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Tuesday, November 4th, 2025
the Week of Proper 26 / Ordinary 31
the Week of Proper 26 / Ordinary 31
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Bible Lexicons
Old Testament Hebrew Lexical Dictionary Hebrew Lexicon
Strong's #494 - אֶלְנָתָן
Transliteration
ʼElnâthân
Phonetics
el-naw-thawn'
Parts of Speech
proper masculine noun
TWOT
None
Definition
- Brown-Driver-Briggs
- Strong
Brown-Driver-Briggs' Definition
- Elnathan = "God has given"
- king Jehoiachin´s maternal grandfather
- three chief men in Ezra´s time
- son of Achbor, a military commander under Jehoiakim
Frequency Lists
- Book
- Word
Verse Results
ASV (6)
2 Kings
1
Ezra
3
Jeremiah
2
BSB (7)
2 Kings
1
Ezra
3
Jeremiah
3
CSB (7)
2 Kings
1
Ezra
3
Jeremiah
3
ESV (8)
2 Kings
2
Ezra
3
Jeremiah
3
KJV (7)
2 Kings
1
Ezra
3
Jeremiah
3
LEB (7)
2 Kings
1
Ezra
3
Jeremiah
3
LSB (7)
2 Kings
1
Ezra
3
Jeremiah
3
N95 (7)
2 Kings
1
Ezra
3
Jeremiah
3
NAS (7)
2 Kings
1
Ezra
3
Jeremiah
3
NLT (0)
The World English Bible
did not use
this Strong's Number
did not use
this Strong's Number
WEB (7)
2 Kings
1
Ezra
3
Jeremiah
3
Brown-Driver-Briggs Expanded Definition
אֶלְנָתָן ( God has given, compare נְתַנְאֵל, & Assyrian Ilu-iddin Dl Proverbs 207, Phoenician בעליתן, יתנבעל, Palmyrene עתנתן, והבלת, Vog Pal 30 & p. 31 f, Nabataean והבאל, קסנתן Eut Nab 12,1, Sabean והבאל, אלוהב DHM ZMG 1883,15. 361. 388 CIS iv.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 (3t. in verse).
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.All rights reserved. Used by permission. BibleSoft.com
Gesenius' Hebrew and Chaldee Definition
אֶלְנָתָן (“whom God gave,” compare יוֹנָתָן, as if Theodorus, Adeodatus), [Elnathan], pr.n.m.
(1) the grandfather of king Jehoiachin, 2 Kings 24:8, perhaps the same who is mentioned Jeremiah 26:22, 36:12, 25 Jeremiah 36:25.
(2) three Levites in the time of Ezra, Ezra 8:16.
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List of Word Forms
אֶלְנָתָ֖ן אֶלְנָתָ֧ן אֶלְנָתָ֨ן אלנתן וְאֶלְנָתָ֨ן וּלְאֶלְנָתָ֖ן וּלְאֶלְנָתָ֧ן וּלְאֶלְנָתָ֨ן ואלנתן ולאלנתן ’el·nā·ṯān ’elnāṯān elnaTan ū·lə·’el·nā·ṯān ūlə’elnāṯān uleelnaTan veelnaTan wə’elnāṯān wə·’el·nā·ṯān
