Lexical Summary Elqanah: "God has created", or "God has taken possession", the name of several Israelites Original Word: אֶלְקָנָהTransliteration: Elqanah Phonetic Spelling: (el-kaw-naw') Part of Speech: Proper Name Masculine Short Definition: "God has created", or "God has taken possession", the name of several Israelites Meaning: Elkanah -- "God has created", the name of several Israelites Strong's Concordance Elkanah From 'el and qanah; God has obtained; Elkanah, the name of several Israelites -- Elkanah. see HEBREW 'el see HEBREW qanah Brown-Driver-Briggs H511. Elqanah אֶלְקָנָה proper name, masculine (God has created, or taken possession) a. father of Samuel 1 Samuel 1-2 (8 t.) 1 Chronicles 6:12; 6:19. b. son of Korah Exodus 6:24. c. a ruler in Jerusalem in the time of Ahaz2 Chronicles 28:7. d. one of David's warriors 1 Chronicles 12:6. e. several Levites (a) 1 Chronicles 6:8; 6:10; 6:21. (β) v.6:11; v.6:20. (γ) 9:16 (δ) 15:23. |