Strong’s
H494Proper name, a person7 times in the Hebrew BibleWhere it occurs
Translated as
In the text
- 2 Kings 24:8אֶלְנָתָן
Jehoiachin was eighteen years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem three months. His mother’s name was Nehushta daughter of Elnathan; she was from Jerusalem.
- Ezra 8:16וּלְאֶלְנָתָן
Then I summoned the leaders: Eliezer, Ariel, Shemaiah, Elnathan, Jarib, Elnathan, Nathan, Zechariah, and Meshullam, as well as the teachers Joiarib and Elnathan.
- Jeremiah 26:22אֶלְנָתָן
Then King Jehoiakim sent men to Egypt: Elnathan son of Achbor along with some other men.
Brown-Driver-Briggs
אֶלְנָתָן (God has given)
a. the grandfather of Jehoiakim
b. Levites of the time of Ezra
Sources: Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906, public domain) from the Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon (CC BY 4.0), glosses from STEPBible TBESH (CC BY 4.0); STEPBible TAHOT (Hebrew Bible, Leningrad Codex, CC BY 4.0); the Berean Standard Bible (public domain). Reformatted by Word Study, wording unchanged. All sources and licenses.