ʼElnâthân — H494

Definition

masculine proper noun

Elnathan, the name of four Israelites

1. Elnathan = "God has given"
2. king Jehoiachin's maternal grandfather
3. three chief men in Ezra's time
4. son of Achbor, a military commander under Jehoiakim

Usually translated as

Elnathan

Origin

from H410 and H5414; God (is the) giver

• Derived from ʼêl (H410)
• Derived from Nâthan (H5414)

Occurrences

ʼElnâthân occurs 7 times in 5 verses of the King James.

Distribution of the word across the Bible: 2 Kings (1), Ezra (1), Jeremiah (3)

• 2 Kings 24:8 — Jehoiachin was eighteen years old when he began to reign, and he reigned in Jerusalem three months. And his mother’s name was Nehushta, the daughter of Elnathan (אֶלְנָתָ֖ן) of Jerusalem.
• Ezra 8:16 — Then sent I for Eliezer, for Ariel, for Shemaiah, and for Elnathan (וּלְאֶלְנָתָ֨ן), and for Jarib, and for Elnathan, and for Nathan, and for Zechariah, and for Meshullam, chief men; also for Joiarib, and for Elnathan, men of understanding.
• Ezra 8:16 — Then sent I for Eliezer, for Ariel, for Shemaiah, and for Elnathan, and for Jarib, and for Elnathan (וּלְאֶלְנָתָ֧ן), and for Nathan, and for Zechariah, and for Meshullam, chief men; also for Joiarib, and for Elnathan, men of understanding.
• Ezra 8:16 — Then sent I for Eliezer, for Ariel, for Shemaiah, and for Elnathan, and for Jarib, and for Elnathan, and for Nathan, and for Zechariah, and for Meshullam, chief men; also for Joiarib, and for Elnathan (וּלְאֶלְנָתָ֖ן), men of understanding.
• Jeremiah 26:22 — And Jehoiakim the king sent men into Egypt, namely, Elnathan (אֶלְנָתָ֧ן) the son of Achbor, and certain men with him into Egypt.
• Jeremiah 36:12 — Then he went down into the king’s house, into the scribe’s chamber: and, lo, all the princes sat there, even Elishama the scribe, and Delaiah the son of Shemaiah, and Elnathan (וְאֶלְנָתָ֨ן) the son of Achbor, and Gemariah the son of Shaphan, and Zedekiah the son of Hananiah, and all the princes.
• Jeremiah 36:25 — Nevertheless Elnathan (אֶלְנָתָ֨ן) and Delaiah and Gemariah had made intercession to the king that he would not burn the roll: but he would not hear them.