Adnah

American  

[ad-nuh] / ˈæd nə /

noun

Bible.

1. a Manassite deserter from Saul's to David's army.

2. a commander in King Jehosaphat's army.

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Etymology

Origin of Adnah

From Hebrew ʿAdnaḥ

Example Sentences

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

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

"Do go on, aunty!" cried the eager Adnah.

From The Wit and Humor of America, Volume V. (of X.) by Wilder, Marshall Pinckney

"My dear Adnah," said a jerky little voice in answer, "your aunts, remember, were all young once, and considered great beauties in their day."

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