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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.

KJV

et habuit duas uxores, nomen uni Anna, et nomen secundæ Phenenna. Fueruntque Phenennæ filii : Annæ autem non erant liberi.

Vulgate

καὶ τούτῳ δύο γυναῖκες· ὄνομα τῇ μιᾷ Ἅννα, καὶ ὄνομα τῇ δευτέρᾳ Φεννάνα· καὶ ἦν τῇ Φεννάνᾳ παιδία, καὶ τῇ Ἅννᾳ οὐκ ἦν παιδίον.

LXX

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.

ASV

וְ/ל/וֹ֙ שְׁתֵּ֣י נָשִׁ֔ים שֵׁ֤ם אַחַת֙ חַנָּ֔ה וְ/שֵׁ֥ם הַ/שֵּׁנִ֖ית פְּנִנָּ֑ה וַ/יְהִ֤י לִ/פְנִנָּה֙ יְלָדִ֔ים וּ/לְ/חַנָּ֖ה אֵ֥ין יְלָדִֽים

Hebrew

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In this verse

People HannahPeninnah

In the original Hebrew

10 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

אֵ֥ין
'yn
noun · 787×
אֶחָ֖ד
'chd
adjective · 970×
וֹ
v
noun · 780×
וֹ
v
noun · 848×
חַנָּ֔ה
chnh
proper_noun · 13×
יְהִי֙
yhy
verb · 3549×
יְלָדִים֙
yldym
noun · 89×
פְּנִנָּ֑ה
pnnh
proper_noun · 3×
שְׁתֵּ֣י
shty
adjective · 765×
שֵּׁנִ֔י
shny
noun · 157×

Historic Christian voices

3 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Concerning the holy and much-lauded ever-virgin one, Mary, the Mother of God, we have said something in the preceding chapters, bringing forward what was most opportune, viz., that strictly and truly she is and is called the Mother of God. Now let us fill up the blanks. For she being pre-ordained by the eternal prescient counsel of God and imaged forth and proclaimed in diverse…

Cross-references

  • 2Kgs 4:14 — And he said, What then is to be done for her? And Gehazi answered, Verily she hath no child, and her husband is old.
  • Gen 25:21 — And Isaac intreated the LORD for his wife, because she was barren: and the LORD was intreated of him, and Rebekah his wife conceived.
  • Judg 13:2 — And there was a certain man of Zorah, of the family of the Danites, whose name was Manoah; and his wife was barren, and bare not.
  • Luke 1:7 — And they had no child, because that Elisabeth was barren, and they both were now well stricken in years.