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Elkanah (name)
Elkanah is a figure in the First Book of Samuel, the husband of Hannah and father of Samuel. Elkanah may also refer to: * A Levite, ancestor of a certain Berechiah. (1 Chronicles 9: 16) * A Levite, son of the rebellious Korah and brother of Abiasaph. (Exodus 6: 24) * A Levite, descendant of Korah, who "came to David at Ziklag while he was still under restrictions because of Saul". (1 Chronicles chapter 12) * A Levite, descendant from Korah through Abiasaph, mentioned as the great grandfather of the next. (1 Chronicles chapter 6) * A Levite, mentioned as the great great great grandfather of Elkanah, Samuel's father. * One of the gatekeepers of the Ark of the Covenant, when David transferred it to Jerusalem. (1 Chronicles chapter 15) * An official in king Ahaz' court. (2 Chronicles chapter 28) See also Elkana or Elqana, a Jewish settlement in the northern West Bank. ''Elkanah/Elkana'' can also be a surname or a male forename. Some notable people with the first name Elkanah: * Elka ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Elkanah
Elkanah ( ''’Ĕlqānā'' "El (deity), El has purchased") was, according to the Books of Samuel, First Book of Samuel, the husband of Hannah (biblical figure), Hannah, and the father of her children including her first, Samuel. Elkanah practiced polygamy; his other wife, less favoured but bearing more children, was named Peninnah. The names of Elkanah's other children apart from Samuel are not given. Elkanah plays only a minor role in the narrative, and is mostly a supporting character to Eli (biblical figure), Eli, Hannah, and Samuel. Lineage According to 1 Samuel 1, Elkanah was the son of Jeroham, who was the son of Elihu, who was the son of Tohu, who was the son of Zuph. He is described as having originated from Zuph, specifically Ramathaim-Zophim, which was part of the tribal lands of Ephraim. While he is called an Ephraimite in 1 Samuel, the Books of Chronicles state that he was a Levite. Elkanah lived in the Mount of Ephraim, mountains of Ephraim (1 Chronicles 6:16-30, 33 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Elkanah Settle
Elkanah Settle (1 February 1648 – 12 February 1724) was an English poet and playwright. Biography He was born at Dunstable, and entered Trinity College, Oxford, in 1666, but left without taking a degree. His first tragedy, '' Cambyses, King of Persia'', was produced at Lincoln's Inn Fields in 1667. The success of this play led the Earl of Rochester to encourage the new writer as a rival to John Dryden. Through his influence, Settle's '' The Empress of Morocco'' (1673) was twice performed at Whitehall, and proved a great success. It is said by John Dennis to have been "the first play that was ever sold in England for two shillings, and the first play that was ever printed with cuts." These illustrations represent scenes in the theatre, and make the book very valuable. The play was printed with a preface to the Earl of Norwich, in which Settle described with scorn the effusive dedications of other dramatic poets. Dryden was obviously aimed at, and he co-operated with John C ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Elkanah Kelsey Dare
Elkanah Kelsey Dare (15 January 1782 – 26 August 1826) was a Mid-Atlantic schoolteacher, composer of music, and Presbyterian minister. He was among the first American composers who published music in shape notes. Life Elkanah Kelsey Dare was born in Salem, New Jersey, the son of Benoni Dare (1749-1802) and Damaris Kelsey (1748-1788). In 1804, he married Mary Shallcross Phillips (1785-1841), and they had ten children. They moved to Wilmington, Delaware some time before 1809, and to Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, before 1818. Dare joined the Presbyterian church in Greenwich, Cumberland County, New Jersey, at age 23. Dare was hired by the Harrisburg printer John Wyeth as music editor for ''Wyeth's Repository of Sacred Music, Part Second'' (1813), where he is mentioned as being "late of Wilmington College,"John Wyeth, preface to "On the Genera of Music" in ''Wyeth's Repository of Sacred Music, Part Second'' Irving Lowens, ed. (New York: Da Capo Press, 1964), p. 3. so this may have ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Elkanah Tisdale
Elkanah Tisdale (1768 – May 1, 1835) was an American engraver, miniature painter and cartoonist. He was known for the famous cartoon "The Gerry-Mander", published in the ''Boston Gazette'' on March 26, 1812, which led to the coining of the term gerrymandering. Biography Elkanah Tisdale was born in 1768 in Lebanon, Connecticut. His father ran a wagon shop in Lebanon before moving to New York City in 1794, and Elkanah probably worked for him as a carriage painter. Tisdale was based in New York from 1794 to 1798, where he described himself as "Engraver and miniature painter". After 1798 he called himself a miniature painter. Some sources say that he met Benjamin Trott in 1798, and the two friends left New York and stayed in Albany for a few months to avoid an epidemic of yellow fever. From that time he alternated between Connecticut and New York City. In 1798 he founded the Hartford Engraving Company in Hartford, Connecticut. He joined the Graphic Co. in Hartford, an ass ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Elkanah Onyeali
Elkanah Bollington Onyeali (7 June 1939 – 11 August 2008) was a Nigerian professional footballer who played as a centre forward for Tranmere Rovers, scoring 8 goals in 13 games in the Football League during the 1960–61 season. Onyeali was one of the first African players to play in England, and the first black player to play professionally on Merseyside Merseyside ( ) is a ceremonial counties of England, ceremonial and metropolitan county in North West England. It borders Lancashire to the north, Greater Manchester to the east, Cheshire to the south, the Wales, Welsh county of Flintshire across .... He came to England in 1960, to study at Birkenhead Technical College, and was offered a contract by local club Tranmere Rovers. However, he was released after one season as the new manager did not want to accommodate a part-time player. Both before and after coming to England, he also played for the Nigeria national team, scoring 11 goals in as many games between 1959 and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Elkanah Young
Elkanah Young (c. 1800 – April 13, 1876) was a merchant and political figure in Nova Scotia, Canada. He represented Falmouth township from 1843 to 1847 and from 1851 to 1855 and Hants County from 1867 to 1871 as a Liberal-Conservative member in the Nova Scotia House of Assembly. He was born in Falmouth, Nova Scotia Falmouth ( ) is an unincorporated community in the Canadian province of Nova Scotia, located along the Avon River in Hants County between Mount Denson and Windsor. History Falmouth and the surrounding area was known as Pisiquid by the Ac ..., the son of William Young. Young married Charlotte Spurr. He was director for the Avon Marine Insurance Company. He died at the age of 72 in Falmouth. References * ''A Directory of the Members of the Legislative Assembly of Nova Scotia, 1758-1958'', Public Archives of Nova Scotia (1958) 1876 deaths Progressive Conservative Association of Nova Scotia MLAs Year of birth uncertain 19th-century members of the N ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Elkanah Greer
Elkanah Brackin (or Bracken) Greer (October 11, 1825 – March 25, 1877) was an antebellum cotton planter, merchant, and then a general in the Confederate States Army who served in the Western Theater of the American Civil War. Biography Greer was born in Paris, Tennessee. He moved to Mississippi as a young man and took part in the Mexican–American War The Mexican–American War (Spanish language, Spanish: ''guerra de Estados Unidos-México, guerra mexicano-estadounidense''), also known in the United States as the Mexican War, and in Mexico as the United States intervention in Mexico, ... as a member of the 155th Infantry Regiment (United States), 1st Mississippi Rifles, whose Colonel (United States), colonel was future President of the Confederate States of America, Confederate President Jefferson Davis. He participated in the battles of Battle of Monterrey, Monterrey and Battle of Buena Vista, Buena Vista. In 1848, Greer moved to Marshall, Texas, where he establ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
