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Elkanah(2)
father of Samuel (1SA 1:1, 1SA 1:20)
Profile
- Name
- Elkanah
- Gender
- male
- Tribe
- Levi
- Description
- father of Samuel (1SA 1:1, 1SA 1:20)
Names & Labels (1)
Elkanahproper name
- Hebrew
- אֶלְקָנָה
- Transliteration
- eləqanah
- Meaning
- G-d [El] has possessed
- Greek
- Ελκανα
- Reference
- 1SA 1:1
- Strong's
- H511
Notes
He lived in the hill-country of Ephraim (1SA 1:1) but was a Levite (1CH 6:22-28).