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 Marshall Pinckney Wilder
Adnah, smiling happily through the last of her tears, sprang to meet him, and, seizing his hand, drew him down on the couch beside her.
From The Wit and Humor of America, Volume V. (of X.) by Marshall Pinckney Wilder
She lost a magazine while here and Adnah found it.
From The Wit and Humor of America, Volume V. (of X.) by Marshall Pinckney Wilder
"My mother must have thought the way I do, I am sure," persisted Adnah.
From The Wit and Humor of America, Volume V. (of X.) by Marshall Pinckney Wilder
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 Marshall Pinckney Wilder
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