אֲדֹנָי
lord
‘lord’ is one of 2 main senses fuller range ↓
Full lexicon entry — Brown-Driver-Briggs (BDB)
From Brown-Driver-Briggs (BDB)
Where this word appears
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).
Gender
- Masculine
- Grammatically masculine.
Number
- Plural
- More than one (in Hebrew, generally three or more).
- Singular
- One.
Every verse where H136 appears in the Book of Isaiah — 48 distinct verses. Click any verse to open its interlinear word-by-word view. Verse text shown in the World English Bible for context — . Each verse’s Hebrew form is shown with its reference; the English is not keyword-highlighted, since the data carries no word-level English alignment. Use “Compare translations” on any verse to read it across multiple English versions. This concordance covers the Hebrew Bible; Septuagint (Greek Old Testament) occurrences are not indexed here.
Isaiah
- Isaiah 3:15 אֲדֹנָ֥/י n c mp cs + sfx pers 1cs What do you mean that you crush my people, And grind the face of the poor?" says the Lord, Yahweh of Hosts.
- Isaiah 3:17 אֲדֹנָ֔/י n c mp cs + sfx pers 1cs Therefore the Lord brings sores on the crown of the head of the women of Zion, And Yahweh will make their scalps bald."
- Isaiah 3:18 אֲדֹנָ֗/י n c mp cs + sfx pers 1cs In that day the Lord will take away the beauty of their anklets, the headbands, the crescent necklaces,
- Isaiah 4:4 אֲדֹנָ֗/י n c mp cs + sfx pers 1cs when the Lord shall have washed away the filth of the daughters of Zion, and shall have purged the blood of Jerusalem from its midst, by the spirit of justice, and by the spirit of burning.
- Isaiah 6:1 אֲדֹנָ֛/י n c mp cs + sfx pers 1cs In the year that king Uzziah died, I saw the Lord sitting on a throne, high and lifted up; and his train filled the temple.
- Isaiah 6:8 אֲדֹנָ/י֙ n c mp cs + sfx pers 1cs I heard the Lord's voice, saying, "Whom shall I send, and who will go for us?" Then I said, "Here I am. Send me!"
- Isaiah 6:11 אֲדֹנָ֑/י n c mp cs + sfx pers 1cs Then I said, "Lord, how long?" He answered, "Until cities are waste without inhabitant, And houses without man, And the land becomes utterly waste,
- Isaiah 7:7 אֲדֹנָ֣/י n c mp cs + sfx pers 1cs This is what the Lord Yahweh says: "It shall not stand, neither shall it happen."
- Isaiah 7:14 אֲדֹנָ֥/י n c mp cs + sfx pers 1cs Therefore the Lord himself will give you a sign. Behold, the virgin will conceive, and bear a son, and shall call his name Immanuel.
- Isaiah 7:20 אֲדֹנָ/י֩ n c mp cs + sfx pers 1cs In that day the Lord will shave with a razor that is hired in the parts beyond the River, even with the king of Assyria, the head and the hair of the feet; and it shall also consume the beard.
- Isaiah 8:7 אֲדֹנָ/י֩ n c mp cs + sfx pers 1cs now therefore, behold, the Lord brings up on them the waters of the River, strong and many, [even] the king of Assyria and all his glory: and it shall come up over all its channels, and go over all its banks;
- Isaiah 9:8 אֲדֹנָ֖/י n c mp cs + sfx pers 1cs The Lord sent a word into Jacob, and it has lighted on Israel.
- Isaiah 9:17 אֲדֹנָ֗/י n c mp cs + sfx pers 1cs Therefore the Lord will not rejoice over their young men, neither will he have compassion on their fatherless and widows; for everyone is profane and an evil-doer, and every mouth speaks folly. For all this his anger is not turned away, but his hand is stretched out still.
- Isaiah 10:12 אֲדֹנָ/י֙ n c mp cs + sfx pers 1cs Therefore it shall happen that, when the Lord has performed his whole work on Mount Zion and on Jerusalem, I will punish the fruit of the stout heart of the king of Assyria, and the glory of his high looks.
- Isaiah 10:23 אֲדֹנָ֤/י n c mp cs + sfx pers 1cs For a full end, and that determined, will the Lord, Yahweh of Hosts, make in the midst of all the earth.
- Isaiah 10:24 אֲדֹנָ֤/י n c mp cs + sfx pers 1cs Therefore thus says the Lord, Yahweh of Hosts, my people who dwell in Zion, don't be afraid of the Assyrian, though he strike you with the rod, and lift up his staff against you, after the manner of Egypt.
- Isaiah 11:11 אֲדֹנָ֤/י n c mp cs + sfx pers 1cs It shall happen in that day, that the Lord will set his hand again the second time to recover the remnant of his people, who shall remain, from Assyria, and from Egypt, and from Pathros, and from Cush, and from Elam, and from Shinar, and from Hamath, and from the islands of the sea.
- Isaiah 21:6 אֲדֹנָ֑/י n c mp cs + sfx pers 1cs For thus has the Lord said to me, Go, set a watchman: let him declare what he sees:
- Isaiah 21:8 אֲדֹנָ֗/י n c mp cs + sfx pers 1cs He cried as a lion: Lord, I stand continually on the watch-tower in the day-time, and am set in my ward whole nights;
- Isaiah 21:16 אֲדֹנָ֖/י n c mp cs + sfx pers 1cs For thus has the Lord said to me, Within a year, according to the years of a hireling, all the glory of Kedar shall fail;
- Isaiah 22:5 לַֽ/אדֹנָ֧/י prep + n c mp cs + sfx pers 1cs For it is a day of confusion, and of treading down, and of perplexity, from the Lord, Yahweh of Hosts, in the valley of vision; a breaking down of the walls, and a crying to the mountains.
- Isaiah 22:12 אֲדֹנָ֧/י n c mp cs + sfx pers 1cs In that day did the Lord, Yahweh of Hosts, call to weeping, and to mourning, and to baldness, and to girding with sackcloth:
- Isaiah 22:14 אֲדֹנָ֥/י n c mp cs + sfx pers 1cs Yahweh of Hosts revealed himself in my ears, Surely this iniquity shall not be forgiven you until you die, says the Lord, Yahweh of Hosts.
- Isaiah 22:15 אֲדֹנָ֥/י n c mp cs + sfx pers 1cs Thus says the Lord, Yahweh of Hosts, Go, get yourself to this treasurer, even to Shebna, who is over the house, [and say],
- Isaiah 25:8 אֲדֹנָ֧/י n c mp cs + sfx pers 1cs He has swallowed up death forever; and the Lord Yahweh will wipe away tears from off all faces; and the reproach of his people will he take away from off all the earth: for Yahweh has spoken it.
- Isaiah 28:2 לַֽ/אדֹנָ֔/י prep + n c mp cs + sfx pers 1cs Behold, the Lord has a mighty and strong one; as a tempest of hail, a destroying storm, as a tempest of mighty waters overflowing, will he cast down to the earth with the hand.
- Isaiah 28:16 אֲדֹנָ֣/י n c mp cs + sfx pers 1cs therefore thus says the Lord Yahweh, Behold, I lay in Zion for a foundation a stone, a tried stone, a precious corner -[stone] of sure foundation: he who believes shall not be in haste.
- Isaiah 28:22 אֲדֹנָ֧/י n c mp cs + sfx pers 1cs Now therefore don't you be scoffers, lest your bonds be made strong; for a decree of destruction have I heard from the Lord, Yahweh of Hosts, on the whole earth.
- Isaiah 29:13 אֲדֹנָ֗/י n c mp cs + sfx pers 1cs The Lord said, Because this people draw near [to me], and with their mouth and with their lips to honor me, but have removed their heart far from me, and their fear of me is a commandment of men which has been taught [them];
- Isaiah 30:15 אֲדֹנָ֨/י n c mp cs + sfx pers 1cs For thus said the Lord Yahweh, the Holy One of Israel, In returning and rest shall you be saved; in quietness and in confidence shall be your strength. You would not:
- Isaiah 30:20 אֲדֹנָ֛/י n c mp cs + sfx pers 1cs Though the Lord give you the bread of adversity and the water of affliction, yet shall not your teachers be hidden anymore, but your eyes shall see your teachers;
- Isaiah 37:24 אֲדֹנָ/י֒ n c mp cs + sfx pers 1cs By your servants have you defied the Lord, and have said, With the multitude of my chariots am I come up to the height of the mountains, to the innermost parts of Lebanon; and I will cut down the tall cedars of it, and the choice fir trees of it; and I will enter into its farthest height, the forest of its fruitful field;
- Isaiah 38:14 אֲדֹנָ֖/י n c mp cs + sfx pers 1cs Like a swallow [or] a crane, so did I chatter; I did moan as a dove; my eyes fail [with looking] upward: Lord, I am oppressed, be my collateral.
- Isaiah 38:16 אֲדֹנָ֖/י n c mp cs + sfx pers 1cs Lord, by these things men live; Wholly therein is the life of my spirit: You restore me, and cause me to live.
- Isaiah 40:10 אֲדֹנָ֤/י n c mp cs + sfx pers 1cs Behold, the Lord Yahweh will come as a mighty one, and his arm will rule for him: Behold, his reward is with him, and his recompense before him.
- Isaiah 48:16 אֲדֹנָ֧/י n c mp cs + sfx pers 1cs Come you near to me, hear you this; from the beginning I have not spoken in secret; from the time that it was, there am I: and now the Lord Yahweh has sent me, and his Spirit.
- Isaiah 49:14 וַ/אדֹנָ֖/י conj + n c mp cs + sfx pers 1cs But Zion said, Yahweh has forsaken me, and the Lord has forgotten me.
- Isaiah 49:22 אֲדֹנָ֣/י n c mp cs + sfx pers 1cs Thus says the Lord Yahweh, Behold, I will lift up my hand to the nations, and set up my ensign to the peoples; and they shall bring your sons in their bosom, and your daughters shall be carried on their shoulders.
- Isaiah 50:4 אֲדֹנָ֣/י n c mp cs + sfx pers 1cs The Lord Yahweh has given me the tongue of those who are taught, that I may know how to sustain with words him who is weary: he wakens morning by morning, he wakens my ear to hear as those who are taught.
- Isaiah 50:5 אֲדֹנָ֤/י n c mp cs + sfx pers 1cs The Lord Yahweh has opened my ear, and I was not rebellious, neither turned away backward.
- Isaiah 50:7 וַ/אדֹנָ֤/י conj + n c mp cs + sfx pers 1cs For the Lord Yahweh will help me; therefore I have not been confounded: therefore have I set my face like a flint, and I know that I shall not be disappointed.
- Isaiah 50:9 אֲדֹנָ֤/י n c mp cs + sfx pers 1cs Behold, the Lord Yahweh will help me; who is he who shall condemn me? Behold, all they shall wax old as a garment, the moth shall eat them up.
- Isaiah 52:4 אֲדֹנָ֣/י n c mp cs + sfx pers 1cs For thus says the Lord Yahweh, My people went down at the first into Egypt to sojourn there: and the Assyrian has oppressed them without cause.
- Isaiah 56:8 אֲדֹנָ֣/י n c mp cs + sfx pers 1cs The Lord Yahweh, who gathers the outcasts of Israel, says, Yet will I gather [others] to him, besides his own who are gathered.
- Isaiah 61:1 אֲדֹנָ֥/י n c mp cs + sfx pers 1cs The Spirit of the Lord Yahweh is on me; because Yahweh has anointed me to preach good news to the humble; he has sent me to bind up the broken-hearted, to proclaim liberty to the captives, and the opening [of the prison] to those who are bound;
- Isaiah 61:11 אֲדֹנָ֣/י n c mp cs + sfx pers 1cs For as the earth brings forth its bud, and as the garden causes the things that are sown in it to spring forth; so the Lord Yahweh will cause righteousness and praise to spring forth before all the nations.
- Isaiah 65:13 אֲדֹנָ֣/י n c mp cs + sfx pers 1cs Therefore thus says the Lord Yahweh, Behold, my servants shall eat, but you shall be hungry; behold, my servants shall drink, but you shall be thirsty; behold, my servants shall rejoice, but you shall be disappointed;
- Isaiah 65:15 אֲדֹנָ֣/י n c mp cs + sfx pers 1cs You shall leave your name for a curse to my chosen; and the Lord Yahweh will kill you; and he will call his servants by another name:
About this entry
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אדני — transliterated ʼĂdônây — is a Hebrew noun carrying the sense “lord.” Its uses cluster heavily in Ezekiel (50% of all occurrences). Spanning 430 verses in 25 books, it ranks among the common words of the Hebrew Bible. Its earliest occurrence is Genesis 15:2. The lexicon spreads it across several senses; see its full sense range. See the sense tree, 430-verse concordance, and the renderings breakdown below.
Gloss history
Strong's 1890 vs modern scholarship
About this word
Strong's H136 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 →
- 430
- distinct verses
- The word appears in 430 distinct verses.
- 25 / 39
- OT books
- The word appears in 25 of 39 Old Testament books.
- #110
- by frequency
- Top 250 most frequent Hebrew words (rank 110 of 8,640 Hebrew words by occurrence).
View all 430 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 430 distinct verses.
- Prophets (Nevi'im) 331 verses · 77%
- Writings (Ketuvim) 82 verses · 19%
- Torah (Pentateuch) 17 verses · 4%
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 376×, Thee o lord 7×, Behold the lord 6×
- American Standard Version: Lord 305×, Jehovah 74×, Saith the lord 47×
- Berean Standard Bible: Lord 425×, Am the lord 5×, May the lord 4×
- unfoldingWord Literal Text: Lord 356×, Is the lord 68×, Am the lord 3×
King James Version Public Domain
Renders H136 across 434 tagged occurrences — most commonly:
Plus 28 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 H136 across 502 tagged occurrences — most commonly:
Plus other, less common renderings. Plus 30 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 H136 across 440 tagged occurrences — most commonly:
Plus 6 renderings that appear only once — usually multi-word phrases or single function words the recovered tagging swept in, not distinct renderings.
unfoldingWord Literal Text CC BY-SA 4.0
Renders H136 across 442 tagged occurrences — most commonly:
Plus 10 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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Derived from אדון (ʼâdôwn) (H113) — lord.
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.
אֲדֹנָי
- plur. excellentiæ) the Lord, Adonai. Gen. R. s. 17; Koh. R. to VII, 23.
אַדְנֵי
- name of a mythical animal, orangoutang(?). Kil. VII, 5, defined Y. ibid. 31ᶜ bot. בר נש דטור mountain-man, brought forth by the mountain and drawing nourishment from the ground (cmp. Job V, 23). Koh. R. to VI, 11. e.g. Job 5:23
אדני
- Sabb. 35ᵇ, v. אֲרוֹנֵי
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 49 distinct written forms H136 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.
| Form | Parsing | Example | Uses |
|---|---|---|---|
| אֲדֹנָ֣/י | Noun, Common, Masculine, Plural, Construct | Amos 3:11 | 190 |
| אֲדֹנָ֥/י | Noun, Common, Masculine, Plural, Construct | Amos 1:8 | 92 |
| אֲדֹנָ֑/י | Noun, Common, Masculine, Plural, Construct | Exodus 4:13 | 22 |
| אֲדֹנָ֤/י | Noun, Common, Masculine, Plural, Construct | Amos 3:8 | 18 |
| אֲדֹנָ֗/י | Noun, Common, Masculine, Plural, Construct | Amos 7:8 | 12 |
| אֲדֹנָ֖/י | Noun, Common, Masculine, Plural, Construct | Exodus 15:17 | 11 |
| אֲדֹנָ/י֙ | Noun, Common, Masculine, Plural, Construct | Daniel 9:3 | 10 |
| אֲ֭דֹנָ/י | Noun, Common, Masculine, Plural, Construct | Job 28:28 | 8 |
| אֲדֹנָ֔/י | Noun, Common, Masculine, Plural, Construct | Amos 5:16 | 8 |
| אֲ֝דֹנָ֗/י | Noun, Common, Masculine, Plural, Construct | Psalms 2:4 | 7 |
| אֲדֹנָ֧/י | Noun, Common, Masculine, Plural, Construct | Ezekiel 7:2 | 6 |
| אֲדֹנָ֨/י | Noun, Common, Masculine, Plural, Construct | Amos 6:8 | 6 |
| אֲדֹנָ֛/י | Noun, Common, Masculine, Plural, Construct | Amos 7:7 | 5 |
| אֲדֹנָֽ/י | Noun, Common, Masculine, Plural, Construct | Daniel 9:17 | 5 |
| אֲדֹנָ/י֒ | Noun, Common, Masculine, Plural, Construct | Exodus 4:10 | 3 |
| אֲדֹנָ/י֮ | Noun, Common, Masculine, Plural, Construct | Psalms 35:17 | 3 |
| אֲדֹנָ/י֩ | Noun, Common, Masculine, Plural, Construct | Isaiah 7:20 | 2 |
| אֲדֹנָ֜/י | Noun, Common, Masculine, Plural, Construct | Amos 9:1 | 2 |
| אֲדֹנָ֪/י | Noun, Common, Masculine, Plural, Construct | Psalms 40:17 | 2 |
| לַֽ/אדֹנָ֑/י | Noun, Common, Masculine, Plural, Construct | Malachi 1:14 | 2 |
| לַֽ/אדֹנָ֣/י | Noun, Common, Masculine, Plural, Construct | Daniel 9:9 | 2 |
| לַֽ/אדֹנָ֧/י | Noun, Common, Masculine, Plural, Construct | Isaiah 22:5 | 2 |
| אֲ֝דֹנָ/י | Noun, Common, Masculine, Plural, Construct | Psalms 73:20 | 1 |
| אֲֽדֹנָ/י | Noun, Common, Masculine, Plural, Construct | Psalms 38:9 | 1 |
| אֲֽדֹנָ֗/י | Noun, Common, Masculine, Plural, Construct | Psalms 90:1 | 1 |
| אֲד֖וֹן | Noun, Common, Masculine, Singular, Construct | Joshua 3:11 | 1 |
| אֲד֤וֹן | Noun, Common, Masculine, Singular, Construct | Joshua 3:13 | 1 |
| אֲדֹנִ֖/י | Noun, Common, Masculine, Singular, Construct | Joshua 5:14 | 1 |
| אֲדֹנֵ֔י/נוּ | Noun, Common, Masculine, Plural, Construct | Nehemiah 10:29 | 1 |
| אֲדֹנָ֕/י | Noun, Common, Masculine, Plural, Construct | Genesis 20:4 | 1 |
| אֲדֹנָ֞/י | Noun, Common, Masculine, Plural, Construct | Nehemiah 4:14 | 1 |
| אֲדֹנָֽי/ו | Noun, Common, Masculine, Plural, Construct | Hosea 12:14 | 1 |
| אֲדֹנָֽ/י | Noun, Common, Masculine, Plural, Construct | Psalms 79:12 | 1 |
| אֲדוֹנָ֔/י | Noun, Common, Masculine, Plural, Construct | Judges 13:8 | 1 |
| בַּ/אדֹנָ֣/י | Noun, Common, Masculine, Plural, Construct | Psalms 73:28 | 1 |
| וַ/אֲדֹנֵ֖י | Noun, Common, Masculine, Plural, Construct | Deuteronomy 10:17 | 1 |
| וַ/אדֹנָ֖/י | Noun, Common, Masculine, Plural, Construct | Isaiah 49:14 | 1 |
| וַ/אדֹנָ֞/י | Noun, Common, Masculine, Plural, Construct | 2 Kings 7:6 | 1 |
| וַ/אדֹנָ֤/י | Noun, Common, Masculine, Plural, Construct | Isaiah 50:7 | 1 |
| וַ/אדֹנָ֨/י | Noun, Common, Masculine, Plural, Construct | Amos 9:5 | 1 |
| וַ֝/אֲדֹנֵ֗י/נוּ | Noun, Common, Masculine, Plural, Construct | Psalms 135:5 | 1 |
| וַֽ/אדֹנָ֣/י | Noun, Common, Masculine, Plural, Construct | Psalms 35:23 | 1 |
| וַֽ/אדֹנָ֤/י | Noun, Common, Masculine, Plural, Construct | Zechariah 9:14 | 1 |
| לַ/אֲדֹנֵ֑י/נוּ | Noun, Common, Masculine, Plural, Construct | Nehemiah 8:10 | 1 |
| לַ/אדֹנָ֧/י | Noun, Common, Masculine, Plural, Construct | Jeremiah 46:10 | 1 |
| לַ/אדֹנָ֨/י | Noun, Common, Masculine, Plural, Construct | Jeremiah 46:10 | 1 |
| לַֽ/אדֹנָ/י֙ | Noun, Common, Masculine, Plural, Construct | Genesis 18:32 | 1 |
| לַֽ/אדֹנָ֔/י | Noun, Common, Masculine, Plural, Construct | Isaiah 28:2 | 1 |
| לַֽ/אדֹנָ/י֙ | Noun, Common, Masculine, Plural, Construct | Genesis 18:30 | 1 |
Same root — word family
Other BDB entries built from the same root as H136, 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.
Derives from
Shares the same root
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 399 verses that also exist in the Greek Old Testament (Septuagint), out of the 430 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 15:2
- Exodus 4:10
- Numbers 14:17
- Deuteronomy 3:24
- Joshua 3:11
- Judges 6:15
- 2 Samuel 7:18
- 1 Kings 2:26
- 2 Kings 7:6
- Job 28:28
- Psalms 2:4
- Isaiah 3:15
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.
