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Peninnah

Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature

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(Heb. Peninnah', פְּנַנָּה , coral; Sept. Φεννάνα ), one of the two wives of Elkanab, the father of Samuel, of whom we only know that she bore children to her husband, and was not very generous in her bearing towards the other wife, Hannah (1 Samuel 1:2). B.C. cir. 1125.

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McClintock, John. Strong, James. Entry for 'Peninnah'. Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature. https://www.studylight.org/​encyclopedias/​eng/​tce/​p/peninnah.html. Harper & Brothers. New York. 1870.
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