HebrewH0137Proper Noun (Masculine)

אֲדֹנִי־בֶ֫זֶק

a.do.ni-ve.zeq

3Occurrences
H0137Strong's #
Proper Noun (Masculine)Part of Speech

Definition

Quick Definition(Strong's Concordance)

Adoni-Bezek; a Canaanitish king

from H113 (אָדוֹן) and H966 (בֶּזֶק); lord of Bezek;

Full Lexicon Entry(Abbott-Smith)
A man living before Israel's Monarchy, first mentioned at § Adoni-Bezek = "my lord is Besek" king of the Canaanite city of Bezek, killed by Israelites

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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־בֶ֫זֶק appears 3 times in the Old Testament.

Distribution by Book

Judges
3

Key Passages

Judges 1:5BSB

And there they found Adoni-bezek and fought against him, striking down the Canaanites and Perizzites.

Judges 1:6BSB

As Adoni-bezek fled, they pursued him, seized him, and cut off his thumbs and big toes.

Judges 1:7BSB

Then Adoni-bezek said, “Seventy kings with their thumbs and big toes cut off have gathered the scraps under my table. As I have done to them, so God has repaid me.” And they brought him to Jerusalem, where he died.

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