אָדוֹןʼâdôwn
lord
Pronunciation: aw-done' · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H113
Meanings
1. lord, master (Exodus 23:17; Exodus 34:23; Joshua 3:11)
2. lords, kings, elsewhere intensive plural of rank, lord, master (Deuteronomy 10:17; Psalms 136:3; Isaiah 26:13)
a proprietor (1 Kings 16:24)
b master (Genesis 40:7; Exodus 21:4; Exodus 21:6)
c husband (Judges 19:26; Judges 19:27; Psalms 45:12)
d prophet (2 Kings 2:3; 2 Kings 2:5; 2 Kings 2:16)
e governor (Nehemiah 3:5)
f prince (Genesis 42:10; Genesis 42:30; Genesis 42:33)
g king, Lord of lords (Genesis 40:1; Judges 3:25; 1 Chronicles 12:19)
3. my lord, my master
a master (Exodus 21:5; Genesis 24:12; Genesis 44:5)
b husband (Genesis 18:12)
c prophet (1 Kings 18:7; 1 Kings 18:13; 2 Kings 2:19)
d prince (Genesis 42:10; Genesis 23:6; Genesis 23:11)
e king (1 Samuel 22:12)
f father (Genesis 31:35)
g Moses (Exodus 32:22; Numbers 11:28; Numbers 12:11)
h priest (1 Samuel 1:15; 1 Samuel 1:26)
i theophanic angel (Joshua 5:14; Judges 6:13)
j captain (2 Samuel 11:11)
k general recognition of superiority (Genesis 24:18; Genesis 32:5; Genesis 33:8)
a. my Lord (Genesis 20:4; Exodus 15:17; Genesis 18:3)
b. Adonay, of God (Isaiah 3:17; Amos 7:7; Amos 7:8)
4.
a my Lord Yahweh (Genesis 15:2; Genesis 15:8; Joshua 7:7)
b Adonay Yahweh (Isaiah 25:8; Jeremiah 44:26; Isaiah 40:10)
5. Yahweh my Lord (Psalms 68:21; Psalms 109:21; Psalms 140:8)
6.
a my Lord Yahweh Saba'oth., Yahweh, the God of Hosts my Lord (Psalms 69:7; Amos 9:5; Isaiah 10:23)
b Adonay, Yahweh Saba'oth. (Jeremiah 46:10; Jeremiah 50:25; Isaiah 10:24)
Same root
- אַדּוֹןʼAddôwn · H114Addon, apparently an Israelite
- אֶדֶןʼeden · H134a basis (of a building, a column, etc.)
- אֲדֹנָיʼĂdônây · H136the Lord (used as a proper name of God only)
- אֲדֹנִי־בֶזֶקʼĂdônîy-Bezeq · H137Adoni-Bezek; a Canaanitish king
- אֲדֹנִיָּהʼĂdônîyâh · H138Adonijah, the name of three Israelites
- אֲדֹנִי־צֶדֶקʼĂdônîy-Tsedeq · H139Adoni-Tsedek, a Canaanitish king
- אֲדֹנִיקָםʼĂdônîyqâm · H140Adonikam, the name of one or two Israelites
- אֲדֹנִירָםʼĂdônîyrâm · H141Adoniram, an Israelite
Where it appears
Appears 333 times in the Bible.
- Genesis 18:3 “My lord,” he said, “if it pleases you, stop here for a while.
- Genesis 18:12 So she laughed silently to herself and said, “How could a worn-out woman like me enjoy such pleasure, especially when my master—my husband—is also so old?”
- Genesis 19:2 “My lords,” he said, “come to my home to wash your feet, and be my guests for the night. You may then get up early in the morning and be on your way again.” “Oh no,” they replied. “We’ll just spend the night out here in the city square.”
- Genesis 23:6 “Listen, my lord, you are an honored prince among us. Choose the finest of our tombs and bury her there. No one here will refuse to help you in this way.”
- Genesis 23:11 “No, my lord,” he said to Abraham, “please listen to me. I will give you the field and the cave. Here in the presence of my people, I give it to you. Go and bury your dead.”
- Genesis 23:15 “My lord, please listen to me. The land is worth 400 pieces of silver, but what is that between friends? Go ahead and bury your dead.”
See every passage
- Genesis 18:3, 18:12, 19:2, 23:6, 23:11, 23:15, 24:9, 24:10, 24:12, 24:14, 24:18, 24:27, 24:35, 24:36, 24:37, 24:39, 24:42, 24:44, 24:48, 24:49, 24:51, 24:54, 24:56, 24:65, 31:35, 32:4, 32:5, 32:18, 33:8, 33:13, 33:14, 33:15, 39:2, 39:3, 39:7, 39:8, 39:16, 39:19, 39:20, 40:1, 40:7, 42:10, 42:30, 42:33, 43:20, 44:5, 44:7, 44:8, 44:9, 44:16, 44:18, 44:19, 44:20, 44:22, 44:24, 44:33, 45:8, 45:9, 47:18, 47:25
- Exodus 21:4, 21:5, 21:6, 21:8, 21:32, 23:17, 32:22, 34:23
- Numbers 11:28, 12:11, 32:25, 32:27, 36:2
- Deuteronomy 10:17, 23:15
- Joshua 5:14
- Judges 3:25, 4:18, 6:13, 19:11, 19:12, 19:26, 19:27
- Ruth 2:13
- 1 Samuel 1:15, 1:26, 16:16, 20:38, 22:12, 24:6, 24:8, 24:10, 25:10, 25:14, 25:17, 25:24, 25:25, 25:26, 25:27, 25:28, 25:29, 25:30, 25:31, 25:41, 26:15, 26:16, 26:17, 26:18, 26:19, 29:4, 29:8, 29:10, 30:13, 30:15
- 2 Samuel 1:10, 2:5, 2:7, 3:21, 4:8, 9:9, 9:10, 9:11, 10:3, 11:9, 11:11, 11:13, 12:8, 13:32, 13:33, 14:9, 14:12, 14:15, 14:17, 14:18, 14:19, 14:20, 14:22, 15:15, 15:21, 16:3, 16:4, 16:9, 18:28, 18:31, 18:32, 19:19, 19:20, 19:26, 19:27, 19:28, 19:30, 19:35, 19:37, 20:6, 24:3, 24:21, 24:22
- 1 Kings 1:2, 1:11, 1:13, 1:17, 1:18, 1:20, 1:21, 1:24, 1:27, 1:31, 1:33, 1:36, 1:37, 1:43, 1:47, 2:38, 3:17, 3:26, 11:23, 12:27, 16:24, 18:7, 18:8, 18:10, 18:11, 18:13, 18:14, 20:4, 20:9, 22:17
- 2 Kings 2:3, 2:5, 2:16, 2:19, 4:16, 4:28, 5:1, 5:3, 5:4, 5:18, 5:20, 5:22, 5:25, 6:5, 6:12, 6:15, 6:22, 6:23, 6:26, 6:32, 8:5, 8:12, 8:14, 9:7, 9:11, 9:31, 10:2, 10:3, 10:6, 10:9, 18:23, 18:24, 18:27, 19:4, 19:6
- 1 Chronicles 12:19, 21:3, 21:23
- 2 Chronicles 2:14, 2:15, 13:6, 18:16
- Nehemiah 3:5, 8:10, 10:29
- Job 3:19
- Psalms 8:1, 8:9, 12:4, 45:11, 97:5, 105:21, 110:1, 114:7, 123:2, 135:5, 136:3, 147:5
- Proverbs 25:13, 27:18, 30:10
- Isaiah 1:24, 3:1, 10:16, 10:33, 19:4, 22:18, 24:2, 26:13, 36:8, 36:9, 36:12, 37:4, 37:6, 51:22
- Jeremiah 22:18, 27:4, 34:5, 37:20, 38:9
- Daniel 1:10, 10:16, 10:17, 10:19, 12:8
- Hosea 12:14
- Amos 4:1
- Micah 4:13
- Zephaniah 1:9
- Zechariah 1:9, 4:4, 4:5, 4:13, 4:14, 6:4, 6:5
- Malachi 1:6, 3:1
Source: Brown, Driver and Briggs, Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain; markup by unfoldingWord, CC BY (github.com/unfoldingWord/Brown-Driver-Briggs-Enhanced).