This name belongs to 8 different people in the Bible:
- Elkanah: A Korahite who joined David at Ziklag
- Elkanah: A gatekeeper for the ark of the covenant
- Elkanah: A Levite ancestor of Samuel
- Elkanah: A Levite descendant of Kohath
- Elkanah: A Levite gatekeeper in Jerusalem
- Elkanah: The father of the prophet Samuel
- Elkanah: A palace officer under King Ahaz
- Elkanah: A Levite descendant of Korah
Definition
from H410 and H7069; God has obtained; Elkanah, the name of several Israelites
Traditional renderings: Elkanah.
Traditional renderings: Elkanah.
Glossary entries
Where it occurs
Occurrences
21 total
- Exodus 6:24וְאֶלְקָנָ֖ה · ElkanahThe sons of Korah were Assir, Elkanah, and Abiasaph. These were the clans of the Korahites.
- 1 Samuel 1:1אֶ֠לְקָנָה · ElkanahNow 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 1:4אֶלְקָנָ֑ה · for ElkanahAnd 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 1:8אֶלְקָנָ֣ה · Elkanah“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 1:19אֶלְקָנָה֙ · And ElkanahThe 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 1:21אֶלְקָנָ֖ה · Then ElkanahThen Elkanah and all his house went up to make the annual sacrifice to the LORD and to fulfill his vow,
- 1 Samuel 1:23אֶלְקָנָ֨ה · Elkanah“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 2:11אֶלְקָנָ֛ה · Then ElkanahThen Elkanah went home to Ramah, but the boy began ministering to the LORD before Eli the priest.
- 1 Samuel 2:20אֶלְקָנָ֣ה · ElkanahAnd 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 6:23אֶלְקָנָ֥ה · ElkanahElkanah his son, Ebiasaph his son, Assir his son,
- 1 Chronicles 6:25אֶלְקָנָ֔ה · of ElkanahThe descendants of Elkanah: Amasai, Ahimoth,
- 1 Chronicles 6:26 (2×)אֶלְקָנָ֑ה · Elkanah; אֶלְקָנָ֔הElkanah his son, Zophai his son, Nahath his son,
- 1 Chronicles 6:27אֶלְקָנָ֥ה · [and] ElkanahEliab his son, Jeroham his son, and Elkanah his son.
- 1 Chronicles 6:34אֶלְקָנָה֙ · of Elkanah…the son of Elkanah, the son of Jeroham, the son of Eliel, the son of Toah,
- 1 Chronicles 6:35אֶלְקָנָ֔ה · of Elkanah…the son of Zuph, the son of Elkanah, the son of Mahath, the son of Amasai,
- 1 Chronicles 6:36אֶלְקָנָה֙ · of Elkanah…the son of Elkanah, the son of Joel, the son of Azariah, the son of Zephaniah,
- 1 Chronicles 9:16אֶלְקָנָ֔ה · of ElkanahObadiah 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 12:6אֶלְקָנָ֡ה · ElkanahElkanah, Isshiah, Azarel, Joezer, and Jashobeam, who were Korahites;
- 1 Chronicles 15:23וְאֶלְקָנָ֔ה · and ElkanahBerechiah and Elkanah were to be guardians of the ark.
- 2 Chronicles 28:7אֶלְקָנָ֖ה · and ElkanahZichri, 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.