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    Rowena

    roh-EE-nah

    Meaning

    White mane; Fame and joy; Slender and fair

    Welsh/Saxon origin · Girl

    What it points to

    Rowena endures for joy — looking to Jesus, cross despised, morning joy after night weeping, the fair one seated at the right hand of triumph.

    Verses · King James Version

    “Looking unto Jesus the author and finisher of our faith; who for the joy that was set before him endured the cross, despising the shame, and is set down at the right hand of the throne of God.”

    Hebrews 12:2

    “Weeping may endure for a night, but joy cometh in the morning.”

    Psalm 30:5

    Most used in the 1910s (US records)

    biblesundays.com · King James Version

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