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Hannah

חַנָּהStrong’s H2584

channah (chan-nah)

Appears in 11 verses of the Old Testament

In short

Channah is the Hebrew word usually translated “hannah” and “o hannah”. It appears in 11 verses of the Old Testament.

“And he had two wives; the name of the one was Hannah, and the name of the other Peninnah: and Peninnah had children, but Hannah had no children.”
1 Samuel 1:2 KJV
Meaning
  1. A woman living at the time of United Monarchy, first mentioned at 1Sa.1.2; married to Elkanah (H0511H)
How it's translated
  • hannah 8
  • and to hannah 2
  • and hannah 2
  • o hannah 1

Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.

Where it's used most
  • 1 Samuel 11

1 book in all.

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Hebrew dictionary

חַנָּה channah · Hannah

A woman living at the time of United Monarchy, first mentioned at 1Sa.1.2; married to Elkanah (H0511H); mother of: Samuel (H8050) § Hannah = "grace" the mother of Samuel, one of the wives of Elkanah

From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).

Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Hebrew, not from any one translation.