# H494 אֶלְנָתָן

אֶלְנָתָן (ʼElnâthân), Strong’s H494: Elnathan, the name of four Israelites KJV: Elnathan.. Occurs 7 times.

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*ʼElnâthân* — Elnathan, the name of four Israelites

KJV: Elnathan.

Built from [אֵל ʼêl](https://besorah.bible/word/H410) (strength) + [נָתַן nâthan](https://besorah.bible/word/H5414) (to give) — means “God (is the) giver”

Occurs 7 times.

## Brown–Driver–Briggs
- אֶלְנָתָן (God has given)
- a the grandfather of Jehoiakim
- b Levites of the time of Ezra

## Where it occurs
- [2 Kings 24:8](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/2-kings/24?v=8) — Jehoiachin was eighteen years old when he began to reign, and he reigned in Jerusalem three months. His mother’s name…
- [Jeremiah 26:22](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/jeremiah/26?v=22) — Then Jehoiakim the king sent Elnathan the son of Achbor and certain men with him into Egypt.
- [Jeremiah 36:12](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/jeremiah/36?v=12) — he went down into the king’s house, into the scribe’s room; and behold, all the princes were sitting there, Elishama…
- [Jeremiah 36:25](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/jeremiah/36?v=25) — Moreover Elnathan and Delaiah and Gemariah had made intercession to the king that he would not burn the scroll; but he…
- [Ezra 8:16](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/ezra/8?v=16) — Then I sent for Eliezer, for Ariel, for Shemaiah, for Elnathan, for Jarib, for Elnathan, for Nathan, for Zechariah, and…