A name from Scripture
Elkanah
el-KAY-nuh
Meaning
God has possessed; God has created
Hebrew origin · Boy · First in Exodus
What it points to
Elkanah — 'God has created' — modeled faithful worship that became the soil for one of the Bible's greatest answers to prayer. His consistency created the conditions for Hannah's miracle.
Verses · King James Version
“Then said Elkanah her husband to her, Hannah, why weepest thou? and why eatest thou not? and why is thy heart grieved? am not I better to thee than ten sons?”
1 Samuel 1:8
“And the man Elkanah, and all his house, went up to offer unto the LORD the yearly sacrifice, and his vow.”
1 Samuel 1:21