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Athaliah
[ ath-uh-lahy-uh ]
noun
- (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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Word History and Origins
Origin of Athaliah1
From Hebrew ʿăthalyāh, perhaps “God is exalted”
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Example Sentences
The story of Athaliah supplied Racine with the plot of one of his most famous tragedies.
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If a tyrannous and ungodly Queen reign, godly persons “have example and consolation in the case of Athaliah.”
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He married Athaliah the daughter of Ahab, and thus was brother-in-law of 1.
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Athaliah, whose name 131 gives its title to the tragedy, was daughter to the wicked king, Ahab.
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Athaliah, however, shed the blood of her own relations, and did not hesitate to destroy the family of her husband and her son.
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