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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