ʼElqânâh — H511

Definition

masculine proper noun

Elkanah, the name of several Israelites

1. Elkanah = "God has possessed" or "God has created"
2. Samuel's father
3. a ruler in Jerusalem in the time of king Ahaz
4. one of David's mighty warriors
5. son of Korah
6. several Levites

Usually translated as

Elkanah

Origin

from H410 and H7069; God has obtained

• Derived from ʼêl (H410)
• Derived from Qânâh (H7069)

Occurrences

ʼElqânâh occurs 21 times in 20 verses of the King James.

Distribution of the word across the Bible: Exodus (1), 1 Samuel (8), 1 Chronicles (10), 2 Chronicles (1)

• Exodus 6:24 — And the sons of Korah; Assir, and Elkanah (וְאֶלְקָנָ֖ה), and Abiasaph: these are the families of the Korhites.
• 1 Samuel 1:1 — Now there was a certain man of Ramathaim-zophim, of mount Ephraim, and his name was Elkanah (אֶ֠לְקָנָה), the son of Jeroham, the son of Elihu, the son of Tohu, the son of Zuph, an Ephrathite:
• 1 Samuel 1:4 — And when the time was that Elkanah (אֶלְקָנָ֑ה) offered, he gave to Peninnah his wife, and to all her sons and her daughters, portions:
• 1 Samuel 1:8 — Then said Elkanah (אֶלְקָנָ֣ה) her husband to her, Hannah, why weepest thou? and why eatest thou not? and why is thy heart grieved? am not I better to thee than ten sons?
• 1 Samuel 1:19 — And they rose up in the morning early, and worshipped before the LORD, and returned, and came to their house to Ramah: and Elkanah (אֶלְקָנָה֙) knew Hannah his wife; and the LORD remembered her.
• 1 Samuel 1:21 — And the man Elkanah (אֶלְקָנָ֖ה), and all his house, went up to offer unto the LORD the yearly sacrifice, and his vow.
• 1 Samuel 1:23 — And Elkanah (אֶלְקָנָ֨ה) her husband said unto her, Do what seemeth thee good; tarry until thou have weaned him; only the LORD establish his word. So the woman abode, and gave her son suck until she weaned him.
• 1 Samuel 2:11 — And Elkanah (אֶלְקָנָ֛ה) went to Ramah to his house. And the child did minister unto the LORD before Eli the priest.
• 1 Samuel 2:20 — And Eli blessed Elkanah (אֶלְקָנָ֣ה) and his wife, and said, The LORD give thee seed of this woman for the loan which is lent to the LORD. And they went unto their own home.
• 1 Chronicles 6:23 — Elkanah (אֶלְקָנָ֥ה) his son, and Ebiasaph his son, and Assir his son,
• 1 Chronicles 6:25 — And the sons of Elkanah (אֶלְקָנָ֔ה); Amasai, and Ahimoth.
• 1 Chronicles 6:26 — As for Elkanah (אֶלְקָנָ֑ה): the sons of Elkanah; Zophai his son, and Nahath his son,
• 1 Chronicles 6:26 — As for Elkanah: the sons of Elkanah (אֶלְקָנָ֔ה); Zophai his son, and Nahath his son,
• 1 Chronicles 6:27 — Eliab his son, Jeroham his son, Elkanah (אֶלְקָנָ֥ה) his son.
• 1 Chronicles 6:34 — The son of Elkanah (אֶלְקָנָה֙), the son of Jeroham, the son of Eliel, the son of Toah,
• 1 Chronicles 6:35 — The son of Zuph, the son of Elkanah (אֶלְקָנָ֔ה), the son of Mahath, the son of Amasai,
• 1 Chronicles 6:36 — The son of Elkanah (אֶלְקָנָה֙), the son of Joel, the son of Azariah, the son of Zephaniah,
• 1 Chronicles 9:16 — And Obadiah the son of Shemaiah, the son of Galal, the son of Jeduthun, and Berechiah the son of Asa, the son of Elkanah (אֶלְקָנָ֔ה), that dwelt in the villages of the Netophathites.
• 1 Chronicles 12:6 — Elkanah (אֶלְקָנָ֡ה), and Jesiah, and Azareel, and Joezer, and Jashobeam, the Korhites,
• 1 Chronicles 15:23 — And Berechiah and Elkanah (וְאֶלְקָנָ֔ה) were doorkeepers for the ark.
• 2 Chronicles 28:7 — And Zichri, a mighty man of Ephraim, slew Maaseiah the king’s son, and Azrikam the governor of the house, and Elkanah (אֶלְקָנָ֖ה) that was next to the king.