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Bible Lexicons

Old Testament Hebrew Lexical Dictionary

Strong's #0511 - אֶלְקָנָה

Transliteration

'elqânâh

Phonetics

el-kaw-naw'

Origin

from (H410) and (H7069)

Parts of Speech

Proper Name Masculine

TWOT

None

Definition

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

Brown-Driver-Briggs
Strong

Frequency Lists

Book
Word

KJV (21)

Exodus

1 Samuel

1 Chronicles

2 Chronicles

NAS (21)

Exodus

1 Samuel

1 Chronicles

2 Chronicles

HCS (20)

Exodus

1 Samuel

1 Chronicles

2 Chronicles

BSB (21)

Exodus

1 Samuel

1 Chronicles

2 Chronicles

ESV (20)

1 Samuel

1 Chronicles

2 Chronicles

WEB (21)

Exodus

1 Samuel

1 Chronicles

2 Chronicles

Verse Results

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

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