Word Study · Strong's H445 · Hebrew
אֶלְחָנָן
Elchanan
el-khaw-nawn'
Strong's 1890 spelling: ʼElchânân
“Elchanan, an Israelite”
Strong's Dictionary · 1890 · public domain
Elchanan, an Israelite
Rendered in the KJV as
Elkanan.
- 4occurrencesin the Old Testament
- 2 of 39Old Testament bookswhere the word stands
- 3inflected formsdistinct spellings
Across 4 occurrences
The word itself
Inflected forms · 3
- אֶלְחָנָ֥ן2
- אֶלְחָנָן֩1
- אֶלְחָנָ֣ן1
How it is rendered · 1
- Elhanan4
The sense the word carries at each spot — how the translators read it there, not a fixed translation.
How it parses · 1
- proper noun (a name)4
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- HNpm · 4
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Where this word lives
2 Samuel carries the most and opens below; every other book is one click.
2 Samuel2 occurrences
- 2 Samuel 21:19אֶלְחָנָן֩ʾelchananproper noun (a name)Once again there was a battle with the Philistines at Gob, and Elhanan son of Jair the Bethlehemite killed the brother of Goliath the Gittite, the shaft of whose spear was like a weaver’s beam.here: Elhanan
- 2 Samuel 23:24אֶלְחָנָ֥ןʾelchananproper noun (a name)Now these were members of the Thirty: Asahel the brother of Joab, Elhanan son of Dodo of Bethlehem,here: Elhanan
1 Chronicles2 occurrences
- 1 Chronicles 11:26אֶלְחָנָ֥ןʾelchananproper noun (a name)Now these were the mighty men: Asahel the brother of Joab, Elhanan son of Dodo of Bethlehem,here: Elhanan
- 1 Chronicles 20:5אֶלְחָנָ֣ןʾelchananproper noun (a name)Once again there was a battle with the Philistines, and Elhanan son of Jair killed Lahmi the brother of Goliath the Gittite, the shaft of whose spear was like a weaver’s beam.here: Elhanan