Strong H511H511Nאֶלְקָנָה
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 living at the time of Divided Monarchy, only mentioned at 2Ch.28.7
Meaning of the name
Elkanah = "God has possessed" or "God has created"
General definition
In the biblical story
Elkanah
A palace officer under King Ahaz.
Elkanah, the second to the king, was killed by Zichri, a mighty man of Ephraim, during a battle (2Ch.28.7).
In the Bible
Strong H511N appears in 1 verse of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- elkanah1
First verses
- 2 Chronicles 28:7And Zichri, a mighty man of Ephraim, slew Maaseiah the king’s son, and Azrikam the governor of the house, and Elkanah that was next to the king.