1 Samuel 2:1
And Hannah prayed, and said, My heart rejoiceth in the LORD, mine horn is exalted in the LORD: my mouth is enlarged over mine enemies; because I rejoice in thy salvation.
Biblical meaning of the name Hannah
Meaning
“Grace”, “favoured”
From the Hebrew Hannah (חַנָּה), from hanan, “to show favour, to be gracious”. John (Yohanan) shares the root, and Anna is the Greek form of the name.
In the original:חַנָּה Channâh · Strong H2584Ἄννα Ánna · Strong G451
Who was Hannah in the Bible?
Hannah was childless and prayed at the sanctuary in Shiloh with such anguish that Eli the priest thought she was drunk. God gave her Samuel, and she gave him to the LORD’s service; her song of praise is in 1 Samuel 2. In the New Testament, Anna is the elderly prophetess who recognised the child Jesus in the temple.
Where the name appears
Luke 2:36
And there was one Anna, a prophetess, the daughter of Phanuel, of the tribe of Aser: she was of a great age, and had lived with an husband seven years from her virginity;
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