Elqanah means “Elkanah” — full meaning, definition, and every linked Bible usage across the indexed canon.
Same number, other testament: Strong's G511 — anoteros (“above”) in the Greek Bible.
Strong's H511 אֶלקָנָה (Elqanah) is a Hebrew Strong's word-study entry. Elqanah (el-kaw-naw') n/p. 1. God has obtained 2. Elkanah, the name of several Israelites It has 20 linked Bible usages across 4 books. Visible English usage signals include elkanah. Indexed coverage on this page includes Old Testament.
Elqanah (el-kaw-naw') n/p. 1. God has obtained 2. Elkanah, the name of several Israelites [from H410 and H7069] KJV: Elkanah. Root(s): H410, H7069
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Elkanah
Usage: A man of the tribe of Levi living at the time of Egypt and Wilderness, first mentioned at Exo.6.24; son of: Korah (H7141I); brother of: Assir (H0617) and Ebiasaph (H0043) § 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
The English word each shown verse actually uses to render Elqanah, 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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20 indexed usages in Old Testament.
And the sons of Korah; Assir, and Elkanah, and Abiasaph: these are the families of the Korhites.
Now there was a certain man of Ramathaimzophim, of mount Ephraim, and his name was Elkanah, the son of Jeroham, the son of Elihu, the son of Tohu, the son of Zuph, an Ephrathite:
And when the time was that Elkanah offered, he gave to Peninnah his wife, and to all her sons and her daughters, portions:
First 20 linked usage excerpts for Strong's H511.
And the sons of Korah; Assir, and Elkanah, and Abiasaph: these are the families of the Korhites.
Now there was a certain man of Ramathaimzophim, of mount Ephraim, and his name was Elkanah, the son of Jeroham, the son of Elihu, the son of Tohu, the son of Zuph, an Ephrathite:
And when the time was that Elkanah offered, he gave to Peninnah his wife, and to all her sons and her daughters, portions:
Then said Elkanah her husband to her, Hannah, why weepest thou? and why eatest thou not? and why is thy heart grieved? am not I better to thee than ten sons?
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.
And the man Elkanah, and all his house, went up to offer unto the LORD the yearly sacrifice, and his vow.
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.
And Elkanah went to Ramah to his house. And the child did minister unto the LORD before Eli the priest.
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.
Elkanah his son, and Ebiasaph his son, and Assir his son,
And the sons of Elkanah; Amasai, and Ahimoth.
As for Elkanah: the sons of Elkanah; Zophai his son, and Nahath his son,
Eliab his son, Jeroham his son, Elkanah his son.
The son of Elkanah, the son of Jeroham, the son of Eliel, the son of Toah,
The son of Zuph, the son of Elkanah, the son of Mahath, the son of Amasai,
The son of Elkanah, the son of Joel, the son of Azariah, the son of Zephaniah,
And Obadiah the son of Shemaiah, the son of Galal, the son of Jeduthun, and Berechiah the son of Asa, the son of Elkanah, that dwelt in the villages of the Netophathites.
Elkanah, and Jesiah, and Azareel, and Joezer, and Jashobeam, the Korhites,
And Berechiah and Elkanah were doorkeepers for the ark.
And Zichri, a mighty man of Ephraim, slew Maaseiah the king's son, and Azrikam the governor of the house, and Elkanah that was next to the king.
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Elqanah (Strong's H511) is a Hebrew word most simply glossed "Elkanah". Elqanah (el-kaw-naw') n/p. 1. God has obtained 2. Elkanah, the name of several Israelites
This page currently indexes 20 linked usages for Strong's H511 across 4 books.
Use the linked verse references on this page to study Strong's H511 in context. The indexed coverage includes Old Testament.
The visible usage excerpts most often surface English words such as elkanah. These are scanning signals from the displayed verses, not replacements for the original-language definition.