Elhanan
אֶלְחָנָןStrong’s H0445elchanan (el-cha-nan)
Appears in 4 verses of the Old Testament
In short
Elchanan is the Hebrew word usually translated “elhanan”. It appears in 4 verses of the Old Testament.
“And there was again a battle in Gob with the Philistines, where Elhanan the son of Jaareoregim, a Bethlehemite, slew the brother of Goliath the Gittite, the staff of whose spear was like a weaver’s beam.”
Meaning
- Jair's son who fought the Gittites
- Dodo's son who was a chief of David
- Jair's son who fought the Gittites
- Dodo's son who was a chief of David
How it's translated
- elhanan 4
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- 2 Samuel 2
- 1 Chronicles 2
2 books in all.
Explore in Scripture
- 2 Samuel 23:24Asahel the brother of Joab was one of the thirty; Elhanan the son of Dodo of Bethlehem,
- 1 Chronicles 11:26Also the valiant men of the armies were, Asahel the brother of Joab, Elhanan the son of Dodo of Bethlehem,
- 1 Chronicles 20:5And 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.
Hebrew dictionary
אֶלְחָנָן elchanan · Elhanan
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
אֶלְחָנָן elchanan · Elhanan
A man living at the time of United Monarchy, first mentioned at 2Sa.23.24; son of: Dodo (H1734I) § Elhanan = "God has been gracious" 1) Jair's son who fought the Gittites 2) Dodo's son who was a chief of David
From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).
Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Hebrew, not from any one translation.