Hannah
חַנָּהStrong’s H2584channah (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.”
Meaning
- 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.
Explore in Scripture
- 1 Samuel 1:5But unto Hannah he gave a worthy portion; for he loved Hannah: but the LORD had shut up her womb.
- 1 Samuel 1:8Then said Elkanah her husband to her, Hannah, why weepest thou? and why eatest thou not? and why is thy heart grieved? am not I better to thee than ten sons?
- 1 Samuel 1:9So Hannah rose up after they had eaten in Shiloh, and after they had drunk. Now Eli the priest sat upon a seat by a post of the temple of the LORD.
- 1 Samuel 1:13Now Hannah, she spake in her heart; only her lips moved, but her voice was not heard: therefore Eli thought she had been drunken.
- 1 Samuel 1:15And Hannah answered and said, No, my lord, I am a woman of a sorrowful spirit: I have drunk neither wine nor strong drink, but have poured out my soul before the LORD.
- 1 Samuel 1:19And they rose up in the morning early, and worshipped before the LORD, and returned, and came to their house to Ramah: and Elkanah knew Hannah his wife; and the LORD remembered her.
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.