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    Rizpah

    RIZ-puh

    Hebrew
    Girl
    In the King James Bible
    Meaning
    Hot stone; Glowing coal
    Origin
    Hebrew
    Is it in the Bible?
    Yes — Rizpah appears in the King James Bible, including 2 Samuel 21:10.
    First appears in
    2 Samuel — The united and divided kingdom
    Peak US usage
    No recorded United States usage in the 1880–2008 records
    Spiritual meaning
    Rizpah — a 'glowing coal' — burned with fierce maternal love that refused to be extinguished. Her months-long vigil teaches that persistent, sacrificial love can move even kings to act justly.
    King James verses
    • 2 Samuel 21:10

      "And Rizpah the daughter of Aiah took sackcloth, and spread it for her upon the rock... and suffered neither the birds of the air to rest on them by day, nor the beasts of the field by night."

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