Hebrew word · H494

אֶלְנָתָן

'elnatan

Elnathan

Appears 7 times in 5 verses of the Hebrew Old Testament.

What it means

A man living at the time of Divided Monarchy, first mentioned at Jer.26.22;

son of: Achbor (H5907H)

§ Elnathan = "God has given"

1) king Jehoiachin's maternal grandfather

2) three chief men in Ezra's time

3) son of Achbor, a military commander under Jehoiakim

Abridged from Brown, Driver and Briggs, A Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), via STEPBible.org (CC BY 4.0).

Where it appears

2 Kings · 1

  1. 2 Kings 24:8 אֶלְנָתָ֖ן Elnathan

    Jehoiachin was eighteen years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem three months. His mother’s name was Nehushta daughter of Elnathan; she was from Jerusalem.

Ezra · 3

  1. Ezra 8:16 וּלְאֶלְנָתָ֨ן וּלְאֶלְנָתָ֧ן וּלְאֶלְנָתָ֖ן and for Elnathan

    Then I summoned the leaders: Eliezer, Ariel, Shemaiah, Elnathan, Jarib, Elnathan, Nathan, Zechariah, and Meshullam, as well as the teachers Joiarib and Elnathan.

Jeremiah · 3

  1. Jeremiah 26:22 אֶלְנָתָ֧ן Elnathan

    Then King Jehoiakim sent men to Egypt: Elnathan son of Achbor along with some other men.

  2. Jeremiah 36:12 וְאֶלְנָתָ֨ן and Elnathan

    he went down to the scribe’s chamber in the king’s palace, where all the officials were sitting: Elishama the scribe, Delaiah son of Shemaiah, Elnathan son of Achbor, Gemariah son of Shaphan, Zedekiah son of Hananiah, and all the other officials.

  3. Jeremiah 36:25 אֶלְנָתָ֨ן Elnathan

    Even though Elnathan, Delaiah, and Gemariah urged the king not to burn the scroll, he would not listen to them.

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