Bible Names

Elnathan: meaning of the name

Elnathan means “God hath given; the gift of God.”
Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (1869)boy name

Elnathan in Hebrew and Greek

אֶלְנָתָן H494

ʼElnâthân (el-naw-thawn') — Elnathan, the name of four Israelites

from H410 (אֵל) and H5414 (נָתַן); God (is the) giver;

People named Elnathan in the Bible

Elnathan in Scripture

“Elnathan” appears in 5 verses of the King James Version.

  • 2 Kings 24:8

    Jehoiachin was eighteen years old when he began to reign, and he reigned in Jerusalem three months. And his mother’s name was Nehushta, the daughter of Elnathan of Jerusalem.

  • Ezra 8:16

    Then sent I for Eliezer, for Ariel, for Shemaiah, and for Elnathan, and for Jarib, and for Elnathan, and for Nathan, and for Zechariah, and for Meshullam, chief men; also for Joiarib, and for Elnathan, men of understanding.

  • Jeremiah 26:22

    And Jehoiakim the king sent men into Egypt, namely, Elnathan the son of Achbor, and certain men with him into Egypt.

  • Jeremiah 36:12

    Then he went down into the king’s house, into the scribe’s chamber: and, lo, all the princes sat there, even Elishama the scribe, and Delaiah the son of Shemaiah, and Elnathan the son of Achbor, and Gemariah the son of Shaphan, and Zedekiah the son of Hananiah, and all the princes.

  • Jeremiah 36:25

    Nevertheless Elnathan and Delaiah and Gemariah had made intercession to the king that he would not burn the roll: but he would not hear them.