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.
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We congratulate him; no one has worked harder for, or is better entitled to, a two hundred and fifty barrel well than Adnah.
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She lost a magazine while here and Adnah found it.
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"My dear Adnah," said a jerky little voice in answer, "your aunts, remember, were all young once, and considered great beauties in their day."
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"It seems impossible, aunty," declared the soft voice of Adnah.
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