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Meaning, origin and etymology of the name Elkanah
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Eber Eden Edom Egypt Ekron El Elam Eldaah Eleasah Eleazar Eliab Eliezer Elijah Elisha Elishah Elizabeth Elkanah Elohim Elyon En-gannim Enoch Enosh Ephah Epher Ephraim Erech Esau Esther Euphrates Eve Ezekiel Ezer Ezra Ezri |
Elkanah
The name Elkanah occurs ten times in the Bible. Most famous is Elkanah the father of Samuel (1 Sam 1:1). Other Elkanahs are a son of Korah (Ex 6:24), a son of Kohath (1 Chr 6:23) and his own son (1 Chr 6:27), a mighty man of David (1 Chr 12:6), two Kohathite musicians (1 Chr 6:34 & 36), a Levite who returned from the Babylonian exile (1 Chr 9:16), an unfortunate officer under king Ahaz (2 Chr 28:7), and a gatekeeper of the ark (1 Chr 15:23). |
(El 93), the common abbreviation of
(qana 2039) meaning get, acquire, create (see
