אֶלְנָתָן
ʼElnâthân · el-naw-thawn'
Elnathan, the name of four Israelites
Lexicon
Derivation: from H410 (אֵל) and H5414 (נָתַן); God (is the) giver;
Elnathan, the name of four Israelites
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: Elnathan.
Letters
- אAlef1
Picture: ox head
- Concrete
- ox · bull · cattle
- Extended
- strength · leader · first · the one in front
- לLamed30
Picture: shepherd's staff or goad
- Concrete
- staff · goad · yoke · cattle prod
- Extended
- authority · to lead · to teach · to bind · toward
- נNun50
Picture: a sprouting seed, or a fish in water
- Concrete
- seed · sprout · fish · offspring
- Extended
- life · continuation · heir · to perpetuate
- תTav400
Picture: a crossed mark
- Concrete
- mark · sign · cross · signature
- Extended
- a covenant · to seal · to sign · the end · monument
- נNun50
Picture: a sprouting seed, or a fish in water
- Concrete
- seed · sprout · fish · offspring
- Extended
- life · continuation · heir · to perpetuate
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
strength, the leader › authority, the one who leads › the seed, life continuing › the mark, the covenant sign › the seed, life continuing
Strength, the leader of authority, the one who leads of the seed, life continuing of the mark, the covenant sign of the seed, life continuing.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of אֶלְנָתָן above is the attested meaning; this pictographic reading is a tradition about how the sign-shapes may have been heard. Both can be held at once, they are answering different questions.
Usage
7 occurrences · 7 OT · 0 NT · 7 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- and for elnathan3 · 43%
- of elnathan1 · 14%
- namely, elnathan1 · 14%
- and elnathan1 · 14%
- nevertheless elnathan1 · 14%
Inflected forms found in the text.
Counts are computed from the tagged Hebrew and Greek text aligned to the King James Version, not from an estimate.