Hebrew proper noun (a person) · H511
אֶלְקָנָה
Elqanahel-kaw-naw'
Elkanah
21 uses in the Hebrew text, one for each word STEP Bible has tagged with this key
Concordance spelling: ʼElqânâh
Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's H511is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.
- 4 of 39Old Testament books
- 12spellings
The definition in full
Strong's key (1890) · H511
Elkanah, the name of several Israelites
The King James renders it: Elkanah.
James Strong, The Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890), public domain. Strong indexed the King James text, and this site quotes his entry as that index.
Summary
Elqanah is rendered "Elkanah". It stands 21 times in the Hebrew text, across four books.
- Eleven of the uses stand in 1 Chronicles, more than in any other book.
- Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.Exodus 6:24The sons of Korah were Assir, Elkanah, and Abiasaph. These were the clans of the Korahites.
- The Greek text spells it twelve different ways.
The first use
The sons of Korah were Assir, Elkanah, and Abiasaph. These were the clans of the Korahites.
Exodus 6:24וְאֶלְקָנָ֖ה
The first use, in the order of the Old Testament's books.
Where the word stands
Eleven of the word's twenty-one uses are in 1 Chronicles.
What the word means
Each meaning, and the words it is translated by
How the Greek text is glossed, word by word
- Elkanah19
- and Elkanah2
The words built on the same word-part
Each word below begins with the same letters this one begins with. A shared word-part shows a family. It does not settle what any one of them means, so each word carries its own uses on its own page. Scholars call that shared part the stem.
| Word | Written | Meaning | Uses |
|---|---|---|---|
| אֶלְקֹשִׁי | Elqoshi | Elkoshite | Uses1 |
All 21, in canonical order
Every use, in order
Every use, grouped by book, with its verse.
12 spellings and their grammar
STEP Bible tags every word of the Hebrew and Greek text with its spelling and its grammar. Both lists below count the rows printed underneath, written out in English, with the code beside each one as it was tagged.
How it is spelled
- אֶלְקָנָ֔ה4
- אֶלְקָנָה֙3
- אֶלְקָנָ֑ה2
- אֶלְקָנָ֣ה2
- אֶלְקָנָ֖ה2
- אֶלְקָנָ֥ה2
- אֶ֠לְקָנָה1
- אֶלְקָנָ֨ה1
- אֶלְקָנָ֛ה1
- אֶלְקָנָ֡ה1
- וְאֶלְקָנָ֖ה1
- וְאֶלְקָנָ֔ה1
The grammar of each form
- proper noun (a name)19HNpm
- conjunction (“and”) + proper noun (a name)2HC/Npm
Exodus
one use
The sons of Korah were Assir, Elkanah, and Abiasaph. These were the clans of the Korahites.
- וְאֶלְקָנָ֖הveelkanahconjunction (“and”) + proper noun (a name)tagged: and Elkanah
1 Samuel
eight uses
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.
- אֶ֠לְקָנָהʾelkanahproper noun (a name)tagged: Elkanah
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.
- אֶלְקָנָ֑הʾelkanahproper noun (a name)tagged: Elkanah
“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?”
- אֶלְקָנָ֣הʾelkanahproper noun (a name)tagged: Elkanah
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.
- אֶלְקָנָה֙ʾelkanahproper noun (a name)tagged: Elkanah
Then Elkanah and all his house went up to make the annual sacrifice to the LORD and to fulfill his vow,
- אֶלְקָנָ֖הʾelkanahproper noun (a name)tagged: Elkanah
“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.
- אֶלְקָנָ֨הʾelkanahproper noun (a name)tagged: Elkanah
Then Elkanah went home to Ramah, but the boy began ministering to the LORD before Eli the priest.
- אֶלְקָנָ֛הʾelkanahproper noun (a name)tagged: Elkanah
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.
- אֶלְקָנָ֣הʾelkanahproper noun (a name)tagged: Elkanah
1 Chronicles
eleven uses
Amminadab his son, Korah his son, Assir his son, Elkanah his son, Ebiasaph his son, Assir his son,
- אֶלְקָנָ֥הʾelkanahproper noun (a name)tagged: Elkanah
The descendants of Elkanah:
- אֶלְקָנָ֔הʾelkanahproper noun (a name)tagged: Elkanah
Amasai, Ahimoth, Elkanah his son, Zophai his son, Nahath his son,
- אֶלְקָנָ֑הʾelkanahproper noun (a name)tagged: Elkanah
- אֶלְקָנָ֔הʾelkanahproper noun (a name)tagged: Elkanah
Eliab his son, Jeroham his son, and Elkanah his son.
- אֶלְקָנָ֥הʾelkanahproper noun (a name)tagged: Elkanah
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,
- אֶלְקָנָה֙ʾelkanahproper noun (a name)tagged: Elkanah
the son of Zuph, the son of Elkanah, the son of Mahath, the son of Amasai,
- אֶלְקָנָ֔הʾelkanahproper noun (a name)tagged: Elkanah
the son of Elkanah, the son of Joel, the son of Azariah, the son of Zephaniah,
- אֶלְקָנָה֙ʾelkanahproper noun (a name)tagged: Elkanah
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.
- אֶלְקָנָ֔הʾelkanahproper noun (a name)tagged: Elkanah
Elkanah, Isshiah, Azarel, Joezer, and Jashobeam, who were Korahites;
- אֶלְקָנָ֡הʾelkanahproper noun (a name)tagged: Elkanah
Berechiah and Elkanah were to be guardians of the ark.
- וְאֶלְקָנָ֔הveelkanahconjunction (“and”) + proper noun (a name)tagged: and Elkanah
2 Chronicles
one use
Zichri, a mighty man of Ephraim, killed Maaseiah the son of the king, Azrikam the governor of the palace, and Elkanah the second to the king.
- אֶלְקָנָ֖הʾelkanahproper noun (a name)tagged: Elkanah
Where it leads
How the numbers are counted
Every count on this page comes from STEP Bible's tagged Hebrew and Greek text, the same text the ledger prints. A use is counted once each time the tagging marks a word with this key.
Spellings are counted as the Greek text spells them, with the sentence's own punctuation taken off the word first, so a form that ends a clause is not counted as a second spelling.
The family is read from the lexicon by the stem the two words share, with the accents off, and a person or a place named on the stem is left out.