Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

cave of adullam

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.20 in modern English

Syllables: cave of adul-lam
IPA

24

Scrabble Score

13

Letters

2

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A place or group in which people who have met failure or defeat in some way are said to congregate.

Example Sentences

"[…] but what shall we say of the sects which, coming late with forces weak in number and intellect, feed upon the refuse of the Church? They form caves of Adullam and call them churches."
"[…] Grub Street was a Cave of Adullam for broken men, ruined in trade or political troubles, who could just keep body and soul together by these productions."
"The order was largely copied by private firms, with the result, as Szálasi complained, of “completely excluding the middle classes from the Hungarist Movement”—which in fact was by it both reduced in volume and changed in character, becoming more than ever a Cave of Adullam for more or less desperate elements."
"The marathon open hearing held in Fresno in May 1961 to debate the measure turned out to be a Cave of Adullam where everyone with a complaint or a grievance, exacerbated through the long years of market instability, craved to be heard."

Etymology

From Biblical Hebrew מְעָרַת־עֲדֻלָּם (məʿāraṯ-ʿĂḏullām, “cave of Adullam”), referring to a redoubt near the town of Adullam where David fled from his enemy King Saul of Israel.

Word Breakdown

Root: מְעָרַת־עֲדֻלָּם

Inflected Forms

Caves of Adullam (plural)

Derived Forms

Adullamite

Questions

What does cave of adullam mean?: A place or group in which people who have met failure or defeat in some way are said to congregate.
Where does cave of adullam come from?: From Biblical Hebrew מְעָרַת־עֲדֻלָּם (məʿāraṯ-ʿĂḏullām, “cave of Adullam”), referring to a redoubt near the town of Adullam where David fled from his enemy King Saul of Israel.

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