How to Pronounce Elkanah
el-KAY-nuh
Elkanah is pronounced el-KAY-nuh (ɛlˈkeɪnə): three syllables, stress on the second. Also heard: ELL-kah-nah.
What does Elkanah mean?
Elkanah means “God the zealous; the zeal of God”.
Hitchcock’s Bible Names (1869), public domain.
Who was Elkanah?
Elkanah was a man of Ramathaim-zophim in the hill country of Ephraim, husband of Hannah and Peninnah, and father of the prophet Samuel (1 Samuel 1:1). When Hannah wept over her childlessness, he asked her, am not I better to thee than ten sons (1 Samuel 1:8).
Also pronounced
ELL-kah-nah
Found in Scripture
Exodus 6:241 Samuel 1:11 Samuel 1:41 Samuel 1:81 Samuel 1:191 Samuel 1:211 Samuel 1:231 Samuel 2:111 Samuel 2:201 Chronicles 6:231 Chronicles 6:251 Chronicles 6:261 Chronicles 6:271 Chronicles 6:341 Chronicles 6:351 Chronicles 6:361 Chronicles 9:161 Chronicles 12:61 Chronicles 15:232 Chronicles 28:7
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