This name belongs to 5 different people in the Bible:
Definition
from H410 and H5414; God (is the) giver; Elnathan, the name of four Israelites
Traditional renderings: Elnathan.
Traditional renderings: Elnathan.
Glossary entries
Where it occurs
Occurrences
7 total
- 2 Kings 24:8אֶלְנָתָ֖ן · of ElnathanJehoiachin was eighteen years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem three months. His mother’s name was Nehushta daughter of Elnathan; she was from Jerusalem.
- Ezra 8:16 (3×)וּלְאֶלְנָתָ֨ן · Elnathan; וּלְאֶלְנָתָ֧ן · Elnathan; וּלְאֶלְנָתָ֖ן · and ElnathanThen I summoned the leaders: Eliezer, Ariel, Shemaiah, Elnathan, Jarib, Elnathan, Nathan, Zechariah, and Meshullam, as well as the teachers Joiarib and Elnathan.
- Jeremiah 26:22אֶלְנָתָ֧ן · ElnathanThen King Jehoiakim sent men to Egypt: Elnathan son of Achbor along with some other men.
- Jeremiah 36:12וְאֶלְנָתָ֨ן · Elnathan…he went down to the scribe’s chamber in the king’s palace, where all the officials were sitting: Elishama the scribe, Delaiah son of Shemaiah, Elnathan son of Achbor, Gemariah son of Shaphan, Zedekiah son of Hananiah, and all the other officials.
- Jeremiah 36:25אֶלְנָתָ֨ן · ElnathanEven though Elnathan, Delaiah, and Gemariah urged the king not to burn the scroll, he would not listen to them.