What Does 1 Chronicles 6:27 Mean in the King James?

Eliab his son, Jeroham his son, Elkanah his son.

1 Chronicles 6:27 · KJV

The analysis reads the King James wording.

King James Version The King James Version, first published in 1611. Selah Verse shows the standard text.

THE KEY

These names turn a family line into a compressed story of God as father, compassion, and the one who acquires.

THE MEANING

This lineage speaks through names as well as descent: Eliab joins God and father, Jeroham carries the root of compassion, and Elkanah joins God with acquiring. The line holds belonging and compassion within the story of who comes after whom.

WHAT THIS UNDOES

A genealogy is only a list of biological links, and its names carry no meaning beyond identifying each person.

THE ROOT

יְרֹחָם

Jeroham

GROWS FROM

רחם

racham

To show compassion or mercy.

Jeroham carries the root of compassion, which also forms the Hebrew word for womb. That shared root links compassion with tender care and shelter, giving the name a depth that a family register alone does not show.

ALSO GROWS

rechem: Womb.

רֶחֶם

This branch connects compassion with a place of shelter and nurture.

rachamim: Compassion or mercies.

רַחֲמִים

This branch makes the compassion carried in Jeroham’s name explicit.

אֶלְקָנָה

Elkanah

GROWS FROM

קנה

qanah

To acquire or possess; in some contexts, to create.

Elkanah joins El, “God,” with qanah, “acquire” or “possess.” The name can be heard as “God has acquired,” adding the language of belonging to this succession of names.

ALSO GROWS

qoneh: Acquirer or possessor.

קֹנֵה

This form makes the acquiring sense in Elkanah’s name audible.

miqneh: Possession, property, or livestock.

מִקְנֶה

This branch shows the root extending from acquiring to what is held as a possession.

THE PATTERN

A genealogy carries identity forward through both descent and the meanings held in names.

And Adam lived an hundred and thirty years, and begat a son in his own likeness, after his image; and called his name Seth:

Genesis 5:3 · KJVThe verse joins a new generation to the likeness and name through which its identity is carried.

And the women her neighbours gave it a name, saying, There is a son born to Naomi; and they called his name Obed: he is the father of Jesse, the father of David.

Ruth 4:17 · KJVObed’s name and his place in the line of Jesse and David carry identity through successive generations.

The book of the generation of Jesus Christ, the son of David, the son of Abraham.

Matthew 1:1 · KJVThe opening genealogy names a present identity through its connection to those who came before.

THE THREAD

And the LORD passed by before him, and proclaimed, The LORD, The LORD God, merciful and gracious, longsuffering, and abundant in goodness and truth,

Exodus 34:6 · KJV

The Hebrew word translated “merciful” comes from ⁨רחם⁩, the same root carried by Jeroham. The name in this lineage therefore echoes compassion as a quality named in the LORD’s own self-description.

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