Athaliah

American  

[ath-uh-lahy-uh] / ˌæθ əˈlaɪ ə /

Douay Bible, Athalia

noun

1. (in the Bible) a daughter of Ahab and Jezebel and usurper of the throne of Judah, reigned 842–837 b.c.

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Etymology

Origin of Athaliah

From Hebrew ʿăthalyāh, perhaps “God is exalted”

Example Sentences

In this way she hid him from Athaliah, so that he was not put to death.

From The Children's Bible by Sherman, Henry A.

Athaliah hastened with the cry of treason into the temple.

From The History of Antiquity, Vol. II (of VI) by Duncker, Max

The younger princes of Judah were contaminated; and when Jehoshaphat died, this influence of Athaliah was first manifest in the character of Jehoram.

From Notable Women of Olden Time by Anonymous

Then Athaliah rent her clothes, and cried, "Treason, treason!"

From The Bible Story by Hall, Newton Marshall

Jezebel, whose father was Ethbaal, king of Sidon, and whose daughter was Athaliah, seems to have been named from Aza-bel; for all the Sidonian names are compounds of sacred terms.

From A New System; or, an Analysis of Antient Mythology. Volume I. by Bryant, Jacob