BIBLE DICTIONARY + WORD STUDY
How to read this: there is rarely one magic “true meaning” hidden behind an English word. A lexicon records a word’s semantic range. The intended meaning is narrowed by grammar, sentence, author, historical usage and context.
HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H494
el.na.tan — Elnathan
A man living at the time of Divided Monarchy, only mentioned at 2Ki.24.8; father of: Nehushta (H5179) § Elnathan = "God has given" 1) king Jehoiachin's maternal grandfather 2) three chief men in Ezra's time 3) son of Achbor, a military commander under Jehoiakim
5 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H5179
ne.chush.ta — Nehushta
A woman living at the time of Divided Monarchy, only mentioned at 2Ki.24.8; daughter of: Elnathan (H0494); married to Jehoiakim (H3079); mother of: Jehoiachin (H3078) § Nehushta = "brass" daughter of Elnathan, wife of king Jehoiakim of Judah and mother of king Jehoiachin of Judah
1 tagged verse occurrence · see every occurrence →Whom God has given. (1.) An inhabitant of Jerusalem, the father of Nehushta, who was the mother of king Jehoiachin (2 Kings 24:8). Probably the same who tried to prevent Jehoiakim from burning the roll of Jeremiah’s prophecies (Jer. 26:22; 36:12). (2.) Ezra 8:16.
Source: Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897). Historical dictionary wording reflects the scholarship and language of its era.
