אֲדֹנִי־צֶדֶקʼĂdônîy-Tsedeq
proper name, masculine: Canaanite king of Jerusalem (Joshua 10:1; Joshua 10:3)
Pronunciation: ad-o''-nee-tseh'-dek · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H139
Same root
Where it appears
Appears 4 times in the Bible.
- Joshua 10:1 Adoni-zedek, king of Jerusalem, heard that Joshua had captured and completely destroyed Ai and killed its king, just as he had destroyed the town of Jericho and killed its king. He also learned that the Gibeonites had made peace with Israel and were now their allies.
- Joshua 10:3 So King Adoni-zedek of Jerusalem sent messengers to several other kings: Hoham of Hebron, Piram of Jarmuth, Japhia of Lachish, and Debir of Eglon.
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).