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Peninnah
(coral or pearl), one of the two wives of Elkanah. (1 Samuel 1:2) (B.C. 1125.)
In the Bible
2
Verses where Peninnah is named. Berean Standard Bible (public domain).
- 1 Samuel 1:2
He had two wives, one named Hannah and the other Peninnah. And Peninnah had children, but Hannah had none.
- 1 Samuel 1:4
And whenever the day came for Elkanah to present his sacrifice, he would give portions to his wife Peninnah and to all her sons and daughters.
Scripture on Peninnah
1
Sources · Hitchcock's Bible Names (1869) · Smith's Bible Dictionary (1884)
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