# H511 אֶלְקָנָה

אֶלְקָנָה (ʼElqânâh), Strong’s H511: Elkanah, the name of several Israelites KJV: Elkanah.. Occurs 21 times.

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*ʼElqânâh* — Elkanah, the name of several Israelites

KJV: Elkanah.

Built from [אֵל ʼêl](https://besorah.bible/word/H410) (strength) + [קָנָה qânâh](https://besorah.bible/word/H7069) (to erect, i.e. create) — means “God has obtained”

Occurs 21 times.

## Brown–Driver–Briggs
- אֶלְקָנָה n.pr.m. (God has created, or taken possession)
- a father of Samuel
- b son of Korah
- c a ruler in Jerusalem in the time of Ahaz
- d one of David’s warriors
- e several Levites

## Where it occurs
- [Exodus 6:24](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/exodus/6?v=24) — The sons of Korah: Assir, Elkanah, and Abiasaph; these are the families of the Korahites.
- [1 Samuel 1:1](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/1-samuel/1?v=1) — Now there was a certain man of Ramathaim Zophim, of the hill country of Ephraim, and his name was Elkanah, the son of…
- [1 Samuel 1:4](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/1-samuel/1?v=4) — When the day came that Elkanah sacrificed, he gave portions to Peninnah his wife and to all her sons and her daughters;
- [1 Samuel 1:8](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/1-samuel/1?v=8) — Elkanah her husband said to her, “Hannah, why do you weep? Why don’t you eat? Why is your heart grieved? Am I not…
- [1 Samuel 1:19](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/1-samuel/1?v=19) — They rose up in the morning early and worshiped the LORD, then returned and came to their house to Ramah. Then Elkanah…
- [1 Samuel 1:21](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/1-samuel/1?v=21) — The man Elkanah, and all his house, went up to offer to the LORD the yearly sacrifice and his vow.
- [1 Samuel 1:23](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/1-samuel/1?v=23) — Elkanah her husband said to her, “Do what seems good to you. Wait until you have weaned him; only may the LORD…
- [1 Samuel 2:11](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/1-samuel/2?v=11) — Elkanah went to Ramah to his house. The child served the LORD before Eli the priest.
- [1 Samuel 2:20](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/1-samuel/2?v=20) — Eli blessed Elkanah and his wife, and said, “May the LORD give you offspring from this woman for the petition which was…
- [1 Chronicles 6:8](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/1-chronicles/6?v=8) — Elkanah his son, Ebiasaph his son, Assir his son,