Peninnah

Fausset's Bible Dictionary

One of Elkanah's two wives; bore children when Hannah was childless ( 1 Samuel 1:2;  1 Samuel 1:6-7). (See Hannah .) As Hannah's "adversary," Peninnah "provoked her with provocation for to make her fret." As Elkanah from year to year gave Hannah a double portion at the sacrificial meal, "so did Peninnah provoke her so that she wept and did not eat." Elkanah's love to Hannah drew out Peninnah's renewed provocations.

Smith's Bible Dictionary

Penin'nah. (Coral or Pearl). One of the two wives of Elkanah.  1 Samuel 1:2. (B.C. 1125).

Hawker's Poor Man's Concordance And Dictionary

The second wife of Elkanah. ( 1 Samuel 1:2) Her name signifies, precious stone, or jewel, from Paninim.

American Tract Society Bible Dictionary

The second wife of Elkanah the father of Samuel. See HANNAH. Their story illustrates the evils of polygamy,  1 Samuel 1:1-28 .

Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible

PENINNAH. The second wife of Elkanah (  1 Samuel 1:2 f.).

Morrish Bible Dictionary

One of the wives of Elkanah.  1 Samuel 1:2,4 .

Holman Bible Dictionary

 1 Samuel 1:4

Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature

(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.

International Standard Bible Encyclopedia

pḗ - nin´a ( פּננּה , peninnāh , "coral," "pearl"): Second wife of Elkanah, father of Samuel (  1 Samuel 1:2 ,  1 Samuel 1:4 ).

Kitto's Popular Cyclopedia of Biblial Literature

Penin´nah (coral), one of the two wives of Elkanah, the father of Samuel .