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Brown-Driver-Briggs /Thayer Dictionary - אֶלְקָנָה

אֶלְקָנָה

H511

Transliteration: ʼElqânâh

Pronunciation: el-kaw-naw'

Definition: Elkanah


Original: אלקנה

Transliteration: 'elqânâh

Phonetic: el-kaw-naw'

BDB Definition:

Elkanah = "God has possessed" or " God has created"
  1. Samuel's father
  2. a ruler in Jerusalem in the time of king Ahaz
  3. one of David's mighty warriors
  4. son of Korah
  5. several Levites

Origin: from H410" class="dictionary-topic-link">H410 and H7069" class="dictionary-topic-link">H7069

TWOT entry: None

Part(s) of speech: Proper Name Masculine


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