Edna

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Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible [1]

EDNA . Wife of Raguel of Ecbatana, and mother of Sarah, who became wife of Tobias ( Tob 7:3 ff; Tob 10:12; Tob 11:1 ). See Apocrypha, § 8 .

International Standard Bible Encyclopedia [2]

ed´na ( Ἐδνα , Édna ): Wife of Raguel and mother of Sarah who married Tobias (Tobit 7:2, etc.; 10:12; 11:1). "Edna" in Hebrew means "pleasure" and corresponds to Latin Anna .

Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature [3]

(ςΕδνα , i. e., עֶדְנָה pleasure Vulg. Anna), the wife of Raguel and mother of Sara, the bride of Tobias (Tobit 7:2; Tobit 7:8; Tobit 7:14; Tobit 7:16; Tobit 10:12; Tobit 11:1).

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