Definition

Elchanan, an Israelite

Etymology

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

Where the KJV renders it

• Elkanan

Every distinct English word the King James Version uses to translate this Hebrew term. The variety shows what readers in English receive across many different surface words — the same underlying word, scattered across the English Bible under different names.

What the first audience heard

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