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 Psalms — 55 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.
Psalms
- Psalms 2:4 אֲ֝דֹנָ֗/י n c mp cs + sfx pers 1cs He who sits in the heavens will laugh. The Lord will have them in derision.
- Psalms 16:2 אֲדֹנָ֣/י n c mp cs + sfx pers 1cs My soul, you have said to Yahweh, "You are my Lord. Apart from you I have no good thing."
- Psalms 22:30 לַֽ/אדֹנָ֣/י prep + n c mp cs + sfx pers 1cs Posterity shall serve him. Future generations shall be told about the Lord.
- Psalms 30:8 אֲ֝דֹנָ֗/י n c mp cs + sfx pers 1cs I cried to you, Yahweh. To Yahweh I made supplication:
- Psalms 35:17 אֲדֹנָ/י֮ n c mp cs + sfx pers 1cs Lord, how long will you look on? Rescue my soul from their destruction, My precious life from the lions.
- Psalms 35:22 אֲ֝דֹנָ֗/י n c mp cs + sfx pers 1cs You have seen it, Yahweh. Don't keep silent. Lord, don't be far from me.
- Psalms 35:23 וַֽ/אדֹנָ֣/י conj + n c mp cs + sfx pers 1cs Wake up! Rise up to defend me, my God! My Lord, contend for me!
- Psalms 37:13 אֲדֹנָ֥/י n c mp cs + sfx pers 1cs The Lord will laugh at him, For he sees that his day is coming.
- Psalms 38:9 אֲֽדֹנָ/י n c mp cs + sfx pers 1cs Lord, all my desire is before you. My groaning is not hidden from you.
- Psalms 38:15 אֲדֹנָ֥/י n c mp cs + sfx pers 1cs For in you, Yahweh, do I hope. You will answer, Lord my God.
- Psalms 38:22 אֲ֝דֹנָ֗/י n c mp cs + sfx pers 1cs Hurry to help me, Lord, my salvation.
- Psalms 39:7 אֲדֹנָ֑/י n c mp cs + sfx pers 1cs Now, Lord, what do I wait for? My hope is in you.
- Psalms 40:17 אֲדֹנָ֪/י n c mp cs + sfx pers 1cs But I am poor and needy; May the Lord think about me. You are my help and my deliverer. Don't delay, my God.
- Psalms 44:23 אֲדֹנָ֑/י n c mp cs + sfx pers 1cs Wake up! Why do you sleep, Lord? Arise! Don't reject us forever.
- Psalms 51:15 אֲ֭דֹנָ/י n c mp cs + sfx pers 1cs Lord, open my lips. My mouth shall declare your praise.
- Psalms 54:4 אֲ֝דֹנָ֗/י n c mp cs + sfx pers 1cs Behold, God is my helper. The Lord is the one who sustains my soul.
- Psalms 55:9 אֲ֭דֹנָ/י n c mp cs + sfx pers 1cs Confuse them, Lord, and confound their language, For I have seen violence and strife in the city.
- Psalms 57:9 אֲדֹנָ֑/י n c mp cs + sfx pers 1cs I will give thanks to you, Lord, among the peoples. I will sing praises to you among the nations.
- Psalms 59:11 אֲדֹנָֽ/י n c mp cs + sfx pers 1cs Don't kill them, or my people may forget. Scatter them by your power, and bring them down, Lord our shield.
- Psalms 62:12 אֲדֹנָ֥/י n c mp cs + sfx pers 1cs Also to you, Lord, belongs loving kindness, For you reward every man according to his work.
- Psalms 66:18 אֲדֹנָֽ/י n c mp cs + sfx pers 1cs If I cherished sin in my heart, The Lord wouldn't have listened.
- Psalms 68:11 אֲדֹנָ֥/י n c mp cs + sfx pers 1cs The Lord announced the word. The ones who proclaim it are a great company.
- Psalms 68:17 אֲדֹנָ֥/י n c mp cs + sfx pers 1cs The chariots of God are tens of thousands and thousands of thousands. The Lord is among them, from Sinai, into the sanctuary.
- Psalms 68:19 אֲדֹנָ/י֮ n c mp cs + sfx pers 1cs Blessed be the Lord, who daily bears our burdens, Even the God who is our salvation. Selah.
- Psalms 68:20 אֲדֹנָ֑/י n c mp cs + sfx pers 1cs God is to us a God of deliverance. To Yahweh, the Lord, belongs escape from death.
- Psalms 68:22 אֲ֭דֹנָ/י n c mp cs + sfx pers 1cs The Lord said, "I will bring you again from Bashan, I will bring you again from the depths of the sea;
- Psalms 68:32 אֲדֹנָ֣/י n c mp cs + sfx pers 1cs Sing to God, you kingdoms of the earth! Sing praises to the Lord! Selah.
- Psalms 69:6 אֲדֹנָ֥/י n c mp cs + sfx pers 1cs Don't let those who wait for you be shamed through me, Lord Yahweh of Hosts. Don't let those who seek you be brought to dishonor through me, God of Israel.
- Psalms 71:5 אֲדֹנָ֥/י n c mp cs + sfx pers 1cs For you are my hope, Lord Yahweh; My confidence from my youth.
- Psalms 71:16 אֲדֹנָ֣/י n c mp cs + sfx pers 1cs I will come with the mighty acts of the Lord Yahweh. I will make mention of your righteousness, even of yours alone.
- Psalms 73:20 אֲ֝דֹנָ/י n c mp cs + sfx pers 1cs As a dream when one wakes up, So, Lord, when you awake, you will despise their fantasies.
- Psalms 73:28 בַּ/אדֹנָ֣/י prep + n c mp cs + sfx pers 1cs But it is good for me to come close to God. I have made the Lord Yahweh my refuge, That I may tell of all your works.
- Psalms 77:2 אֲדֹנָ֪/י n c mp cs + sfx pers 1cs In the day of my trouble I sought the Lord. My hand was stretched out in the night, and didn't get tired. My soul refused to be comforted.
- Psalms 77:7 אֲדֹנָ֑/י n c mp cs + sfx pers 1cs "Will the Lord reject us forever? Will he be favorable no more?
- Psalms 78:65 אֲדֹנָ֑/י n c mp cs + sfx pers 1cs Then the Lord awakened as one out of sleep, Like a mighty man who shouts by reason of wine.
- Psalms 79:12 אֲדֹנָֽ/י n c mp cs + sfx pers 1cs Pay back to our neighbors seven times into their bosom Their reproach with which they have reproached you, Lord.
- Psalms 86:3 אֲדֹנָ֑/י n c mp cs + sfx pers 1cs Be merciful to me, Lord, For I call to you all day long.
- Psalms 86:4 אֲ֝דֹנָ֗/י n c mp cs + sfx pers 1cs Bring joy to the soul of your servant, For to you, Lord, do I lift up my soul.
- Psalms 86:5 אֲ֭דֹנָ/י n c mp cs + sfx pers 1cs For you, Lord, are good, and ready to forgive; Abundant in loving kindness to all those who call on you.
- Psalms 86:8 אֲדֹנָ֗/י n c mp cs + sfx pers 1cs There is no one like you among the gods, Lord, Nor any deeds like your deeds.
- Psalms 86:9 אֲדֹנָ֑/י n c mp cs + sfx pers 1cs All nations you have made will come and worship before you, Lord. They shall glorify your name.
- Psalms 86:12 אֲדֹנָ֣/י n c mp cs + sfx pers 1cs I will praise you, Lord my God, with my whole heart. I will glorify your name forevermore.
- Psalms 86:15 אֲ֭דֹנָ/י n c mp cs + sfx pers 1cs But you, Lord, are a merciful and gracious God, Slow to anger, and abundant in loving kindness and truth.
- Psalms 89:49 אֲדֹנָ֑/י n c mp cs + sfx pers 1cs Lord, where are your former loving kindnesses, Which you swore to David in your faithfulness?
- Psalms 89:50 אֲ֭דֹנָ/י n c mp cs + sfx pers 1cs Remember, Lord, the reproach of your servants, How I bear in my heart the taunts of all the mighty peoples,
- Psalms 90:1 אֲֽדֹנָ֗/י n c mp cs + sfx pers 1cs Lord, you have been our dwelling place for all generations.
- Psalms 90:17 אֲדֹנָ֥/י n c mp cs + sfx pers 1cs Let the favor of the Lord our God be on us; Establish the work of our hands for us; Yes, establish the work of our hands.
- Psalms 109:21 אֲדֹנָ֗/י n c mp cs + sfx pers 1cs But deal with me, Yahweh the Lord, for your name's sake, Because your loving kindness is good, deliver me;
- Psalms 110:5 אֲדֹנָ֥/י n c mp cs + sfx pers 1cs The Lord is at your right hand. He will crush kings in the day of his wrath.
- Psalms 130:2 אֲדֹנָ/י֮ n c mp cs + sfx pers 1cs Lord, hear my voice. Let your ears be attentive to the voice of my petitions.
- Psalms 130:3 אֲ֝דֹנָ֗/י n c mp cs + sfx pers 1cs If you, Yah, kept a record of sins, Lord, who could stand?
- Psalms 130:6 לַֽ/אדֹנָ֑/י prep + n c mp cs + sfx pers 1cs My soul longs for the Lord more than watchmen long for the morning; More than watchmen for the morning.
- Psalms 135:5 וַ֝/אֲדֹנֵ֗י/נוּ conj + n c mp cs + sfx pers 1cp For I know that Yahweh is great, That our Lord is above all gods.
- Psalms 140:7 אֲ֭דֹנָ/י n c mp cs + sfx pers 1cs Yahweh, the Lord, the strength of my salvation, You have covered my head in the day of battle.
- Psalms 141:8 אֲדֹנָ֣/י n c mp cs + sfx pers 1cs For my eyes are on you, Yahweh, the Lord. In you, I take refuge. Don't leave my soul destitute.
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)—
— Brown-Driver-Briggs (Oxford 1906, public domain), digitized via Sefaria, supplemented by the OpenScriptures HebrewLexicon (CC BY 4.0). See Sources.
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
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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.
