Eltekon (אֶלְתְּקֹן) is a hill country town of Judah (Joshua 15:59), meaning "God is straight" or "established by God," from El (God) and taqon (straight, right — from taqan, to make straight). It appears only in Joshua 15:59 near Bethlehem.
The name Eltekon — God makes straight — resonates with the great prophetic promise of Isaiah 40:3–4: "Make straight in the desert a highway for our God. Every valley shall be raised up, every mountain made low." John the Baptist fulfilled this calling (Mark 1:3). The God whose name means "straight" is the God who straightens crooked paths, making the way of salvation clear through Jesus Christ — "I am the way, the truth, and the life" (John 14:6). What Eltekon's name promised, Christ accomplished.