1 Samuel 1:20 (WEB)
When the time had come, Hannah conceived, and bore a son; and she named him Samuel, saying, “Because I have asked him of the LORD.”
Fathers and councils · 3
Cyril of Jerusalem
“And let the married woman also follow the same example, and pray; and let her lips move, but her voice be unheard, that a Samuel may come, and thy barren soul give birth to the salvation of “God who hath heard thy prayer;” for this is the interpretation of the name Samuel.” — editor's note: 1 Sam. i. 13, 20. On the various interpretations of the name Samuel, see Dict. Bib. “Samuel,” and Driver on the passage. Cyril adopts the meaning “heard of…
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Tertullian
“Thus a God-ward fast is a work of reverential awe: and by its means also Hannah the wife of Elkanah making suit, barren as she had been beforetime, easily obtained from God the filling of her belly, empty of food, with a son, ay, and a prophet.” — editor's note: See 1 Sam. i. 1, 2, 7–20; iii. 20 (in LXX. 1 Kings).
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Gregory of Nazianzus
“Further, to run over the Judges, or the most illustrious of the Judges, there is “Samuel among those that call upon His Name,” who was given to God before his birth, and sanctified immediately after his birth, and the anointer with his horn of kings and priests.” — editor's note: 1 Sam. i. 20.
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Cross-references · 2
Genesis 29:32 and 1 Samuel 1:20 share the same wording (9 words).
Genesis 38:4 and 1 Samuel 1:20 share the same wording (8 words).