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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Adnah nor Aunt Matilda were anywhere to be seen, and he divined with a thrill that Aunt Matilda was acting as jailer to the young woman until he should be safely off the premises.
From The Wit and Humor of America, Volume V. (of X.) by Marshall Pinckney Wilder
"Some men must be nice, or so many, many girls would not want them," commented Adnah, still unconvinced.
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
"It seems impossible, aunty," declared the soft voice of Adnah.
From The Wit and Humor of America, Volume V. (of X.) by Marshall Pinckney Wilder
Adnah presently returned, flushed rosy red by the exercise and more charming than ever.
From The Wit and Humor of America, Volume V. (of X.) by Marshall Pinckney Wilder
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