Admah - earth, one of the five cities of the vale of Siddim (Gen. 10:19). It was destroyed along with Sodom and Gomorrah (19:24; Deut. 29:23). It is supposed by some to be the same as the Adam of Josh. 3:16, the name of which still lingers in Damieh, the
ford of Jordan. (See Zeboim.)
... can have several shades of meaning. At its simplest, it refers to an adherent of a monarch or royal family.
Of the more specific uses of the term, the most commo ...