The name Anna shows up only once in the Bible.

Meaning of the name anna in the bible. Is a set of words used to stand for the letters of an alphabet in oral communication. She is a prophetess in Jerusalem who testifies about the identity of the infant Jesus together with a male prophet named Simeon. Then in her old age God allowed her to see the promised one Jesus.

Introduced at the end of the Birth Narrative Luke 11-240 Anna concludes the sextet of named pious Israelites surrounding the miraculous births of John and Jesus. The meaning of the name Annamarie is. Family Connection Anna was the daughter of Phanuel a name identical with Penuel and meaning The face or appearance of God.

Hebrew equivalent channah signifying grace 1 Samuel 12. In the Old Testament this name is borne by the older brother of Moses. The others are Zechariah Elizabeth Mary Joseph and Simeon.

Form of Channah see Hannah used in the Greek and Latin Old Testament. Devout woman who saw infant Jesus presented at the temple in Jerusalem. Other theories claim a Hebrew derivation and suggest meanings such as high mountain or exalted.

2 A prophetess daughter of Phanuel of the tribe of Asher and thus a Galilean living in Jerusalem at the time of Jesus birth Luke 236-38. In Latin Baby Names the meaning of the name Anna is. In Hebrew origin the meaning of name Anna is.

Name Meaning Favor or Grace. The name appears briefly in the New Testament belonging to a prophetess who recognized Jesus as the Messiah. The name Annas in the Bible Annas was a former high priest in Jerusalem and the father in law of Caiaphas the high priest by the time Jesus was tried Luke 32 John 1813 and Peter addressed the Sanhedrin Acts 46.