Strong H494H494Kאֶלְנָתָן
Elnathan
One of the 5 senses of Strong H494
- Transliteration
- 'elnâthân
- Pronunciation
- el-naw-thawn'
- Morphology
- Proper Name (Masculine) of a Person
Definition
A man living at the time of Divided Monarchy, first mentioned at Jer.26.22;
son of: Achbor (H5907H)
son of: Achbor (H5907H)
Meaning of the name
Elnathan = "God has given"
General definition
In the biblical story
Elnathan
A royal official during the reign of King Jehoiakim.
Elnathan, the son of Achbor, was a royal official during the reign of King Jehoiakim of Judah (Jer.26.22; 36.12,25).
In the Bible
Strong H494K appears in 3 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- elnathan3
First verses
- Jeremiah 26:22And Jehoiakim the king sent men into Egypt, namely, Elnathan the son of Achbor, and certain men with him into Egypt.
- Jeremiah 36:12Then 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 the son of Achbor, and Gemariah the son of Shaphan, and Zedekiah the son of Hananiah, and all the princes.
- Jeremiah 36:25Nevertheless Elnathan and Delaiah and Gemariah had made intercession to the king that he would not burn the roll: but he would not hear them.