אֶלְנָתָן
Transliteration
'elnāṯān
Pronunciation
el-naw-thawn'
Part of Speech
proper masculine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
From אֵל (H410) and נָתַן (H5414)
Strong’s Definitions

אֶלְנָתָן ʼElnâthân, el-naw-thawn'; from H410 and H5414; God (is the) giver; Elnathan, the name of four Israelites:—Elnathan.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 7x

The KJV translates Strong's H494 in the following manner: Elnathan (7x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 7x
The KJV translates Strong's H494 in the following manner: Elnathan (7x).

  1. 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

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
אֶלְנָתָן ʼElnâthân, el-naw-thawn'; from H410 and H5414; God (is the) giver; Elnathan, the name of four Israelites:—Elnathan.
STRONGS H494: Abbreviations
† אֶלְנָתָן (God has given, compare נְתַנְאֵל, & Assyrian Ilu-iddin DlPr 207, Phoenician בעליתן, יתנבעל, Palmyrene עתנתן, והבלת, VogPal 30 & p. 31 f, Nabataean והבאל, קסנתן EutNab 12, 1, Sabean והבאל, אלוהב DHMZMG 1883, 15. 361. 388 CISiv.1,1.2.6, Theodore, Diodate).
a. the grandfather of Jehoiakim 2 Kings 24:8; compare Jeremiah 26:22; Jeremiah 36:12, 25 (?).
b. Levites of the time of Ezra Ezra 8:16 (3 times in verse).
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

2 Kings

24:8

Ezra

8:16

Jeremiah

26:22; 36:12; 36:25