אֲדֹנִירָםʼĂdônîyrâm

proper name, masculine: official of Solomon (1 Kings 4:6; 1 Kings 5:28; 2 Samuel 20:24; 1 Kings 12:18)

Pronunciation: ad-o-nee-rawm' · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H141

Same root

Where it appears

Appears 2 times in the Bible.

  • 1 Kings 4:6 Ahishar was manager of the palace property. Adoniram son of Abda was in charge of forced labor.
  • 1 Kings 5:14 He sent them to Lebanon in shifts, 10,000 every month, so that each man would be one month in Lebanon and two months at home. Adoniram was in charge of this labor force.

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).