H0494 H0494
Elnathan ('God has given'), a proper name for Jehoiakim's grandfather and Levites in Ezra's time.
A masculine proper name meaning 'God has given,' the mirror-image of Nethanel ('given of God'). The most prominent Elnathan is the son of Achbor, grandfather of King Jehoiakim (2 Kgs 24:8), who appears in Jeremiah as a court official sent to retrieve the prophet Uriah from Egypt (Jer 26:22) and as one present at the reading of Jeremiah's scroll (Jer 36:12, 25). Three men named Elnathan are also listed among the leaders Ezra summoned before the return from Babylon (Ezra 8:16). The theophoric name has Akkadian, Phoenician, and Palmyrene parallels, underscoring its wide Semitic currency.
Senses
1. Elnathan (proper name) — The proper name Elnathan ('God has given'), identifying two or more individuals: (a) Elnathan son of Achbor, a Judean official and grandfather of King Jehoiakim (2 Kgs 24:8), who was sent to extradite Uriah from Egypt (Jer 26:22) and was present at the burning of Jeremiah's scroll (Jer 36:12, 25); (b) three leaders (possibly Levites) whom Ezra summoned at the river Ahava before the return to Jerusalem (Ezra 8:16). Cognate theophoric names in Akkadian (Ilu-iddin) and Phoenician confirm the pan-Semitic pattern. 7×
AR["أَلْنَاثَانُ", "إِلْنَاتَانَ", "إِلْنَاثَانَ", "وَ-إِلَى-أَلْناثان", "وَأَلْنَاثَانُ"]·ben["আর-ইলনাথনকে", "ইলনাথন", "ইল্নাথনের", "এবং-ইলনাথন"]·DE["Elnatan", "[אלנתן]", "[ואלנתן]", "[ולאלנתן]"]·EN["Elnatan", "and-Elnatan", "and-for-Elnatan"]·FR["Elnatan", "[אלנתן]", "[ואלנתן]", "[ולאלנתן]"]·heb["אלנתן", "ו-אלנתן", "ו-ל-אלנתן"]·HI["एलनातान", "एल्नातान", "और-एलनातान", "और-एल्नातान-को"]·ID["Elnatan", "dan-Elnatan", "dan-kepada-Elnatan"]·IT["Elnatan", "[אלנתן]", "[ואלנתן]", "e-Elnatan"]·jav["lan-dhateng-Elnatan", "lan-Èlnatan", "Èlnatan"]·KO["그리고-로-엘라단", "그리고-엨나탄이", "엘나단을", "엘나탄의", "엨나탄과"]·PT["Elnatan", "e-Elnatan", "e-a-Elnatan"]·RU["Элнафан", "Эльнатана", "и-Элнафан", "и-за-Элнатаном"]·ES["Elnatan", "Elnatán", "y-Elnatan", "y-a-Elnatan"]·SW["Elnatani", "Elnathani", "na-Elnathani"]·TR["Elnatan", "Elnatan'ı", "Elnatan'ın", "ve-Elnatan", "ve-Elnatana"]·urd["الناتان", "النتان", "اور-النتان", "اور-اِلناتان-کو"]
Related Senses
G3588 1. definite article (18298×)H0853 1. definite direct object marker (10915×)G2532 1. (8312×)H3068 1. YHWH (the divine name) (6522×)H0834a 1. relative pronoun (who/which/that) (4839×)H3588a 1. causal: because, for (3498×)G1161 1. and (2806×)H3478 1. Israel (proper name and nation) (2507×)G4771 1. you (plural address) (1853×)H1931 1. personal pronoun he/she/it (1431×)G3739 1. relative pronoun who/which/that (1149×)H1732 1. David (proper name) (1075×)H2088 1. this, this one (demonstrative) (1059×)G1063 1. (1047×)G3778 1. this thing, these things (1003×)H???? 2. (1002×)G2424 1. (924×)G3754 1. that (content clause) (881×)H2009 1. presentative particle: behold, look (881×)H0589 1. I (first person singular pronoun) (874×)
BDB / Lexicon Reference
† אֶלְנָתָן (God has given, cf. נְתַנְאֵל, & Assyrian Ilu-iddin DlPr 207, Ph. בעליתן, יתנבעל, Palm. עתנתן, והבלת VogPal. 30 & p. 31 f, Nab. והבאל, קסנתן EutNab12, 1, Sab. והבאל, אלוהב DHMZMG 1883, 15, 361, 388 CISiv. 1, 1.2.6, Theodore, Diodate). a. the grandfather of Jehoiakim 2 K 24:8; cf. Je 26:22; 36:12, 25(?). b. Levites of the time of Ezra Ezr 8:16(×3).