Bible Person
Meaning: God hath given; the gift of God · Male · 1 cross reference
This Elnathan entry refers to one of the leaders summoned by Ezra in chapter 8, not to the father of Nehushta or the other men of the same name in the same verse. He belongs to the practical leadership supporting the return mission. First appears in Ezra 8:16.1
AI summary: This Elnathan matters because his single cross reference places him among the men Ezra gathers to help address the lack of Levites for the journey. The entry shows that restoration required named leaders able to act on practical needs. Taken together, the material presents this Elnathan as a leader in the return-from-exile mission.1
Central Figure
Elnathan
Meaning: God hath given; the gift of God
| Book | Cross-References |
|---|---|
| Ezra |
Figure1: A table of cross references between the selected passage and other passages (Data from Robert Rouse, “Theographic Bible Information,” Theographic-Bible-Metadata, 2020, https://github.com/robertrouse/theographic-bible-metadata.)
AI-assisted summary prepared for ai-BIBLE and stored as page content, based on dictionary material, person metadata, and linked Bible cross references.
Alistair de Blacquiere-Clarkson, “ai-BIBLE Bible Names JSON Factsheet Aggregating Material from Smith’s Bible Dictionary & Hitcocks’s New and Complete Analysis of the Bible.” ai-BIBLE electronic edition, version 1.0.
M.G.Easton, Illustrated Bible Dictionary, ai-BIBLE electronic edition, version 1.0.
Robert Rouse, “Theographic Bible Information,” Theographic-Bible-Metadata, 2020, https://github.com/robertrouse/theographic-bible-metadata.