Word Study · Strong's H494 · Hebrew
אֶלְנָתָן
Elnathan
el-naw-thawn'
Strong's 1890 spelling: ʼElnâthân
“Elnathan, the name of four Israelites”
Strong's Dictionary · 1890 · public domain
Elnathan, the name of four Israelites
Rendered in the KJV as
Elnathan.
- 7occurrencesin the Old Testament
- 3 of 39Old Testament bookswhere the word stands
- 7inflected formsdistinct spellings
Across 7 occurrences
The word itself
Inflected forms · 7
- אֶלְנָתָ֖ן1
- אֶלְנָתָ֧ן1
- אֶלְנָתָ֨ן1
- וְאֶלְנָתָ֨ן1
- וּלְאֶלְנָתָ֨ן1
- וּלְאֶלְנָתָ֧ן1
- וּלְאֶלְנָתָ֖ן1
How it is rendered · 3
- and for Elnathan3
- Elnathan3
- and Elnathan1
The sense the word carries at each spot — how the translators read it there, not a fixed translation.
How it parses · 3
- conjunction (“and”) + preposition + proper noun (a name)3
- proper noun (a name)3
- conjunction (“and”) + proper noun (a name)1
Show the grammar codes as tagged
- HC/R/Npm · 3
- HNpm · 3
- HC/Npm · 1
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The ledger of occurrences
Where this word lives
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Ezra3 occurrences
- Ezra 8:16וּלְאֶלְנָתָ֨ןuleelnatanconjunction (“and”) + preposition + proper noun (a name)Then I summoned the leaders: Eliezer, Ariel, Shemaiah, Elnathan, Jarib, Elnathan, Nathan, Zechariah, and Meshullam, as well as the teachers Joiarib and Elnathan.here: and for Elnathan
- Ezra 8:16וּלְאֶלְנָתָ֧ןuleelnatanconjunction (“and”) + preposition + proper noun (a name)Then I summoned the leaders: Eliezer, Ariel, Shemaiah, Elnathan, Jarib, Elnathan, Nathan, Zechariah, and Meshullam, as well as the teachers Joiarib and Elnathan.here: and for Elnathan
- Ezra 8:16וּלְאֶלְנָתָ֖ןuleelnatanconjunction (“and”) + preposition + proper noun (a name)Then I summoned the leaders: Eliezer, Ariel, Shemaiah, Elnathan, Jarib, Elnathan, Nathan, Zechariah, and Meshullam, as well as the teachers Joiarib and Elnathan.here: and for Elnathan
Jeremiah3 occurrences
- Jeremiah 26:22אֶלְנָתָ֧ןʾelnatanproper noun (a name)Then King Jehoiakim sent men to Egypt: Elnathan son of Achbor along with some other men.here: Elnathan
- Jeremiah 36:12וְאֶלְנָתָ֨ןveelnatanconjunction (“and”) + proper noun (a name)he went down to the scribe’s chamber in the king’s palace, where all the officials were sitting: Elishama the scribe, Delaiah son of Shemaiah, Elnathan son of Achbor, Gemariah son of Shaphan, Zedekiah son of Hananiah, and all the other officials.here: and Elnathan
- Jeremiah 36:25אֶלְנָתָ֨ןʾelnatanproper noun (a name)Even though Elnathan, Delaiah, and Gemariah urged the king not to burn the scroll, he would not listen to them.here: Elnathan