Elnathan - meaning, definition, and linked Bible usage across the indexed canon, including Septuagint, deuterocanonical books, and 1 Enoch where this Strong's number appears.
Same number, other testament: Strong's G494 — antipatris in the Greek Bible.
Strong's H494 אֶלנָתָן (Elnathan) is a Hebrew Strong's word-study entry. Elnathan (el-naw-thawn') n/p. 1. God (is the) giver 2. Elnathan, the name of four Israelites It has 5 linked Bible usages across 3 books. Visible English usage signals include elnathan. Indexed coverage on this page includes Old Testament.
Elnathan (el-naw-thawn') n/p. 1. God (is the) giver 2. Elnathan, the name of four Israelites [from H410 and H5414] KJV: Elnathan. Root(s): H410, H5414
How independent scholarly lexicons define Strong's H494. Each definition is shown with its source so you can compare and cite the original reference works.
Elnathan
Usage: A man living at the time of Divided Monarchy, only mentioned at 2Ki.24.8; father of: Nehushta (H5179) § Elnathan = "God has given" 1) king Jehoiachin's maternal grandfather 2) three chief men in Ezra's time 3) son of Achbor, a military commander under Jehoiakim
The English word each shown verse actually uses to render Elnathan, taken from the interlinear word alignment (the same word underlined in the excerpts below). Where a rendering is used more than once, the count is shown.
Indexed coverage includes Old Testament. Each section below keeps corpus counts and sample passages visible so readers can compare the word across contexts instead of reading one flat concordance list.
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5 indexed usages in Old Testament.
Jehoiachin was eighteen years old when he began to reign, and he reigned in Jerusalem three months. And his mother's name was Nehushta, the daughter of Elnathan of Jerusalem.
Then sent I for Eliezer, for Ariel, for Shemaiah, and for Elnathan, and for Jarib, and for Elnathan, and for Nathan, and for Zechariah, and for Meshullam, chief men; also for Joiarib, and for Elnathan, men of understanding.
And Jehoiakim the king sent men into Egypt, namely, Elnathan the son of Achbor, and certain men with him into Egypt.
First 5 linked usage excerpts for Strong's H494.
Jehoiachin was eighteen years old when he began to reign, and he reigned in Jerusalem three months. And his mother's name was Nehushta, the daughter of Elnathan of Jerusalem.
Then sent I for Eliezer, for Ariel, for Shemaiah, and for Elnathan, and for Jarib, and for Elnathan, and for Nathan, and for Zechariah, and for Meshullam, chief men; also for Joiarib, and for Elnathan, men of understanding.
And Jehoiakim the king sent men into Egypt, namely, Elnathan the son of Achbor, and certain men with him into Egypt.
Then he went down into the king's house, into the scribe's chamber: and, lo, all the princes sat there, even Elishama the scribe, and Delaiah the son of Shemaiah, and Elnathan the son of Achbor, and Gemariah the son of Shaphan, and Zedekiah the son of Hananiah, and all the princes.
Nevertheless Elnathan and Delaiah and Gemariah had made intercession to the king that he would not burn the roll: but he would not hear them.
Every indexed verse link for Strong's H494, grouped by book.
Elnathan (Strong's H494) is a Hebrew word most simply glossed "Elnathan". Elnathan (el-naw-thawn') n/p. 1. God (is the) giver 2. Elnathan, the name of four Israelites
This page currently indexes 5 linked usages for Strong's H494 across 3 books.
Use the linked verse references on this page to study Strong's H494 in context. The indexed coverage includes Old Testament.
The visible usage excerpts most often surface English words such as elnathan. These are scanning signals from the displayed verses, not replacements for the original-language definition.