Hannah

4 definitions found

From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:

  Hannah
     favour, grace, one of the wives of Elkanah the Levite, and the
     mother of Samuel (1 Sam. 1; 2). Her home was at
     Ramathaim-zophim, whence she was wont every year to go to
     Shiloh, where the tabernacle had been pitched by Joshua, to
     attend the offering of sacrifices there according to the law


     (Ex. 23:15; 34:18; Deut. 16:16), probably at the feast of the
     Passover (comp. Ex. 13:10). On occasion of one of these "yearly"
     visits, being grieved by reason of Peninnah's conduct toward
     her, she went forth alone, and kneeling before the Lord at the
     sanctuary she prayed inaudibly. Eli the high priest, who sat at
     the entrance to the holy place, observed her, and
     misunderstanding her character he harshly condemned her conduct
     (1 Sam. 1:14-16). After hearing her explanation he retracted his
     injurious charge and said to her, "Go in peace: and the God of
     Israel grant thee thy petition." Perhaps the story of the wife
     of Manoah was not unknown to her. Thereafter Elkanah and his
     family retired to their quiet home, and there, before another
     Passover, Hannah gave birth to a son, whom, in grateful memory
     of the Lord's goodness, she called Samuel, i.e., "heard of God."
     After the child was weaned (probably in his third year) she
     brought him to Shiloh into the house of the Lord, and said to
     Eli the aged priest, "Oh my lord, I am the woman that stood by
     thee here, praying unto the Lord. For this child I prayed; and
     the Lord hath given me my petition which I asked of him:
     therefore I also have granted him to the Lord; as long as he
     liveth he is granted to the Lord" (1 Sam. 1:27, 28, R.V.). Her
     gladness of heart then found vent in that remarkable prophetic
     song (2:1-10; comp. Luke 1:46-55) which contains the first
     designation of the Messiah under that name (1 Sam. 2:10,
     "Annointed" = "Messiah"). And so Samuel and his parents parted.
     He was left at Shiloh to minister "before the Lord." And each
     year, when they came up to Shiloh, Hannah brought to her absent
     child "a little coat" (Heb. meil, a term used to denote the
     "robe" of the ephod worn by the high priest, Ex. 28:31), a
     priestly robe, a long upper tunic (1 Chr. 15:27), in which to
     minister in the tabernacle (1 Sam. 2:19; 15:27; Job 2:12). "And
     the child Samuel grew before the Lord." After Samuel, Hannah had
     three sons and two daughters.
     

From Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (late 1800's) [hitchcock]:

  Hannah, gracious; merciful; he that gives
  

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:

  Hannah, ND (city, FIPS 35060)
    Location: 48.97311 N, 98.69024 W
    Population (1990): 49 (49 housing units)
    Area: 0.5 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
    Zip code(s): 58239

From U.S. Gazetteer Places (2000) [gaz-place]:

  Hannah, ND -- U.S. city in North Dakota
     Population (2000):    20
     Housing Units (2000): 24
     Land area (2000):     0.193267 sq. miles (0.500559 sq. km)
     Water area (2000):    0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)
     Total area (2000):    0.193267 sq. miles (0.500559 sq. km)
     FIPS code:            35060
     Located within:       North Dakota (ND), FIPS 38
     Location:             48.973119 N, 98.690639 W
     ZIP Codes (1990):     58239
     Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
     Headwords:
      Hannah, ND
      Hannah