Adnah
Americannoun
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a Manassite deserter from Saul's to David's army.
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a commander in King Jehosaphat's army.
Etymology
Origin of Adnah
From Hebrew ʿAdnaḥ
Example Sentences
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He promptly hid, and when Adnah arrived with the bathing suits, that young lady found her aunt calmly seated on the ground, holding Castor and Pollux each by a dripping collar.
From The Wit and Humor of America, Volume V. (of X.) by Wilder, Marshall Pinckney
It was dusk, and he was desperately in love with Adnah, and he had on a fool bloomer bath suit and no money, and he had to go back into civilization just as he was.
From The Wit and Humor of America, Volume V. (of X.) by Wilder, Marshall Pinckney
Adnah had gradually hitched closer to him, and now her hand, unreproved, stole affectionately to his shoulder.
From The Wit and Humor of America, Volume V. (of X.) by Wilder, Marshall Pinckney
You, Adnah, was too young to protect yourself from a stepmother, but we came to your rescue.
From The Wit and Humor of America, Volume V. (of X.) by Wilder, Marshall Pinckney
Adnah suffers unjustly for some years, and his long trial, when a slave, his hardships, struggles and escape, make interesting reading.
From Submarine U93 by Gilson, Charles
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