Elkanah

Elkanah ĕl´kānə, ĕlkā´nə [key], in the Bible. 1Husband of Hannah and father of Samuel. 2Head of a Levitical family. 3Officer of Ahaz's household. 4Doorkeeper of the Ark of the Covenant.

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