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Strong's #511 - אֶלְקָנָה

Transliteration

ʼElqânâh

Phonetics

el-kaw-naw'

Root Word (Etymology)

from (H410) and (H7069)

Parts of Speech

proper masculine noun

TWOT

None

Definition

Brown-Driver-Briggs
Strong

Brown-Driver-Briggs'

Elkanah = “God has possessed” or “God has created”

1) Samuel’s father

2) a ruler in Jerusalem in the time of king Ahaz

3) one of David’s mighty warriors

4) son of Korah

5) several Levites

Frequency Lists

Book
Word

Verse Results

KJV (21)

Exodus 1

1 Samuel 8

1 Chronicles 11

2 Chronicles 1

NAS (21)

Exodus 1

1 Samuel 8

1 Chronicles 11

2 Chronicles 1

HCS (20)

Exodus 1

1 Samuel 8

1 Chronicles 10

2 Chronicles 1

BSB (21)

Exodus 1

1 Samuel 8

1 Chronicles 11

2 Chronicles 1

ESV (20)

1 Samuel 8

1 Chronicles 11

2 Chronicles 1

WEB (21)

Exodus 1

1 Samuel 8

1 Chronicles 11

2 Chronicles 1

Brown-Driver-Briggs Expanded Definition

אֶלְקָנָה proper name, masculine ( God has created, or taken possession)

a. father of Samuel 1 Samuel 1-2 (8t.) 1 Chronicles 6:12; 1 Chronicles 6:19.

b. son of Korah Exodus 6:24.

c. a ruler in Jerusalem in the time of Ahaz 2 Chronicles 28:7.

d. one of David's warriors 1 Chronicles 12:6.

e. several Levites ( a) 1 Chronicles 6:8; 1 Chronicles 6:10; 1 Chronicles 6:21. (β) v. 1 Chronicles 6:11; v. 1 Chronicles 6:20. (γ) 1 Chronicles 9:16 (δ) 1 Chronicles 15:23.

Gesenius' Hebrew and Chaldee Definition

אֶלְקָנָה (“whom God created” [rather, “possessed,” see קָנָה ]), [Elkanah], pr.n.m.

(1) 1 Samuel 1:1, seq.; 2:11, 20 1 Samuel 1:20.

(2) Exodus 6:24.

(3) 2 Chronicles 28:7.

(4) 1 Chronicles 12:6.

(5) 1 Chronicles 6:8, 10 1 Chronicles 6:10, 11 1 Chronicles 6:11, 20 1 Chronicles 6:20, 21 1 Chronicles 6:21, 15:23.

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List of Word Forms

אֶ֠לְקָנָה אֶלְקָנָ֑ה אֶלְקָנָ֔ה אֶלְקָנָ֖ה אֶלְקָנָ֛ה אֶלְקָנָ֡ה אֶלְקָנָ֣ה אֶלְקָנָ֥ה אֶלְקָנָ֨ה אֶלְקָנָה֙ אלקנה וְאֶלְקָנָ֔ה וְאֶלְקָנָ֖ה ואלקנה ’el·qā·nāh ’elqānāh Elkanah veelkaNah wə’elqānāh wə·’el·qā·nāh