Elkanan — the meaning of the Hebrew name אֶלְחָנָן

אֶלְחָנָן

ʼElchânân · pronounced el-khaw-nawn' · Strong's H445 · a man

Elkanan means God (is) gracious.

Built from

אֵל ʼêl (from, H410) — strength open in the lexicon ›

חָנַן chânan (and, H2603) — properly, to bend or stoop in kindness to an inferior open in the lexicon ›

Strong's definition

from H410 and H2603; God (is) gracious; Elchanan, an Israelite.

First appearance

2Sam 21:19 And there was again a battle in Gob with the Philistines, where Elhanan the son of Jaare–oregim, a Beth–lehemite, slew the brother of Goliath the Gittite, the staff of whose spear was like a weaver’s beam. (KJV)

Every verse that names Elkanan

4 occurrences in 4 verses — 2 Samuel, 1 Chronicles

2Sam 21:192Sam 23:241Chr 11:261Chr 20:5

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