Strong's Hebrew Concordance

H445: אֶלְחָנָן

ʼElchânân · pronounced el-khaw-nawn' · “Elhanan”

Definition

Elchanan, an Israelite

KJV translates it as: Elkanan.

Word origin: from H410 (אֵל) and H2603 (חָנַן); God (is) gracious;

Extended definition

A man living at the time of United Monarchy, first mentioned at 2Sa.21.19;
son of: Jaare-oregim (H3296)
§ Elhanan = "God has been gracious"
1) Jair's son who fought the Gittites
2) Dodo's son who was a chief of David

Brief lexicon based on BDB via STEPBible TBESH (CC BY 4.0).

How H445 is translated

  • elhanan ×4

Bible verses with H445 (ʼElchânân)

ʼelchânân appears in 4 verses.

  • 2 Samuel 21:19

    And there was again a battle in Gob with the Philistines, where Elhanan the son of Jaare–oregim, a Beth–lehemite, slew the brother of Goliath the Gittite, the staff of whose spear was like a weaver’s beam.

  • 2 Samuel 23:24

    Asahel the brother of Joab was one of the thirty; Elhanan the son of Dodo of Beth–lehem,

  • 1 Chronicles 11:26

    Also the valiant men of the armies were, Asahel the brother of Joab, Elhanan the son of Dodo of Beth–lehem,

  • 1 Chronicles 20:5

    And there was war again with the Philistines; and Elhanan the son of Jair slew Lahmi the brother of Goliath the Gittite, whose spear staff was like a weaver’s beam.