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- noun biblical An inhabitant of Adullam. Near this town there was a cave where
David and his allies sought refuge fromSaul . - noun politics A member of the anti-reform faction of the British Liberal Party in the 19th century.
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Examples
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Chapter 38 1. And it came to pass at that time, that Judah went down from his brethren, and turned in to a certain Adullamite, whose name was Hirah.
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And in process of time the daughter of Shuah Judah's wife died; and Judah was comforted, and went up unto his sheepshearers to Timnath, he and his friend Hirah the Adullamite.
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And Judah sent the kid by the hand of his friend the Adullamite, to receive his pledge from the woman's hand: but he found her not.
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And Judah sent the kid by the hand of his friend the Adullamite, to receive his pledge from the woman's hand: but he found her not.
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Chapter 38 1. And it came to pass at that time, that Judah went down from his brethren, and turned in to a certain Adullamite, whose name was Hirah.
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And in process of time the daughter of Shuah Judah's wife died; and Judah was comforted, and went up unto his sheepshearers to Timnath, he and his friend Hirah the Adullamite.
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Judah was comforted, and went up unto his sheepshearers to Timnath, he and his friend Hirah the Adullamite.
Commentary on Genesis - Volume 2 1509-1564 1996
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And Judah sent the kid by the hand of his friend the Adullamite, to receive his pledge from the woman's hand: but he found her not.
Commentary on Genesis - Volume 2 1509-1564 1996
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And it came to pass at that time, that Judah went down from his brethren, and turned in to a certain Adullamite, whose name was Hirah.
Commentary on Genesis - Volume 2 1509-1564 1996
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Adullamite, to receive his pledge from the woman's hand: but he found her not.
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