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adah

adah noun: a group or meeting (particularly for purposes of worship or judicial matters); congregation; assembly; prayer meeting.

Noun

adah

  1. a group or meeting (particularly for purposes of worship or judicial matters); congregation; assembly; prayer meeting

Proper noun capitalized: Adah

Adah

  1. The wife of Lamech
  2. The wife of Esau.
  3. A female given name from Hebrew.

Origin of adah

From Hebrew עָדָה (adá, “adah”, literally “ornament, dawn”).

From Hebrew עָדָה (adá, “Adah”, literally “ornament, dawn”).

Questions about adah

What does adah mean?
Adah means a group or meeting (particularly for purposes of worship or judicial matters); congregation; assembly; prayer meeting.
What part of speech is adah?
Adah can be a noun or a proper noun.

Words near adah in the dictionary

  1. adagio
  2. adagios
  3. adagissimo
  4. adagrasib
  5. adagy
  6. adah
  7. Adai
  8. Adail
  9. Adair
  10. Adair County
  11. Adak

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