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elkanah
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What does elkanah mean?
proper noun
- Any of several minor characters in the Old Testament, including the father of Samuel.
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proper noun
- (rare) A male given name from Hebrew of Biblical origin.
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Typical is the fact that the Venerable Bede contributed to it the doctrine that, in the text mentioning Elkanah and his two wives, Elkanah means Christ and the two wives the Synagogue and the Church.
And from thence there is three journeys to Jerusalem: and men go by the province of Galilee by Ramath, by Sothim and by the high hill of Ephraim, where Elkanah and Hannah the mother of Samuel the prophet dwelled.