אָדוֹן
a.don
“lord”
Definition
sovereign, i.e. controller (human or divine)
or (shortened) אָדֹן; from an unused root (meaning to rule);
- firm, strong, lord, master 1a) lord, master 1a1) reference to men 1a1a) superintendent of household, of affairs 1a1b) master 1a1c) king 1a2) reference to a2a) the Lord a2b) Lord of the whole earth 1b) lords, kings 1b1) reference to men 1b1a) proprietor of hill of Samaria 1b1b) master 1b1c) husband 1b1d) prophet 1b1e) governor 1b1f) prince 1b1g) king 1b2) reference to b2a) Lord of lords (probably = "thy husband, Yahweh") 1c) my lord, my master 1c1) reference to men 1c1a) master 1c1b) husband 1c1c) prophet 1c1d) prince 1c1e) king 1c1f) father 1c1g) c1h) priest 1c1i) theophanic angel 1c1j) captain 1c1k) general recognition of superiority 1c2) reference to c2a) my Lord, my Lord and my c2b) Adonai (parallel with Yahweh)
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logos (G3056)
word, saying, account
Grammar & Morphology
Noun (Masculine)
H:N-M
H:N-M
Occurrences
אָדוֹן appears 261 times in the Old Testament.
Distribution by Book
Key Passages
But Joab replied, “May the LORD multiply His troops a hundred times over. My lord the king, are they not all servants of my lord? Why does my lord want to do this? Why should he bring guilt on Israel?”
And he continued, “Why is my lord pursuing his servant? What have I done? What evil is in my hand?
But the woman of Tekoa said to the king, “My lord the king, may any blame be on me and on my father’s house, and may the king and his throne be guiltless.”
“Drink, my lord,” she replied, and she quickly lowered her jar to her hands and gave him a drink.
people and priest alike, servant and master,maid and mistress, buyer and seller,lender and borrower, creditor and debtor.
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