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HebrewH0138Proper Noun (Masculine)

אֲדֹנִיָּ֫הוּ

a.do.niy.yah

25Occurrences
H0138Strong's #
Proper Noun (Masculine)Part of Speech

Definition

Quick Definition(Strong's Concordance)

Adonijah, the name of three Israelites

original (prolonged) אֲדֹנִיָּהוּ ; from H113 (אָדוֹן) and H3050 (יָהּ); lord (i.e. worshipper) of Jah;

Full Lexicon Entry(Abbott-Smith)
A man of the tribe of Judah living at the time of United Monarchy, first mentioned at ; son of: David (H1732) and Haggith (H2294); half-brother of: Amnon (H0550), Chileab (H3609), Absalom (H0053), Shephatiah (H8203), Ithream (H3507), Shammua (H8051H), Shobab (H7727), Nathan (H5416), Solomon (H8010), Ibhar (H2984), Elishua (H0474), Nepheg (H5298H), Japhia (H3309I), Elishama (H0476H), Eliada (H0450), Eliphelet (H0467), Tamar (H8559H), Elpelet (H0467I), Nogah (H5052) and Jerimoth (H3406N) § Adonijah = "my lord is Jehovah" 1) fourth son of David and Solomon's rival for the throne 2) Levite sent by Jehoshaphat to teach the ) a chief of the people who co-operated with Nehemiah

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Grammar & Morphology

Part of Speech

Proper Noun (Masculine)

Morphology Code

N:N-M-P

Full Description

Proper Noun, Masculine

Occurrences

אֲדֹנִיָּ֫הוּ appears 25 times in the Old Testament.

Distribution by Book

1 Kings
22
1 Chronicles
1
2 Chronicles
1
2 Samuel
1

Key Passages

1 Chronicles 3:2BSB

the third was Absalom the son of Maacah daughter of King Talmai of Geshur;the fourth was Adonijah the son of Haggith;

1 Kings 1:11BSB

Then Nathan said to Bathsheba the mother of Solomon, “Have you not heard that Adonijah son of Haggith has become king, and our lord David does not know it?

1 Kings 1:41BSB

Now Adonijah and all his guests were finishing their feast when they heard the sound of the ram’s horn. “Why is the city in such a loud uproar?” asked Joab.

1 Kings 1:51BSB

It was reported to Solomon: “Behold, Adonijah fears King Solomon, and he has taken hold of the horns of the altar, saying, ‘Let King Solomon first swear to me not to put his servant to the sword.’”

1 Kings 2:23BSB

Then King Solomon swore by the LORD: “May God punish me, and ever so severely, if Adonijah has not made this request at the expense of his life.

Lexicon data from STEPBible.org (Tyndale House, Cambridge) under CC BY 4.0 license.