Bible Names

Elkanah: meaning of the name

Elkanah means “God the zealous; the zeal of God.”
Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (1869)boy name

Elkanah in Hebrew and Greek

אֶלְקָנָה H511

ʼElqânâh (el-kaw-naw') — Elkanah, the name of several Israelites

from H410 (אֵל) and H7069 (קָנָה); God has obtained;

People named Elkanah in the Bible

Elkanah in Scripture

“Elkanah” appears in 20 verses of the King James Version; here are the first 8.

  • Exodus 6:24

    And the sons of Korah; Assir, and Elkanah, and Abiasaph: these are the families of the Korhites.

  • 1 Samuel 1:1

    Now there was a certain man of Ramathaim–zophim, of mount Ephraim, and his name was Elkanah, the son of Jeroham, the son of Elihu, the son of Tohu, the son of Zuph, an Ephrathite:

  • 1 Samuel 1:4

    And when the time was that Elkanah offered, he gave to Peninnah his wife, and to all her sons and her daughters, portions:

  • 1 Samuel 1:8

    Then said Elkanah her husband to her, Hannah, why weepest thou? and why eatest thou not? and why is thy heart grieved? am not I better to thee than ten sons?

  • 1 Samuel 1:19

    And they rose up in the morning early, and worshipped before the Lord, and returned, and came to their house to Ramah: and Elkanah knew Hannah his wife; and the Lord remembered her.

  • 1 Samuel 1:21

    And the man Elkanah, and all his house, went up to offer unto the Lord the yearly sacrifice, and his vow.

  • 1 Samuel 1:23

    And Elkanah her husband said unto her, Do what seemeth thee good; tarry until thou have weaned him; only the Lord establish his word. So the woman abode, and gave her son suck until she weaned him.

  • 1 Samuel 2:11

    And Elkanah went to Ramah to his house. And the child did minister unto the Lord before Eli the priest.