Biblical Proper Names: Biographies

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Elkan

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Elkan ♂ Mainly Jewish: shortened form of the Hebrew name Elkanah ‘possessed by God’, borne in the Bible by several people, including the father of the prophet Samuel (1 Samuel 1:1).

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Elkanah

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Elkanah , in the Bible. 1 Husband of Hannah and father of Samuel. 2 Head of a Levitical family. 3 Officer of Ahaz's household. 4 Doorkeeper of the Ark of the Covenant.

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