Word Study · Strong's H511 · Hebrew
אֶלְקָנָה
Elqanah
el-kaw-naw'
Strong's 1890 spelling: ʼElqânâh
“Elkanah, the name of several Israelites”
Strong's Dictionary · 1890 · public domain
Elkanah, the name of several Israelites
Rendered in the KJV as
Elkanah.
- 21occurrencesin the Old Testament
- 4 of 39Old Testament bookswhere the word stands
- 12inflected formsdistinct spellings
Across 21 occurrences
The word itself
Inflected forms · 12
- אֶלְקָנָ֔ה4
- אֶלְקָנָה֙3
- אֶלְקָנָ֑ה2
- אֶלְקָנָ֣ה2
- אֶלְקָנָ֖ה2
- אֶלְקָנָ֥ה2
- אֶ֠לְקָנָה1
- אֶלְקָנָ֨ה1
- אֶלְקָנָ֛ה1
- אֶלְקָנָ֡ה1
- וְאֶלְקָנָ֖ה1
- וְאֶלְקָנָ֔ה1
How it is rendered · 3
- Elkanah18
- and Elkanah2
- [was] Elkanah1
The sense the word carries at each spot — how the translators read it there, not a fixed translation.
How it parses · 2
- proper noun (a name)19
- conjunction (“and”) + proper noun (a name)2
Show the grammar codes as tagged
- HNpm · 19
- HC/Npm · 2
All 21, in canonical order
The ledger of occurrences
Where this word lives
1 Chronicles carries the most and opens below; every other book is one click.
1 Samuel8 occurrences
- 1 Samuel 1:1אֶ֠לְקָנָהʾelkanahproper noun (a name)Now there was a man named Elkanah who was from Ramathaim-zophim in the hill country of Ephraim. He was the son of Jeroham, the son of Elihu, the son of Tohu, the son of Zuph, an Ephraimite.here: [was] Elkanah
- 1 Samuel 1:4אֶלְקָנָ֑הʾelkanahproper noun (a name)And whenever the day came for Elkanah to present his sacrifice, he would give portions to his wife Peninnah and to all her sons and daughters.here: Elkanah
- 1 Samuel 1:8אֶלְקָנָ֣הʾelkanahproper noun (a name)“Hannah, why are you crying?” her husband Elkanah asked. “Why won’t you eat? Why is your heart so grieved? Am I not better to you than ten sons?”here: Elkanah
- 1 Samuel 1:19אֶלְקָנָה֙ʾelkanahproper noun (a name)The next morning Elkanah and Hannah got up early to bow in worship before the LORD, and then returned home to Ramah. And Elkanah had relations with his wife Hannah, and the LORD remembered her.here: Elkanah
- 1 Samuel 1:21אֶלְקָנָ֖הʾelkanahproper noun (a name)Then Elkanah and all his house went up to make the annual sacrifice to the LORD and to fulfill his vow,here: Elkanah
- 1 Samuel 1:23אֶלְקָנָ֨הʾelkanahproper noun (a name)“Do what you think is best,” her husband Elkanah replied, “and stay here until you have weaned him. Only may the LORD confirm His word.” So Hannah stayed and nursed her son until she had weaned him.here: Elkanah
- 1 Samuel 2:11אֶלְקָנָ֛הʾelkanahproper noun (a name)Then Elkanah went home to Ramah, but the boy began ministering to the LORD before Eli the priest.here: Elkanah
- 1 Samuel 2:20אֶלְקָנָ֣הʾelkanahproper noun (a name)And Eli would bless Elkanah and his wife, saying, “May the LORD give you children by this woman in place of the one she dedicated to the LORD.” Then they would go home.here: Elkanah
1 Chronicles11 occurrences
- 1 Chronicles 6:23אֶלְקָנָ֥הʾelkanahproper noun (a name)Amminadab his son, Korah his son, Assir his son, Elkanah his son, Ebiasaph his son, Assir his son,here: Elkanah
- 1 Chronicles 6:25אֶלְקָנָ֔הʾelkanahproper noun (a name)The descendants of Elkanah:here: Elkanah
- 1 Chronicles 6:26אֶלְקָנָ֑הʾelkanahproper noun (a name)Amasai, Ahimoth, Elkanah his son, Zophai his son, Nahath his son,here: Elkanah
- 1 Chronicles 6:26אֶלְקָנָ֔הʾelkanahproper noun (a name)Amasai, Ahimoth, Elkanah his son, Zophai his son, Nahath his son,here: Elkanah
- 1 Chronicles 6:27אֶלְקָנָ֥הʾelkanahproper noun (a name)Eliab his son, Jeroham his son, and Elkanah his son.here: Elkanah
- 1 Chronicles 6:34אֶלְקָנָה֙ʾelkanahproper noun (a name)Heman the singer, the son of Joel, the son of Samuel, the son of Elkanah, the son of Jeroham, the son of Eliel, the son of Toah,here: Elkanah
- 1 Chronicles 6:35אֶלְקָנָ֔הʾelkanahproper noun (a name)the son of Zuph, the son of Elkanah, the son of Mahath, the son of Amasai,here: Elkanah
- 1 Chronicles 6:36אֶלְקָנָה֙ʾelkanahproper noun (a name)the son of Elkanah, the son of Joel, the son of Azariah, the son of Zephaniah,here: Elkanah
- 1 Chronicles 9:16אֶלְקָנָ֔הʾelkanahproper noun (a name)Obadiah son of Shemaiah, the son of Galal, the son of Jeduthun; and Berechiah son of Asa, the son of Elkanah, who lived in the villages of the Netophathites.here: Elkanah
- 1 Chronicles 12:6אֶלְקָנָ֡הʾelkanahproper noun (a name)Elkanah, Isshiah, Azarel, Joezer, and Jashobeam, who were Korahites;here: Elkanah
- 1 Chronicles 15:23וְאֶלְקָנָ֔הveelkanahconjunction (“and”) + proper noun (a name)Berechiah and Elkanah were to be guardians of the ark.here: and Elkanah