The Greek word ἀνώτερος (anóteros) is used to describe something that is higher or upper in position or status.

אֶלְקָנָה proper name, masculine (God has created, or taken possession). a. father of Samuel 1 Samuel 1-2 (8 t.) 1 Chronicles 6:12; 1 Chronicles 6:19.

Strong's #511: anoteros (pronounced an-o'-ter-os). comparative degree of 507; upper, i.e. (neuter as adverb) to a more conspicuous place, in a former part ...

Strong's #511 - ἀνώτερος in the Old & New Testament Greek Lexical Dictionary on StudyLight.org.

Elkanah = "God has possessed" or "God has created ... 1) Samuel' s father ... 2) a ruler in Jerusalem in the time of king Ahaz ... 3) one of David' s mighty warriors.

Elkanah = "God has possessed" or "God has created" 1) Samuel's father 2) a ruler in Jerusalem in the time of king Ahaz 3) one of David's mighty warriors.

an-o'-ter-os; comparative degree of (507) (ἄνω); upper, i.e. (neuter as adverb) to a more conspicuous place, in a former part of the book: — above, higher.

אֶלְקָנָה proper name, masculine (God has created, or taken possession). a. father of Samuel 1 Samuel 1-2 (8 t.) 1 Chronicles 6:12; 1 Chronicles 6:19.

Concordance Results Shown Using the KJV. Strong's Number G511 matches the Greek ἀνώτερος (anōteros), which occurs 2 times in 2 verses in the TR Greek.

Definition: higher, to a more honorable place (at the dinner table); previously, in an earlier passage (or a book), above.