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Peniel
OriginBiblical place name, Hebrew
Meaning"face of God"
About Peniel
This rare Biblical place name refers to a river bank in Jordan where Jacob wrestled with an angel and changed his name to Israel.
Pronounced PEN-yul; PEH-nee-el.
As of October 2026, Peniel ranked #10718 in US births in 2025 SSA, peaked at #6854 in 2020.
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- Peniel
another name for Penuel, a place not far from Succoth, on the east of the Jordan River and south of the river Jabbok, called Peniel "Face of God" by Jacob:
- "It is because I saw God face to face
and yet my life was spared." (Gen. 32:30 NIV)
- Here Jacob wrestled (Gen. 32:24
32) "with a man" ("the angel", Hos. 12:4) "till the break of day."
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