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    Tressa

    TRES-uh

    Cornish/Celtic
    Girl
    Meaning-based name
    Meaning
    Third; Harvest; Threshing floor
    Origin
    Cornish/Celtic
    Is it in the Bible?
    No — the name Tressa does not appear in the King James Bible. Christian families use it for its meaning, "Third; Harvest; Threshing floor", and for the biblical themes that meaning touches, not because anyone in Scripture is called Tressa.
    First appears in
    Does not appear in the King James text
    Peak US usage
    1890s (0.009% of births), currently steady
    Spiritual meaning
    Tressa is the threshing floor — where chaff is separated from grain, where redemption unfolds, where altars are built.
    Verses on this meaning
    • Ruth 3:6

      "And she went down unto the floor, and did according to all that her mother in law bade her."

    • 2 Samuel 24:18

      "And Gad came that day to David, and said unto him, Go up, rear an altar unto the LORD in the threshingfloor of Araunah the Jebussite."

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