Hannah: meaning of the name

Hannah in Hebrew and Greek

Who named Hannah in the Bible

• Hannah

  11 verses · first mentioned in 1 Samuel 1:2

Hannah in Scripture

“Hannah” appears in 11 verses of the King James Version; here are the first 8.

• 1 Samuel 1:2

  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 1:5

  But unto Hannah he gave a worthy portion; for he loved Hannah: but the Lord had shut up her womb.

• 1 Samuel 1:8

  Then 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 1:9

  So 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 1:13

  Now 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 1:15

  And 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 1:19

  And 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.

• 1 Samuel 1:20

  Wherefore it came to pass, when the time was come about after Hannah had conceived, that she bare a son, and called his name Samuel, saying, Because I have asked him of the Lord.