Nadab
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of Nadab
Ultimately from Hebrew Nādhābh
Example Sentences
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Nadab, in Dryden’s satire of Absalom and Achitophel, is meant for Lord Howard, a profligate, who laid claim to great piety.
From Character Sketches of Romance, Fiction and the Drama A Revised American Edition of the Reader's Handbook, Vol. 3 by Brewer, Ebenezer Cobham
Hoskins checked this sternly, looking towards Nadab, and at the same time calling upon the gents to give their orders.
From Boys and girls from Thackeray by Sweetser, Kate Dickinson
But they had to pay the penalty nevertheless: Nadab and Abihu, by being burned at the consecration of the Tabernacle, and the elders similarly, at Taberah.
From The Legends of the Jews — Volume 3 by Radin, Paul
Moses, Aaron, Nadab and Abihu Climbed and saw the very God, the Highest, Stand upon the paved work of a sapphire.
From Men and Women by Porter, Charlotte Endymion
And now young Nadab, having been cautioned, commenced one of those surprising feats of improvisation with which he used to charm audiences.
From The Newcomes Memoirs of a Most Respectable Family by Thackeray, William Makepeace
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