Word Summary
Hanna: Anna, a prophetess
Original Word: ἍνναTransliteration: Hanna
Phonetic Spelling: (an'-nah)
Part of Speech: Noun, Feminine
Short Definition: Anna, a prophetess
Meaning: Anna -- a prophetess
Strong's Concordance
Anna.
Of Hebrew origin (Channah); Anna, an Israelitess -- Anna.
see HEBREW Channah
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
STRONGS NT 451: ΑνναΑννα (
WH Ἅννα, see their Introductory § 408),
Αννας (on this genitive cf.
Buttmann, 17 (15); Ph. Alexander
Buttmann (1873) Ausf. Spr. i., p. 138),
ἡ,
Anna, (
חַנָּה grace), the proper name of a woman (so in
1 Samuel 1:2ff; 2:1 Alex.; Tobit 1:9, 20, etc.), a prophetess, in other respects unknown:
Luke 2:36.