Strong H511H511Kאֶלְקָנָה
Elkanah
One of the 8 senses of Strong H511
- Transliteration
- 'elqânâh
- Pronunciation
- el-kaw-naw'
- Morphology
- Proper Name (Masculine) of a Person
Definition
A man of the tribe of Levi living at the time of Exile and Return, only mentioned at 1Ch.9.16;
father of: Asa (H609H)
father of: Asa (H609H)
Meaning of the name
Elkanah = "God has possessed" or "God has created"
General definition
In the biblical story
Elkanah
A Levite gatekeeper in Jerusalem.
Elkanah was a Levite gatekeeper who resided in Jerusalem (1Ch.9.16).
In the Bible
Strong H511K appears in 1 verse of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- elkanah1
First verses
- 1 Chronicles 9:16And Obadiah the son of Shemaiah, the son of Galal, the son of Jeduthun, and Berechiah the son of Asa, the son of Elkanah, that dwelt in the villages of the Netophathites.