Athaliah
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of Athaliah
From Hebrew ʿăthalyāh, perhaps “God is exalted”
Example Sentences
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Then Athaliah rent her clothes, and cried, "Treason, treason!"
From The Bible Story by Hall, Newton Marshall
Doubt you that Athaliah, at the word First spread abroad—that Ochoziah's son Is here concealed—will fail her barbarous troop Of strangers to collect about the temple, And violate its gates?
From Athaliah A Tragedy, Intended For Reading Only, Translated Into English Blank Verse, From Racine (A. Gombert's Edition, 1825) by Donkersley, J.
Athaliah hastened with the cry of treason into the temple.
From The History of Antiquity, Vol. II (of VI) by Duncker, Max
But a company of wits, playing at forfeits somewhere in the country, severely sentenced one of their number to go by himself, and read the first act of "Athaliah."
From Classic French Course in English by Wilkinson, William Cleaver
Twenty and two years old was Ahaziah when he began to reign; and he reigned one year in Jerusalem: and his mother's name was Athaliah the daughter of Ahab.
From The Bible Story by Hall, Newton Marshall
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