חַנָּהChannâh

Same root

• חָנַןchânan · H2603properly, to bend or stoop in kindness to an inferior; to favor, bestow; causatively to implore (i.e. move to favor by petition)
• ἌνναÁnna · G451Anna, an Israelitess

Where it appears

Appears 13 times in the Bible.

• 1 Samuel 1:2 Elkanah had two wives, Hannah and Peninnah. Peninnah had children, but Hannah did not.
• 1 Samuel 1:5 And though he loved Hannah, he would give her only one choice portion because the Lord had given her no children.
• 1 Samuel 1:8 “Why are you crying, Hannah?” Elkanah would ask. “Why aren’t you eating? Why be downhearted just because you have no children? You have me—isn’t that better than having ten sons?”
• 1 Samuel 1:9 Once after a sacrificial meal at Shiloh, Hannah got up and went to pray. Eli the priest was sitting at his customary place beside the entrance of the Tabernacle.
• 1 Samuel 1:13 Seeing her lips moving but hearing no sound, he thought she had been drinking.
• 1 Samuel 1:15 “Oh no, sir!” she replied. “I haven’t been drinking wine or anything stronger. But I am very discouraged, and I was pouring out my heart to the Lord.