אָדוֹן
lord
also: firm, strong, master fuller range ↓
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Grammar key — what these labels mean
Part of speech
- Noun
- A naming word — a person, place, thing, or idea.
Noun type
- Common
- A common noun — a general class of person, place, or thing (“king,” “city,” “water”), not a specific name.
State
- Construct
- A noun bound to a following noun in a possessive / “of” relationship (the construct chain).
- Absolute
- The independent form of a noun, not bound to a following word.
Gender
- Masculine
- Grammatically masculine.
Number
- Singular
- One.
- Plural
- More than one (in Hebrew, generally three or more).
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2 Kings 34 verses
- 2 Kings 8:12 אֲדֹנִ֣/י n c ms cs + sfx pers 1cs Hazael said, Why weeps my lord? He answered, Because I know the evil that you will do to the children of Israel: their strongholds will you set on fire, and their young men will you kill with the sword, and will dash in pieces their little ones, and rip up their women with child.
- 2 Kings 8:14 אֲדֹנָ֔י/ו n c mp cs + sfx pers 3ms Then he departed from Elisha, and came to his master; who said to him, What said Elisha to you? He answered, He told me that you would surely recover.
- 2 Kings 9:7 אֲדֹנֶ֑י/ךָ n c mp cs + sfx pers 2ms You shall strike the house of Ahab your master, that I may avenge the blood of my servants the prophets, and the blood of all the servants of Yahweh, at the hand of Jezebel.
- 2 Kings 9:11 אֲדֹנָ֔י/ו n c mp cs + sfx pers 3ms Then Jehu came forth to the servants of his lord: and one said to him, Is all well? why came this mad fellow to you? He said to them, You know the man and what his talk was.
- 2 Kings 9:31 אֲדֹנָֽי/ו n c mp cs + sfx pers 3ms As Jehu entered in at the gate, she said, Is it peace, you Zimri, your master's murderer?
- 2 Kings 10:2 אֲדֹנֵי/כֶ֑ם n c mp cs + sfx pers 2mp Now as soon as this letter comes to you, seeing your master's sons are with you, and there are with you chariots and horses, a fortified city also, and armor;
- 2 Kings 10:3 אֲדֹנֵי/כֶ֔ם אֲדֹנֵי/כֶֽם n c mp cs + sfx pers 2mp n c mp cs + sfx pers 2mp look you out the best and meet of your master's sons, and set him on his father's throne, and fight for your master's house.
- 2 Kings 10:6 אֲדֹנֵי/כֶ֔ם n c mp cs + sfx pers 2mp Then he wrote a letter the second time to them, saying, If you be on my side, and if you will listen to my voice, take the heads of the men your master's sons, and come to me to Jezreel by tomorrow this time. Now the king's sons, being seventy persons, were with the great men of the city, who brought them up.
- 2 Kings 10:9 אֲדֹנִ/י֙ n c ms cs + sfx pers 1cs It happened in the morning, that he went out, and stood, and said to all the people, You are righteous: behold, I conspired against my master, and killed him; but who struck all these?
- 2 Kings 18:23 אֲדֹנִ֖/י n c ms cs + sfx pers 1cs Now therefore, Please give pledges to my master the king of Assyria, and I will give you two thousand horses, if you are able on your part to set riders on them.
- 2 Kings 18:24 אֲדֹנִ֖/י n c ms cs + sfx pers 1cs How then can you turn away the face of one captain of the least of my master's servants, and put your trust on Egypt for chariots and for horsemen?
- 2 Kings 18:27 אֲדֹנֶ֤י/ךָ אֲדֹנִ֔/י n c mp cs + sfx pers 2ms n c ms cs + sfx pers 1cs But Rabshakeh said to them, Has my master sent me to your master, and to you, to speak these words? Hasn't he sent me to the men who sit on the wall, to eat their own dung, and to drink their own water with you?
- 2 Kings 19:4 אֲדֹנָי/ו֙ n c mp cs + sfx pers 3ms It may be Yahweh your God will hear all the words of Rabshakeh, whom the king of Assyria his master has sent to defy the living God, and will rebuke the words which Yahweh your God has heard. Therefore lift up your prayer for the remnant that is left.
- 2 Kings 19:6 אֲדֹֽנֵי/כֶ֑ם n c mp cs + sfx pers 2mp Isaiah said to them, Thus shall you tell your master, Thus says Yahweh, Don't be afraid of the words that you have heard, with which the servants of the king of Assyria have blasphemed me.
1 Chronicles 3 verses
- 1 Chronicles 12:19 אֲדֹנָ֥י/ו n c mp cs + sfx pers 3ms Of Manasseh also there fell away some to David, when he came with the Philistines against Saul to battle: but they didn't help them; for the lords of the Philistines sent him away after consultation, saying, He will fall away to his master Saul to the jeopardy of our heads.
- 1 Chronicles 21:3 אֲדֹנִ֣/י לַ/אדֹנִ֖/י אֲדֹנִ֔/י n c ms cs + sfx pers 1cs prep + n c ms cs + sfx pers 1cs n c ms cs + sfx pers 1cs Joab said, Yahweh make his people a hundred times as many as they are: but, my lord the king, aren't they all my lord's servants? why does my lord require this thing? why will he be a cause of guilt to Israel?
- 1 Chronicles 21:23 אֲדֹנִ֥/י n c ms cs + sfx pers 1cs Ornan said to David, Take it to you, and let my lord the king do that which is good in his eyes: behold, I give [you] the oxen for burnt offerings, and the threshing instruments for wood, and the wheat for the meal-offering; I give it all.
2 Chronicles 3 verses
- 2 Chronicles 2:14 אֲדֹנִ֖/י n c ms cs + sfx pers 1cs the son of a woman of the daughters of Dan; and his father was a man of Tyre, skillful to work in gold, and in silver, in brass, in iron, in stone, and in timber, in purple, in blue, and in fine linen, and in crimson, also to engrave any manner of engraving, and to devise any device; that there may be [a place] appointed to him with your skillful men, and with the skillful men of my lord David your father.
- 2 Chronicles 2:15 אֲדֹנִ֔/י n c ms cs + sfx pers 1cs Now therefore the wheat and the barley, the oil and the wine, which my lord has spoken of, let him send to his servants:
- 2 Chronicles 13:6 אֲדֹנָֽי/ו n c mp cs + sfx pers 3ms Yet Jeroboam the son of Nebat, the servant of Solomon the son of David, rose up, and rebelled against his lord.
Ezra 1 verse
Nehemiah 1 verse
Job 1 verse
Psalms 8 verses
- Psalms 8:1 אֲדֹנֵ֗י/נוּ n c mp cs + sfx pers 1cp Yahweh, our Lord, how majestic is your name in all the earth, Who has set your glory above the heavens!
- Psalms 8:9 אֲדֹנֵ֑י/נוּ n c mp cs + sfx pers 1cp Yahweh, our Lord, How majestic is your name in all the earth!
- Psalms 45:11 אֲ֝דֹנַ֗יִ/ךְ n c mp cs + sfx pers 2fs So the king will desire your beauty, Honor him, for he is your lord.
- Psalms 97:5 אֲד֣וֹן n c ms cs The mountains melt like wax at the presence of Yahweh, At the presence of the Lord of the whole earth.
- Psalms 110:1 לַֽ/אדֹנִ֗/י prep + n c ms cs + sfx pers 1cs Yahweh says to my Lord, "Sit at my right hand, Until I make your enemies your footstool for your feet."
- Psalms 123:2 אֲֽדוֹנֵי/הֶ֗ם n c mp cs + sfx pers 3mp Behold, as the eyes of servants look to the hand of their master, As the eyes of a maid to the hand of her mistress; So our eyes look to Yahweh, our God, Until he has mercy on us.
- Psalms 136:3 לַ/אֲדֹנֵ֣י הָ/אֲדֹנִ֑ים prep + n c mp cs ptcl def.art + n c mp Give thanks to the Lord of lords; For his loving kindness endures forever:
- Psalms 147:5 אֲדוֹנֵ֣י/נוּ n c mp cs + sfx pers 1cp Great is our Lord, and mighty in power. His understanding is infinite.
Proverbs 3 verses
- Proverbs 25:13 אֲדֹנָ֣י/ו n c mp cs + sfx pers 3ms As the cold of snow in the time of harvest, So is a faithful messenger to those who send him; For he refreshes the soul of his masters.
- Proverbs 27:18 אֲדֹנָ֣י/ו n c mp cs + sfx pers 3ms Whoever tends the fig tree shall eat its fruit. He who looks after his master shall be honored.
- Proverbs 30:10 אדנ/ו אֲדֹנָ֑י/ו n c mp cs + sfx pers 3ms n c mp cs + sfx pers 3ms "Don't slander a servant to his master, Lest he curse you, and you be held guilty.
Isaiah 8 verses
- Isaiah 22:18 אֲדֹנֶֽי/ךָ n c mp cs + sfx pers 2ms He will surely wind you round and round, [and toss you] like a ball into a large country; there shall you die, and there shall be the chariots of your glory, you shame of your lord's house.
- Isaiah 24:2 כַּֽ/אדֹנָ֔י/ו prep + n c mp cs + sfx pers 3ms It shall be, as with the people, so with the priest; as with the servant, so with his master; as with the maid, so with her mistress; as with the buyer, so with the seller; as with the creditor, so with the debtor; as with the taker of interest, so with the giver of interest to him.
- Isaiah 36:8 אֲדֹנִ֖/י n c ms cs + sfx pers 1cs Now therefore, please give pledges to my master the king of Assyria, and I will give you two thousand horses, if you are able on your part to set riders on them.
- Isaiah 36:9 אֲדֹנִ֖/י n c ms cs + sfx pers 1cs How then can you turn away the face of one captain of the least of my master's servants, and put your trust on Egypt for chariots and for horsemen?
- Isaiah 36:12 אֲדֹנֶ֤י/ךָ אֲדֹנִ֔/י n c mp cs + sfx pers 2ms n c ms cs + sfx pers 1cs But Rabshakeh said, Has my master sent me to your master, and to you, to speak these words? [has he] not [sent me] to the men who sit on the wall, to eat their own dung, and to drink their own water with you?
- Isaiah 37:4 אֲדֹנָי/ו֙ n c mp cs + sfx pers 3ms It may be Yahweh your God will hear the words of Rabshakeh, whom the king of Assyria his master has sent to defy the living God, and will rebuke the words which Yahweh your God has heard. Therefore lift up your prayer for the remnant that is left.
- Isaiah 37:6 אֲדֹנֵי/כֶ֑ם n c mp cs + sfx pers 2mp Isaiah said to them, Thus shall you tell your master, Thus says Yahweh, Don't be afraid of the words that you have heard, with which the servants of the king of Assyria have blasphemed me.
- Isaiah 51:22 אֲדֹנַ֣יִ/ךְ n c mp cs + sfx pers 2fs Thus says your Lord Yahweh, and your God who pleads the cause of his people, Behold, I have taken out of your hand the cup of staggering, even the bowl of the cup of my wrath; you shall no more drink it again:
Jeremiah 3 verses
- Jeremiah 27:4 אֲדֹֽנֵי/הֶ֖ם אֲדֹֽנֵי/כֶֽם n c mp cs + sfx pers 3mp n c mp cs + sfx pers 2mp and give them a charge to their masters, saying, Thus says Yahweh of Hosts, the God of Israel, Thus shall you tell your masters:
- Jeremiah 37:20 אֲדֹנִ֣/י n c ms cs + sfx pers 1cs Now please hear, my lord the king: please let my supplication be presented before you, that you not cause me to return to the house of Jonathan the scribe, lest I die there.
- Jeremiah 38:9 אֲדֹנִ֣/י n c ms cs + sfx pers 1cs My lord the king, these men have done evil in all that they have done to Jeremiah the prophet, whom they have cast into the dungeon; and he is likely to die in the place where he is, because of the famine; for there is no more bread in the city.
Daniel 5 verses
- Daniel 1:10 אֲדֹנִ֣/י n c ms cs + sfx pers 1cs The prince of the eunuchs said to Daniel, I fear my lord the king, who has appointed your food and your drink: for why should he see your faces worse looking than the youths who are of your own age? so would you endanger my head with the king.
- Daniel 10:16 אֲדֹנִ֗/י n c ms cs + sfx pers 1cs Behold, one in the likeness of the sons of men touched my lips: then I opened my mouth, and spoke and said to him who stood before me, my lord, by reason of the vision my sorrows are turned on me, and I retain no strength.
- Daniel 10:17 אֲדֹנִ/י֙ אֲדֹ֣נִ/י n c ms cs + sfx pers 1cs n c ms cs + sfx pers 1cs For how can the servant of this my lord talk with this my lord? for as for me, immediately there remained no strength in me, neither was there breath left in me.
- Daniel 10:19 אֲדֹנִ֖/י n c ms cs + sfx pers 1cs He said, "Greatly beloved man, don't be afraid: peace be to you, be strong, yes, be strong." When he spoke to me, I was strengthened, and said, "Let my lord speak; for you have strengthened me."
- Daniel 12:8 אֲדֹנִ֕/י n c ms cs + sfx pers 1cs I heard, but I didn't understand: then said I, my lord, what shall be the issue of these things?
Amos 1 verse
Micah 1 verse
Zephaniah 1 verse
Zechariah 7 verses
- Zechariah 1:9 אֲדֹנִ֑/י n c ms cs + sfx pers 1cs Then I asked, 'My lord, what are these?'" The angel who talked with me said to me, "I will show you what these are."
- Zechariah 4:4 אֲדֹנִֽ/י n c ms cs + sfx pers 1cs I answered and spoke to the angel who talked with me, saying, "What are these, my lord?"
- Zechariah 4:5 אֲדֹנִֽ/י n c ms cs + sfx pers 1cs Then the angel who talked with me answered me, "Don't you know what these are?" I said, "No, my lord."
- Zechariah 4:13 אֲדֹנִֽ/י n c ms cs + sfx pers 1cs He answered me, "Don't you know what these are?" I said, "No, my lord."
- Zechariah 4:14 אֲד֥וֹן n c ms cs Then he said, "These are the two anointed ones who stand by the Lord of the whole earth."
- Zechariah 6:4 אֲדֹנִֽ/י n c ms cs + sfx pers 1cs Then I asked the angel who talked with me, "What are these, my lord?"
- Zechariah 6:5 אֲד֥וֹן n c ms cs The angel answered me, "These are the four winds of the sky, which go forth from standing before the Lord of all the earth.
Malachi 1 verse
About this entry
At a glance — auto-summarized from this page’s data, not written by a person. Every figure links to its source below. This summary describes the numbers; it doesn’t interpret them.
“lord” is the headline sense of the Hebrew noun אדון (ʼâdôwn). Not a single-sense word: its full sense range also takes in “firm”, “strong”, and “master”. It turns up in 281 verses across 25 books, a common footprint. First canonically at Genesis 18:3, it enters the text early. From the same root come אדן, אדני and דין. The sections below give every sense, occurrence, and version rendering.
Gloss history
Strong's 1890 vs modern scholarship
About this word
Strong's H113 catalogs a Hebrew word from the Hebrew Old Testament.
These counts are not copied from any lexicon or concordance. They are computed here, from the morphology-tagged Hebrew Old Testament. What Lemma adds →
- 281
- distinct verses
- The word appears in 281 distinct verses.
- 25 / 39
- OT books
- The word appears in 25 of 39 Old Testament books.
- #150
- by frequency
- Top 250 most frequent Hebrew words (rank 150 of 8,640 Hebrew words by occurrence).
View all 281 occurrences in the concordance →
By section of the Old Testament
By traditional corpus
Conventional, traditional groupings — biblical authorship is debated, so this is a traditional corpus grouping, not an authorship claim. Each share is this word’s portion of its verses in that division of the Hebrew canon. Each figure is a share of the word’s 281 distinct verses.
- Prophets (Nevi'im) 176 verses · 63%
- Torah (Pentateuch) 75 verses · 27%
- Writings (Ketuvim) 30 verses · 11%
How translations render this word
Counts come from each version’s own published word-to-Strong’s tagging or interlinear alignment — an approximate guide to how each version renders this word, not a word-level alignment the data otherwise carries. Because each total is that version’s own tagged count, the per-version totals vary from one another and need not match the appearance or distinct-verse counts above. These counts may also differ from a printed concordance because Lemma counts each distinctly tagged rendering and does not collapse phrase taggings into a single head-word total. This is a fixed set of word-tagged versions (KJV, ASV, BSB, ULT) and does not change with the reading translation you choose elsewhere. Each version’s license is shown beside its name below (and on Sources).
- King James Version: Lord 159×, Master 63×, Master's 16×
- American Standard Version: Lord 137×, Master 68×, Let my lord 5×
- Berean Standard Bible: Lord 151×, Master 89×, Master’s 24×
- unfoldingWord Literal Text: Lord 154×, Master 142×, Lords 7×
King James Version Public Domain
Renders H113 across 335 tagged occurrences — most commonly:
Plus other, less common renderings. Plus 63 renderings that appear only once — usually multi-word phrases or single function words the recovered tagging swept in, not distinct renderings.
American Standard Version Public Domain
Renders H113 across 326 tagged occurrences — most commonly:
Plus other, less common renderings. Plus 73 renderings that appear only once — usually multi-word phrases or single function words the recovered tagging swept in, not distinct renderings.
Berean Standard Bible Public Domain
Renders H113 across 319 tagged occurrences — most commonly:
Plus other, less common renderings. Plus 19 renderings that appear only once — usually multi-word phrases or single function words the recovered tagging swept in, not distinct renderings. Not rendered by a distinct English word in 14 further occurrences.
unfoldingWord Literal Text CC BY-SA 4.0
Renders H113 across 328 tagged occurrences — most commonly:
Plus 15 renderings that appear only once — usually multi-word phrases or single function words the recovered tagging swept in, not distinct renderings.
8 senses and sub-senses in the full BDB
What do BDB’s symbols mean?
BDB uses these scholarly abbreviations:
| Symbol | Meaning |
|---|---|
| 𝔊 | the Septuagint (the ancient Greek translation, LXX) |
| 𝔙 | the Vulgate (the Latin translation) |
| 𝔖 | the Syriac version (the Peshitta) |
| 𝔗 | the Targum (the Aramaic translation) |
| ψ | the Psalms |
| √ | root (the underlying root or stem) |
| ‖ | parallel passage (a synonymous or contrasted parallel) |
| † | the dagger: every passage where the word occurs is cited |
The 8 senses and sub-senses the full Brown-Driver-Briggs lexicon distinguishes for this word, in lexicon order (not ranked by frequency), with BDB’s own verbatim wording and sub-sense lettering. Shown in Hebrew script with BDB’s own scholarly abbreviations. The condensed entry is in the Lexicon Entry tab. See also the Forms in the corpus table below.
- 1. sg. lord, master (1) ref. to men: (a) supt. of household, or of affairs Gn 45:8, 9 (E) = ψ 105:21; (b) master ψ 12:5; (c) king Je 22:18; 34:5; (2) ref. to God, הָאָדוֹן יהוה the Lord Yahweh (v. יהוה) Ex 23:17; 34:23 (Cov’t codes); אֲדוֹן כָּל־הָאָרֶץ Lord of the whole earth Jos 3:11, 13 (J) ψ 97:5 Zc 4:14; 6:5 Mi 4:13; צְבָאוֹת הָא׳ י׳, earlier Is 1:24; 3:1; 10:33; 19:4 (אֲדֹנָי Is 10:16 in common MT; not Massora, doubtless scrib. error); הָא׳ Mal 3:1; אָדוֹן ψ 114:7. e.g. Genesis 45:8
- 2. pl. lords, kings Dt 10:17 = ψ 136:3; Is 26:13 masters Am 4:1, elsewhere intens. pl. of rank, lord, master, (1) ref. to men: (a) proprietor of hill Samaria †1 K 16:24; (b) master Gn 40:7 (E) Ex 21:4(×2), 6, 8, 32 (Cov’t code) Gn 24:9 + (J, 11 times) Dt 23:16 Ju 19:11, 12 + 13 times S & K; Jb 3:19 ψ 123:2 Pr 25:13; 27:18; 30:10 Is 24:2 Zp 1:9 Mal 1:6(×2) (c) husband Ju 19:26, 27 ψ 45:12; (d) prophet 2 K 2:3, 5, 16; (e) governor Ne 3:5; (f) prince Gn 42:10, 30, 33 (E) 44:8 (J) 1 S 29:10; (g) king Gn 40:1 (E) Ju 3:25 + 40 times S & K; Ch only in sources 1 Ch 12:19 cf. 1 S 29:4; 2 Ch 13:6; 18:16 = 1 K 22:17; Is 19:4; 22:18; 36:12; 37:4, 6 Je 27:4; (2) ref. to God Mal 1:6; אֲדֹנֵי הָאֲדֹנִים Lord of lords Dt 10:17 = ψ 136:3; אֲדֹנֵינוּ ψ 135:5; 147:5 Ne 8:10; י׳אֲדֹנֵינוּ ψ 8:2, 10 Ne 10:30; אֲדֹנַיִךְ י׳ Is 51:22 (prob. = thy husband, Yahweh); אֲדֹנָיו Ho 12:15 (possibly error for אֲדֹנָי). e.g. Deuteronomy 10:17
- 3. sf. 1 s. אֲדֹנִי (אֲדֹנַי) (1) ref. to men: my lord, my master, (a) master Ex 21:5 (Cov’t code) Gn 24:12 +, 44:5 (J, 20 times) 1 S 30:13, 15 2 K 5:3, 20, 22; 6:15; (b) husband Gn 18:12 (J); (c) prophet 1 K 18:7, 13 2 K 2:19, 4:16, 28; 6:5; 8:5; (d) prince Gn 42:10 (E), 23:6, 11, 15 (P), 43:20; 44:18 +, 47:18, + (J, 12 times); Ju 4:18; (e) king 1 S 22:12 + (S & K 75 times); (f) father Gn 31:35 (E); (g) Moses Ex 32:22 Nu 11:28; 12:11; 32:25, 27 (J); 36:2(×2) (P); (h) priest 1 S 1:15, 26(×2); (i) theophanic angel Jos 5:14 Ju 6:13; (j) captain 2 S 11:11; (k) general recognition of superiority Gn 24:18; 32:5 +; 33:8 +; 44:7 + (J, 13 times), Ru 2:13 1 S 25:24 + (15 times); (2) ref. to God: אֲדֹנָי e.g. Exodus 21:5
- a. my Lord Gn 20:4 (?E) Ex 15:17 (Sam. יהוה) elsewhere in Hex, J; Gn 18:3(?), 27, 30, 31, 32; 19:2, 18(?) Ex 4:10, 13; 5:22; 34:9 Nu 14:17 Jos 7:8; also Ju 6:15; 13:8; not S; 1 K 22:6 2 K 19:23; noChron exc. memorials Ezr 10:3 (ref. to Ezra) Ne 1:11; 4:8; WisdLt only Jb 28:28 (doubtless scrib. error for יהוֹה of many MSS.); not Ho; Is 37:24; 38:16 (hist. part); exile Is 49:14 (cf. 51:22); Mi 1:2 ψ 16:2 + (47 times, chiefly this sense, exc. sub b.; cf. אֱלֹהַי וַאדֹנָי my Lord and my God ψ 35:23; (writers that use אֱלהִים seld. use אֲדֹנָי); e.g. Genesis 20:4
- b. Adonay n.pr. of God, parallel with Yahweh, substit. for it oft. by scrib. error, & eventually supplanting it. In earlier Is 3:17 + (19 times seeming to belong here), Am 7:7, 8; 9:1 Ez 18:25, 29; 33:17, 20; 21:12 (prob. אֲדֹנָי י׳ as in usual phrase); Zc 9:4 Mal 1:12, 14 La 1:14 + (14 times) ψ 2:4; 37:13; 78:65; 90:17 (? יהוה) 110:5 (Dalman puts most of these sub (a);—many cases are doubtful); 1 K 3:10, 15 (Mass. אדני for יהוה cf. Dalm. 2 K 7:6; Dalm. rightly questions; he reads יהוה). The phrases אֲדֹנָי אֱלֹהַי ψ 38:16; 86:12, Adonay my God; אֲדֹנָי הָאֱלֹהִים Dn 9:3, א׳ אֱלֹהֵינוּ 9:9, 15, א׳ הָאֵל Dn 9:4 favour taking א׳ Dn 1:2; 9:7, 8 (יהוה?) v 16, 17, 19(×3) as the divine name. e.g. Isaiah 3:17
- 4. אֲדֹנָי יהוה (a) my Lord Yahweh (v. יהוה) Gn 15:2, 8 (JE) Jos 7:7 (J, 𝔊 om. י׳) Dt 3:24; 9:26 Ju 6:22; 16:28 2 S 7 (6times) 1 K 2:26; 8:53; prob. Am 3:7, 8; 7:2, 4, 5; 9:8 Je 1:6; 4:10; 14:13; 32:17, 25 Ez 4:14; 8:1; 9:8; 11:13; 20:39; 37:3 (יָדַע כִּי אֲני א׳ י׳) 13:9; 23:49; 24:24; 28:24; 29:16 inappropriate in mouth of God; del. אֲדֹנָי (Co) or read י׳ אֱלֹהֵיכֶם (Dalm.); Mi 1:2 Zp 1:7 Ob 1 Zc 9:14 ψ 71:5, 16; 73:28; (b) appar. n.pr. Adonay Yahweh Is 25:8 Je 44:26; exil. Is 40:10 + (10 times, but 61:1, 11 read יהוה, 𝔊); (c) uncertain whether (a) or (b) in proph. formula אָמַר א׳ י׳ Is 7:7; 28:16; 30:15; 49:22; 52:4; 65:13 Je 7:20 Am 1:8; 3:11; 5:3; 7:6 Ob 1 Ez (131 times); נְאֻם א׳ י׳ Is 56:8 Je 2:22 Am 3:13; 4:5; 8:3, 9, 11 Ez (80 times); דְּבַר־א׳ י׳ Ez 6:3; 25:3; 36:4; נִשְׁבַּע א׳ י׳ Am 4:2; 6:8; כֹּה הִרְאַנִי א׳ י׳ Am 7:1, 4; 8:1. e.g. Genesis 15:2
- 5. יהוה אֲדֹנָי Yahweh my Lord ψ 68:21; 109:21; 140:8; 141:8 Hb 3:19. e.g. Psalms 68:21
- 6. אֲדֹנָי יהוה צְבָאוֹת (a) my Lord Yahweh Ṣ. (v. צבאות) ψ 69:7 Am 9:5 Is 10:23; 22:5, 12; 28:22 cf. י׳ אֱלֹהֵי הַצְבָאוֹת א׳, Yahweh, the God of Hosts my Lord Am 5:16; (b) a divine name, Adonay, Yahweh Ṣ. Je 46:10(×2); 50:25; (c) uncertain are כֹּה אָמַר א׳ י׳ צ׳ Is 10:24; 22:14, 15; נְאֻם א׳ י׳ צ׳ Is 3:15 Je 2:19; 49:5; 50:31. e.g. Psalms 69:7
Senses from the full Brown-Driver-Briggs lexicon (Brown, Driver, Briggs; Oxford 1906 — public domain), digitized via Sefaria, supplemented by the OpenScriptures HebrewLexicon (CC BY 4.0). Full attribution on Sources.
Word origin
n.m. Mal 3:1 lord (Ph. אדן)—א׳ ψ 12:5 + cstr. אֲדוֹן Jos 3:11 +; pl. אֲדֹנִים Is 26:13 +; cstr. אֲדֹנֵי Dt 10:17 +; sf. אֲדֹנֵינוּ 1 S 25:14 + etc.; (אֲדֹנִי, אֲדֹנַי, אֲדֹנָי are variations of Mass. pointing to distinguish divine reference fr. human. Pl., with few except an intens. pl. of rank; word takes sf. as pl. in all other pers.; so doubtless here. Orig. reading prob. in all cases אֲדֹנַי (v. DalmanDer Gottesname Adonaj; LagBN 188 makes אֲדֹנָי an Aramaic format.); אֲדֹנִי now found in J 51 textual; in E †Gn 31:35; 32:19; 42:10 Ex 21:5; in P †Gn 23:6, 11, 15 Nu 36:2(×2) often S & K in Chr only in sources, 1 Ch 21:3(×3), 23 (= 2 S 24:3, 22) 2 Ch 2:13, 14; Is & Je only in hist. parts Is 36:8, 9, 12 Je 37:20; 38:9; elsewhere †Dn 1:10; 10:16, 17, 19; 12:8 Zc 1:9; 4:4, 5, 13; 6:4 ψ 110:1 Ju 4:18; 6:13 Ru 2:13; בִּי אֲדנָי †Ex 4:10, 13; Jos 7:8 (J) Ju 6:15; 13:8 is referred to God, but בִּי אֲדנִי †Gn 43:20; 44:18 Nu 12:11 (J) 1 S 1:26; 25:24 (+ אני) 1 K 3:17, 26 to human superiors. There is doubt as to אֲדֹנָ֯י Gn 18:3; 19:18; אֲדֹ֯נַי 19:2)—
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Origin: from an unused root (meaning to rule)
Jastrow Dictionary
A second Hebrew/Aramaic lexicon for comparison, covering Aramaic and post-biblical (Talmudic, Targumic, Midrashic) usage that the biblical-Hebrew BDB does not. Matched by lemma rather than by Strong’s number, so a lemma may carry more than one Jastrow headword (shown separately below), and the entries cover usage well beyond the Bible.
אָדוֹן
- , const. אֲדוֹן (b. h.; lord, judge. Ḥag. 3ᵇ אֲ׳ כל המעשים Lord of all creatures. Y. Kidd. IV, beg. 65ᵇ (allud. to Adon, pr. n., Neh. VII, 61) אין דין אין א׳ there is no justice and not judge. Gen. R. s. 89 (play on Kar, Is. XXX, 23) קירי א׳ Kyri (κύριος) means Lord. e.g. Nehemiah 7:61
A Dictionary of the Targumim, the Talmud Babli and Yerushalmi, and the Midrashic Literature (Marcus Jastrow; London, Luzac, 1903) — Public Domain. Digitized via Sefaria. Digitized via Sefaria. Full attribution on Sources.
Forms in the corpus
The 124 distinct written forms H113 takes in the Hebrew Bible, most frequent first — each parse links to that state’s occurrences in the concordance. Hebrew forms include their vowel points and cantillation, so a single lemma takes many written forms.
The 60 most common forms are shown; 64 rarer forms follow in the full concordance.
Same root — word family
Other BDB entries built from the same root as H113, grouped by Strong’s listed origin. These share a root / origin per the lexicon — not necessarily a shared meaning. Each links to that word’s own entry.
Derived from this word
Proper names from this root
People and places named from this root — a name, not an additional meaning of the word.
- אדון ʼAddôwn H114 Addon
- אדניבזק ʼĂdônîy-Bezeq H137 Adoni-Bezek
- אדניה ʼĂdônîyâh H138 Adonijah
- אדניצדק ʼĂdônîy-Tsedeq H139 Adoni-zedek
- אדניקם ʼĂdônîyqâm H140 Adonikam
- אדנירם ʼĂdônîyrâm H141 Adoniram
Compare all same-root words → Showing 4 of 10 — not the complete family. 6 of the same-root words are proper names (people or places). They share a root, not necessarily a meaning.
Septuagint verse parallels
This word appears in 279 verses that also exist in the Greek Old Testament (Septuagint), out of the 281 Hebrew verses it occurs in. You can read those verses in Greek by switching the Old Testament edition to the Septuagint.
Read these verses in the Septuagint
- Genesis 18:3
- Exodus 21:4
- Numbers 11:28
- Deuteronomy 10:17
- Judges 3:25
- Ruth 2:13
- 1 Samuel 1:15
- 2 Samuel 1:10
- 1 Kings 1:2
- 2 Kings 2:3
- 1 Chronicles 12:19
- 2 Chronicles 2:14
This is a verse-level parallel only — the same verses exist in both the Hebrew and Greek Old Testaments. No word-level Hebrew↔Greek correspondence is claimed: the data carries no such alignment, so no Greek word is shown as this Hebrew word’s translation. Coverage is not total — the Septuagint omits the deuterocanon and renumbers the Psalms, so some Hebrew verses have no direct Greek parallel.
