King James Bible
King James Version (KJV)
STRONGS NUMBER H494
Transliteration: Elnathan
Phonetic Spelling: (el-naw-thawn')
Part of Speech: Proper Name Masculine
Short Definition: "God has given", the name of several Israelites
Meaning: Elnathan -- "God has given", the name of several Israelites
Word Summary
Elnathan: "God has given", the name of several Israelites
Original Word: אֶלְנָתָןTransliteration: Elnathan
Phonetic Spelling: (el-naw-thawn')
Part of Speech: Proper Name Masculine
Short Definition: "God has given", the name of several Israelites
Meaning: Elnathan -- "God has given", the name of several Israelites
Strong's Concordance
Elnathan From 'el and nathan; God (is the) giver; Elnathan, the name of four Israelites -- Elnathan.
see HEBREW 'el
see HEBREW nathan
Brown-Driver-Briggs
H494. Elnathan
אֶלְנָתָן (God has given, compare נְתַנְאֵל, & Assyrian Ilu-iddin DlPr 207, Phoenician יתנבעל בעליתן,, Palmyrene והבלת עתנתן,, VogPal 30 & p. 31 f, Nabataean קסנתן והבאל, EutNab 12, 1, Sabean אלוהב והבאל, 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; 36:12, 25 (?).
b. Levites of the time of Ezra Ezra 8:16 (3 t. in verse).