HebrewH0139Proper Noun (Masculine)

אֲדֹנִי־צֶ֫דֶק

a.do.ni-tse.deq

2Occurrences
H0139Strong's #
Proper Noun (Masculine)Part of Speech

Definition

Quick Definition(Strong's Concordance)

Adoni-Tsedek, a Canaanitish king

from H113 (אָדוֹן) and H6664 (צֶדֶק); lord of justice;

Full Lexicon Entry(Abbott-Smith)
A man living before Israel's Monarchy, first mentioned at § Adoni-zedek = "my lord is righteous" Canaanite king slain by Joshua

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Grammar & Morphology

Part of Speech

Proper Noun (Masculine)

Morphology Code

N:N-M-P

Full Description

Proper Noun, Masculine

Occurrences

אֲדֹנִי־צֶ֫דֶק appears 2 times in the Old Testament.

Distribution by Book

Joshua
2

Key Passages

Joshua 10:1BSB

Now Adoni-zedek king of Jerusalem heard that Joshua had captured Ai and devoted it to destruction —doing to Ai and its king as he had done to Jericho and its king—and that the people of Gibeon had made peace with Israel and were living near them.

Joshua 10:3BSB

Therefore Adoni-zedek king of Jerusalem sent word to Hoham king of Hebron, Piram king of Jarmuth, Japhia king of Lachish, and Debir king of Eglon, saying,

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