אֶלְקָנָה ʼElqânâh

Meaning

Elkanah, the name of several Israelites

In the King James Version: Elkanah.

Derivation: from H410 (אֵל) and H7069 (קָנָה); God has obtained;

Where it is used

• Exodus 6:24 The sons of Korah were Assir, Elkanah, and Abiasaph. These were the clans of the Korahites.
• 1 Samuel 1:1 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.
• 1 Samuel 1:4 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.
• 1 Samuel 1:8 “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?”
• 1 Samuel 1:19 The next morning they got up early to bow in worship before the LORD, and then they returned home to Ramah. And Elkanah had relations with his wife Hannah, and the LORD remembered her.
• 1 Samuel 1:21 Then Elkanah and all his house went up to make the annual sacrifice to the LORD and to fulfill his vow,
• 1 Samuel 1:23 “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.
• 1 Samuel 2:11 Then Elkanah went home to Ramah, but the boy began ministering to the LORD before Eli the priest.
• 1 Samuel 2:20 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.
• 1 Chronicles 6:23 Elkanah his son, Ebiasaph his son, Assir his son,
• 1 Chronicles 6:25 The descendants of Elkanah: Amasai, Ahimoth,
• 1 Chronicles 6:26 Elkanah his son, Zophai his son, Nahath his son,
• 1 Chronicles 6:27 Eliab his son, Jeroham his son, and Elkanah his son.
• 1 Chronicles 6:34 the son of Elkanah, the son of Jeroham, the son of Eliel, the son of Toah,
• 1 Chronicles 6:35 the son of Zuph, the son of Elkanah, the son of Mahath, the son of Amasai,
• 1 Chronicles 6:36 the son of Elkanah, the son of Joel, the son of Azariah, the son of Zephaniah,
• 1 Chronicles 9:16 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.
• 1 Chronicles 12:6 Elkanah, Isshiah, Azarel, Joezer, and Jashobeam, who were Korahites;
• 1 Chronicles 15:23 Berechiah and Elkanah were to be guardians of the ark.
• 2 Chronicles 28:7 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.