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 suffers unjustly for some years, and his long trial, when a slave, his hardships, struggles and escape, make interesting reading.
From Submarine U93 by Charles Gilson
The least movement might betray him, for the women sat quite near, and Adnah was facing him.
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
We congratulate him; no one has worked harder for, or is better entitled to, a two hundred and fifty barrel well than Adnah.
From History of the Dewitt guard, company A, 50th regiment National guard, state of New York by Unknown
"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
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