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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She lost a magazine while here and Adnah found it.
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
"After all, though, it might not have been so very dreadful," finally commented Adnah, after a thoughtful sigh.
From The Wit and Humor of America, Volume V. (of X.) by Wilder, Marshall Pinckney
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 Wilder, Marshall Pinckney
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