# H445 אֶלְחָנָן

אֶלְחָנָן (ʼElchânân), Strong’s H445: Elchanan, an Israelite KJV: Elkanan.. Occurs 4 times.

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*ʼElchânân* — Elchanan, an Israelite

KJV: Elkanan.

Built from [אֵל ʼêl](https://besorah.bible/word/H410) (strength) + [חָנַן chânan](https://besorah.bible/word/H2603) (to bend or stoop in kindness to an inferi) — means “God (is) gracious”

Occurs 4 times.

## Brown–Driver–Briggs
- אֶלְחָנָן n.pr.m. (God has been gracious) two of David’s chiefs

## Where it occurs
- [2 Samuel 21:19](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/2-samuel/21?v=19) — There was again war with the Philistines at Gob, and Elhanan the son of Jaare-Oregim the Bethlehemite killed Goliath…
- [2 Samuel 23:24](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/2-samuel/23?v=24) — Asahel the brother of Joab was one of the thirty: Elhanan the son of Dodo of Bethlehem,
- [1 Chronicles 11:26](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/1-chronicles/11?v=26) — The mighty men of the armies also include Asahel the brother of Joab, Elhanan the son of Dodo of Bethlehem,
- [1 Chronicles 20:5](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/1-chronicles/20?v=5) — Again there was war with the Philistines; and Elhanan the son of Jair killed Lahmi the brother of Goliath the Gittite…