has possessed" or "God has created" 1) Samuel's father 2) a ruler in Jerusalem in the time of king ) one of David's mighty warriors 4) son of ) several Levites

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Grammar & Morphology

Part of Speech

Proper Noun (Masculine)

Morphology Code

N:N-M-P

Full Description

Proper Noun, Masculine

Occurrences

אֶלְקָנָה appears 12 times in the Old Testament.

Distribution by Book

1 Samuel
8
1 Chronicles
2
2 Chronicles
1
Exodus
1

Key Passages

1 Chronicles 15:23BSB

Berechiah and Elkanah were to be guardians of the ark.

1 Samuel 1:1BSB

Now there was a man named Elkanah who was from Ramathaim-zophim in the hill country of Ephraim. He was the son of Jeroham, the son of Elihu, the son of Tohu, the son of Zuph, an Ephraimite.

1 Samuel 1:8BSB

“Hannah, why are you crying?” her husband Elkanah asked. “Why won’t you eat? Why is your heart so grieved? Am I not better to you than ten sons?”

1 Samuel 1:21BSB

Then Elkanah and all his house went up to make the annual sacrifice to the LORD and to fulfill his vow,

1 Samuel 2:11BSB

Then Elkanah went home to Ramah, but the boy began ministering to the LORD before Eli the priest.

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