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, 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 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
They advanced in a swooping body, after one moment of agonizing suspense, and snatched Adnah into their midst, glaring three kinds of loathing scorn upon the interloping serpent.
From The Wit and Humor of America, Volume V. (of X.) by Wilder, Marshall Pinckney
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 Wilder, Marshall Pinckney
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
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