STRONGS NUMBER H494


Word Summary
Elnathan: "God has given", the name of several Israelites
Original Word: אֶלְנָתָן
Transliteration: Elnathan
Phonetic Spelling: (el-naw-thawn')
Part of Speech: Proper Name Masculine
Short Definition: "God has given", the name of several Israelites
Meaning: Elnathan -- "God has given", the name of several Israelites
Strong's Concordance
Elnathan

From 'el and nathan; God (is the) giver; Elnathan, the name of four Israelites -- Elnathan.

see HEBREW 'el

see HEBREW nathan

Brown-Driver-Briggs

H494. Elnathan

אֶלְנָתָן‎ (God has given, compare נְתַנְאֵל‎, & Assyrian Ilu-iddin DlPr 207, Phoenician יתנבעל בעליתן,‎, Palmyrene והבלת עתנתן,‎, VogPal 30 & p. 31 f, Nabataean קסנתן והבאל,‎ EutNab 12, 1, Sabean אלוהב והבאל,‎ DHMZMG 1883, 15. 361. 388 CISiv.1, 1.2.6, Theodore, Diodate).

a. the grandfather of Jehoiakim 2 Kings 24:8; compare Jeremiah 26:22; 36:12, 25 (?).

b. Levites of the time of Ezra Ezra 8:16 (3 t. in verse).