A name from Scripture
Leah
LEE-uh
Meaning
Weary; Tender-eyed
Hebrew origin · Girl · First in Genesis
What it points to
Leah's story transforms her name's meaning from 'weary' to 'triumphant.' God sees the overlooked and unloved, and through them accomplishes His most glorious purposes. Worth comes from God, not human approval.
Verses · King James Version
“And when the LORD saw that Leah was hated, he opened her womb: but Rachel was barren.”
Genesis 29:31
“And she conceived again, and bare a son: and she said, Now will I praise the LORD: therefore she called his name Judah.”
Genesis 29:35