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Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary

Adna:

pleasure; delight

International Standard Bible Encyclopaedia

Adna:

ad'-na (‘adhna'," pleasure"; Aidaine):

(1) An Israelite in Ezra's time who, having married a foreign wife, divorced her. He belonged to Pahath-moab (Ezr 10:30).

(2) A priest of the family of Harum, during the high-priesthood of Joiakim son of Jethua (Ne 12:12-15).

Nave's Topical Bible

Adna: 1. A Son of Pahath-Moab

Ezr 10:30

Adna: 2. A Priest

Neh 12:15

Smith's Bible Dictionary

Adna:

(rest, pleasure).

(1.) One of the family of Pahath‐moab, who returned with Ezra and married a foreign wife (Ezra 10:30). (B.C. 459)

(2.) A priest, descendant of Harim in the days of Joiakim, the son of Jeshua (Nehemiah 12:15). (B.C. 500)