אֲדֹנִיָּהʼĂdônîyâh

Meanings

Same root

• אָדוֹןʼâdôwn · H113sovereign, i.e. controller (human or divine)
• יָהּYâhh · H3050Jah, the sacred name
• טוֹב אֲדֹנִיָּהוּṬôwb ʼĂdônîyâhûw · H2899Tob-Adonijah, an Israelite

Where it appears

Appears 26 times in the Bible.

• 2 Samuel 3:4 The fourth was Adonijah, whose mother was Haggith. The fifth was Shephatiah, whose mother was Abital.
• 1 Kings 1:5 About that time David’s son Adonijah, whose mother was Haggith, began boasting, “I will make myself king.” So he provided himself with chariots and charioteers and recruited fifty men to run in front of him.
• 1 Kings 1:7 Adonijah took Joab son of Zeruiah and Abiathar the priest into his confidence, and they agreed to help him become king.
• 1 Kings 1:8 But Zadok the priest, Benaiah son of Jehoiada, Nathan the prophet, Shimei, Rei, and David’s personal bodyguard refused to support Adonijah.
• 1 Kings 1:9 Adonijah went to the Stone of Zoheleth near the spring of En-rogel, where he sacrificed sheep, cattle, and fattened calves. He invited all his brothers—the other sons of King David—and all the royal officials of Judah.
• 1 Kings 1:11 Then Nathan went to Bathsheba, Solomon’s mother, and asked her, “Haven’t you heard that Haggith’s son, Adonijah, has made himself king, and our lord David doesn’t even know about it?