Strong's #511: 'Elqanah (pronounced el-kaw-naw')
from 410 and 7069; God has obtained; Elkanah, the name of several Israelites:--Elkanah.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon:
'elqânâh
Elkanah = "God has possessed" or "God has created"
1) Samuel' s father
2) a ruler in Jerusalem in the time of king Ahaz
3) one of David' s mighty warriors
4) son of Korah
5) several Levites
Part of Speech: noun proper masculine
Relation: from H410 and H7069
Usage:
This word is used 21 times:
Exodus 6:24: "And the sons of Korah; Assir, and Elkanah, and Abiasaph: these are the families of the Korhites."
1 Samuel 1:1: "of mount Ephraim, and his name was Elkanah, the son of Jeroham, the son"
1 Samuel 1:4: "And when the time was that Elkanah he gave to Peninnah his wife, and to all"
1 Samuel 1:8: "Then said Elkanah her husband why weepest thou? and why eatest"
1 Samuel 1:19: "and came to their house to Ramah: and Elkanah knew Hannah"
1 Samuel 1:21: "And the man Elkanah, and all went up to offer unto the LORD"
1 Samuel 1:23: " And Elkanah her husband said what seemeth thee good; tarry until"
1 Samuel 2:11: " And Elkanah went to Ramah his house. And the child did minister"
1 Samuel 2:20: "And Eli blessed Elkanah and his wife, and said, The LORD give"
1 Chronicles 6:23: " Elkanah his son, and Ebiasaph and Assir his son,"
1 Chronicles 6:25: "And the sons of Elkanah; Amasai,"
1 Chronicles 6:26: " As for Elkanah: the sons of Elkanah; his son, and Nahath his son,"
1 Chronicles 6:26: "As for Elkanah: the sons of Elkanah; his son, and Nahath his son,"
1 Chronicles 6:27: "his son, Jeroham Elkanah his son."
1 Chronicles 6:34: "The son of Elkanah, the son 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 the son of Azariah, the son of Zephaniah,"
1 Chronicles 9:16: "the son of Asa, the son of Elkanah, that dwelt in the villages of the Netophathites."
1 Chronicles 12:6: " Elkanah, and Jesiah, and Azareel, and Jashobeam, the Korhites,"
1 Chronicles 15:23: "And Berechiah and Elkanah were doorkeepers"
2 Chronicles 28:7: "and Azrikam the governor of the house, and Elkanah that was next to the king."
