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HebrewH2584Proper Noun (Feminine)

חַנָּה

chan.nah

11Occurrences
H2584Strong's #
Proper Noun (Feminine)Part of Speech

Definition

Quick Definition(Strong's Concordance)

Channah, an Israelitess

from H2603 (חָנַן); favored;

Full Lexicon Entry(Abbott-Smith)
A woman living at the time of United Monarchy, first mentioned at ; married to Elkanah (H0511H); mother of: Samuel (H8050) § Hannah = "grace" the mother of Samuel, one of the wives of Elkanah

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Grammar & Morphology

Part of Speech

Proper Noun (Feminine)

Morphology Code

N:N-F-P

Full Description

Proper Noun, Feminine

Occurrences

חַנָּה appears 11 times in the Old Testament.

Distribution by Book

1 Samuel
11

Key Passages

1 Samuel 1:2BSB

He had two wives, one named Hannah and the other Peninnah. And Peninnah had children, but Hannah had none.

1 Samuel 1:8BSB

“Hannah, why are you crying?” her husband Elkanah asked. “Why won’t you eat? Why is your heart so grieved? Am I not better to you than ten sons?”

1 Samuel 1:13BSB

Hannah was praying in her heart, and though her lips were moving, her voice could not be heard.So Eli thought she was drunk

1 Samuel 1:19BSB

The next morning Elkanah and Hannah got up early to bow in worship before the LORD, and then returned home to Ramah.And Elkanah had relations with his wife Hannah, and the LORD remembered her.

1 Samuel 1:22BSB

but Hannah did not go. “After the boy is weaned,” she said to her husband, “I will take him to appear before the LORD and to stay there permanently.”

Lexicon data from STEPBible.org (Tyndale House, Cambridge) under CC BY 4.0 license.