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Name of God’s Son

ΕἸΛΚΑΝΑ, εἰλκανα

EILKANA, eilkana

Sounds Like: EEL-kah-nah

Translations: Elkanah

From the root: ΕἸΛΚΑΝΑ

Part of Speech: Proper Noun

Explanation: This is a proper noun, a masculine Hebrew name meaning 'God has created' or 'God has possessed'. It refers to several individuals in the Old Testament, most notably the father of the prophet Samuel. As a proper noun, it functions as the subject or object of a sentence, identifying a specific person.

Inflection: Singular, Nominative, Masculine

Strong’s number: G1661 (Lookup on BibleHub)


Instances

Swete's Recension of the Greek Septuagint
  • 2 Chronicles — 28:7

From the same root

No other words from the same root, ΕἸΛΚΑΝΑ, appear in our texts.

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