Elkanah
(Hebrew:אֱלְקָנָה) is a Hebrew name meaning "God has purchased".
There are several persons in the Bible called Elkanah:
Elkanah (husband of Hannah), father of Samuel.
A Levite, ancestor of a certain Berechiah. (1 Chronicles 9:
16)
A Levite, son of the rebellious Korah and brother of Abiasaph.
(Exodus 6: 24)
A Levite, descendant of Korah, who "cam...
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And Elkanah her husband said unto her, Do what seemeth thee
good; tarry until thou have weaned him; only the LORD
establish his word. So the woman abode, and gave her son suck
until she weaned him....
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And they rose up in the morning early, and worshipped before
the LORD, and returned, and came to their house to Ramah: and
Elkanah knew Hannah his wife; and the LORD remembered her....
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And Eli blessed Elkanah and his wife, and said, The LORD give
thee seed of this woman for the loan which is lent to the
LORD. And they went unto their own home....
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el-ka'-na ('elqanah, "God has possessed"):
(1) An Ephraimite, the father of Samuel (1 Sam 1:1-28; 2:11-
20). Of his two wives, Hannah, the childless, was best
beloved. At Shiloh she received through Eli the promise of a
son. Elkanah, with Hannah, took the young Samuel to Shiloh
when he was weaned, and left him with EIi as their offering
to Yahw...
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1. Grandson of Korah
Ex 6:24; 1Ch 6:23
-2. Father of Samuel; a descendant of the preceding
1Sa 1:1,4,8,19,21,23; 2:11,20; 1Ch 6:27,34
-3. A Levite
1Ch 6:25,36
-4. Possibly identical with number three above
1Ch 6:26,35
-5. A Levite
1Ch 9:16
-6. A Levite who joined David at Ziklag
1Ch 12:6
-7. A doorkeeper for the ark, perhaps identical w...
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(God-provided).
1. Son, or rather grandson, see 1Ch 6:22,23 ( 1Chr
6:7,8 ) of Korah, according to Ex 6:24
2. A descendant of the above in the line of Ahimoth,
otherwise Mahath, (1Chr 6;26,35; Hebr 11:20
3. Another Kohathite Levite, father of Samuel the
illustrious judge and prophet. 1Ch 6:27,34 (B.C. about 1190.)
All that is known of him is ...
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God-created. (1.) The second son of Korah (Ex. 6:24), or,
according to 1 Chr. 6:22, 23, more correctly his
grandson.
(2.) Another Levite of the line of Heman the singer,
although
he does not seem to have performed any of the usual
Levitical
offices. He was father of Samuel the prophet (1 Chr.
6:27, 34).
He was "an Ephrathite" (1 Sam. 1:1, ...
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1. Son of Korah, son of Izhar, son of Kohath, son of Levi
(Exodus 6:24); compare 1 Chronicles 6:22-23, where an
Elkanah is mentioned, grandson of Korah. "The children of
Korah died not" when he was consumed (Numbers 26:11).
2. A descendant of the previous Elkanah, in the line
of Ahimoth or Mahath (1 Chronicles 6:26; 1 Chronicles 6:35).
3. A...
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God the zealous; the zeal of God...
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