elkana · Elkanah

What it means

elkana (אֶלְקָנָה) is a Hebrew word of the Bible that means “Elkanah”.

A name borne by several men; among them a son of Korah (Exodus 6:24) and the father of the prophet Samuel (1 Samuel 1:1). It means "El has acquired".

How to say it

Approximate pronunciation. Vowels sound as in Spanish (a as in father, e as in bed, i as in machine, o as in note, u as in rule); the syllable in bold is stressed. The voice is your device's.

Related words

Words of the same family, by Strong’s numbering.

Where it appears

• Exodus×1
• 1 Samuel×8
• 1 Chronicles×11
• 2 Chronicles×1

• Exodus 6:24

  The sons of Korah: Assir, Elkanah, and Abiasaph; these are the families of the Korahites.

• 1 Samuel 1:1

  There was a certain man from Ramathaim-zophim of the hill country of Ephraim, and his name was Elkanah, son of Jeroham, son of Elihu, son of Tohu, son of Zuph, an Ephraimite.

• 1 Samuel 1:4

  And the day came when Elkanah sacrificed, and he would give portions to Peninnah his wife and to all her sons and her daughters;

• 1 Samuel 1:8

  And Elkanah her husband said to her, “Hannah, why do you weep? And why do you not eat? And why is your heart sad? Am I not better to you than ten sons?”

• 1 Samuel 1:19

  They rose early in the morning and bowed down before YHWH; then they returned and came to their house at Ramah. And Elkanah knew Hannah his wife, and YHWH remembered her.

• 1 Samuel 1:21

  The man Elkanah went up with all his household to sacrifice to YHWH the yearly sacrifice and his vow.

• 1 Samuel 1:23

  And Elkanah her husband said to her, “Do what is good in your eyes; stay until you have weaned him; only may YHWH establish his word.” So the woman stayed and nursed her son until she weaned him.

• 1 Samuel 2:11

  Then Elkanah went to Ramah, to his house. And the boy was ministering to YHWH before Eli the priest.

• 1 Samuel 2:20

  And Eli would bless Elkanah and his wife and say, “May YHWH give you offspring from this woman in place of the petition that was asked for YHWH.” Then they would go to his home.

• 1 Chronicles 6:23

  Elkanah, his son; Ebiasaph, his son; Assir, his son;

• 1 Chronicles 6:25

  And the sons of Elkanah: Amasai and Ahimoth.

• 1 Chronicles 6:26

  Elkanah; the sons of Elkanah: Zophai, his son; Nahath, his son;

• 1 Chronicles 6:27

  Eliab, his son; Jeroham, his son; 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

  and Obadiah the son of Shemaiah, the son of Galal, the son of Jeduthun; and Berechiah the son of Asa, the son of Elkanah, who lived in the villages of the Netophathites.

• 1 Chronicles 12:6

  Elkanah, and Isshiah, and Azarel, and Joezer, and Jashobeam, the Korahites;

• 1 Chronicles 15:23

  And Berechiah and Elkanah were gatekeepers for the ark.

• 2 Chronicles 28:7

  Zichri, a mighty man of Ephraim, killed Maaseiah the son of the king, and Azrikam the leader of the house, and Elkanah the second to the king.

And 1 more times.