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    Peninnah

    peh-NIN-uh

    Hebrew
    Girl
    In the King James Bible
    Meaning
    Pearl; Coral; Precious stone
    Origin
    Hebrew
    Is it in the Bible?
    Yes — Peninnah appears in the King James Bible; the passages below give the context.
    First appears in
    1 Samuel — The united and divided kingdom
    Peak US usage
    No recorded United States usage in the 1880–2008 records
    Spiritual meaning
    Peninnah's name — 'pearl' — ironically mirrors how pearls are formed: through irritation. The pain she inflicted on Hannah produced the prayer that gave Israel one of its greatest prophets. God transforms our deepest wounds into our most powerful testimonies.
    Verses on this meaning
    • 1 Samuel 1:6

      "And her adversary also provoked her sore, for to make her fret, because the LORD had shut up her womb."

    • 1 Samuel 1:7

      "And as he did so year by year, when she went up to the house of the LORD, so she provoked her; therefore she wept, and did not eat."

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