Athaliah
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of Athaliah
From Hebrew ʿăthalyāh, perhaps “God is exalted”
Example Sentences
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Had it not been better to have defeated Athaliah, and then to have crowned the king?
From The Covenants And The Covenanters Covenants, Sermons, and Documents of the Covenanted Reformation by James Kerr
Athaliah, whose name 131 gives its title to the tragedy, was daughter to the wicked king, Ahab.
From French Classics by William Cleaver Wilkinson
When Athaliah was slain, the league was sworn, by Joash and his kingdom.
From The Covenants And The Covenanters Covenants, Sermons, and Documents of the Covenanted Reformation by James Kerr
The story of Athaliah supplied Racine with the plot of one of his most famous tragedies.
From The New Gresham Encyclopedia. Vol. 1 Part 2 Amiel to Atrauli by Various
Jezebel, whose father was Ethbaal, king of Sidon, and whose daughter was Athaliah, seems to have been named from Aza-bel; for all the Sidonian names are compounds of sacred terms.
From A New System; or, an Analysis of Antient Mythology. Volume I. by Jacob Bryant
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