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Lexicon :: Strong's H113 - 'āḏôn

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אָדוֹן
Transliteration
'āḏôn
Pronunciation
aw-done'
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Part of Speech
masculine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
From an unused root (meaning to rule)
Dictionary Aids

TWOT Reference: 27b

Strong’s Definitions

אָדוֹן ʼâdôwn, aw-done'; or (shortened) אָדֹן ʼâdôn; from an unused root (meaning to rule); sovereign, i.e. controller (human or divine):—lord, master, owner. Compare also names beginning with 'Adoni-'.


KJV Translation Count — Total: 335x

The KJV translates Strong's H113 in the following manner: lord (197x), master(s) (105x), Lord (31x), owner (1x), sir (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 335x
The KJV translates Strong's H113 in the following manner: lord (197x), master(s) (105x), Lord (31x), owner (1x), sir (1x).
  1. firm, strong, lord, master

    1. lord, master

      1. reference to men

        1. superintendent of household,of affairs

        2. master

        3. king

      2. reference to God

        1. the Lord God

        2. Lord of the whole earth

    2. lords, kings

      1. reference to men

        1. proprietor of hill of Samaria

        2. master

        3. husband

        4. prophet

        5. governor

        6. prince

        7. king

      2. reference to God

        1. Lord of lords (probably = "thy husband, Yahweh")

    3. my lord, my master

      1. reference to men

        1. master

        2. husband

        3. prophet

        4. prince

        5. king

        6. father

        7. Moses

        8. priest

        9. theophanic angel

        10. captain

        11. general recognition of superiority

      2. reference to God

        1. my Lord,my Lord and my God

        2. Adonai (parallel with Yahweh)

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
אָדוֹן ʼâdôwn, aw-done'; or (shortened) אָדֹן ʼâdôn; from an unused root (meaning to rule); sovereign, i.e. controller (human or divine):—lord, master, owner. Compare also names beginning with 'Adoni-'.
STRONGS H113: Abbreviations
אָדוֺן noun masculine Malachi 3:1 lord (Phoenician אדן) — א׳ Psalm 12:5 [Psalm 12:4] — אֲדוֺן Joshua 3:11 +; plural אֲדֹנִים Isaiah 26:13 +; construct אֲדֹנֵי Deuteronomy 10:17 +; suffix אֲדֹנֵינוּ 1 Samuel 25:14 + etc.; (אֲדֹנִי, אֲדֹנַי, אֲדֹנָי are variations of Masoretic pointing to distinguish divine reference from human. Plural, with few except an intensive plural of rank; word takes suffix as plural in all other person; so doubtless here. Original reading probably in all cases אֲדֹנַי (see DalmDer Gottesname Adonaj; LagBN 188 makes אֲדֹנָי an Aramaic formative); אֲדֹנִי now found in J + 51 times; in E † Genesis 31:35; Genesis 32:19 [Genesis 32:18; Genesis 42:10; Exodus 21:5; in P † Genesis 23:6, 11, 15; Numbers 36:2 (twice in verse); often Samuel & Kings; in Chronicles only in sources, 1 Chronicles 21:3 (3 times in verse); 1 Chronicles 21:23 (= 2 Samuel 24:3, 22) 2 Chronicles 2:13 [2 Chronicles 2:14]; 2 Chronicles 2:14 [2 Chronicles 2:15]; Isaiah & Jeremiah only in historical parts Isaiah 36:8, 9, 12; Jeremiah 37:20; Jeremiah 38:9; elsewhere Daniel 1:10; Daniel 10:16, 17, 19; Daniel 12:8; Zechariah 1:9; Zechariah 4:4, 5, 13; Zechariah 6:4; Psalm 110:1; Judges 4:18; Judges 6:13; Ruth 2:13; [בִּי אֲדנָי H316 Exodus 4:10, 13; Joshua 7:8 (J) Judges 6:15; Judges 13:8] is referred to God, but בִּי אֲדנִי Genesis 43:20; Genesis 44:18; Numbers 12:11 (J) 1 Samuel 1:26; 1 Samuel 25:24; 1 Kings 3:17, 26 reference to human superiors. There is uncertainty as to אֲדֹנָ֯י [H136 Genesis 18:3]; Genesis 19:18; אֲדֹ֯נַי Genesis 19:2) —
†1. singular lord, master
(1) reference to men:
(a) superintendent of household, or of affairs Genesis 45:8, 9 (E) = Psalm 105:21;
(b) master Psalm 12:5 [Psalm 12:4];
(2) reference to God, הָאָדוֺן יהוה the Lord Yahweh (see H3068 יהוה) Exodus 23:17; Exodus 34:23 (Covenant codes); אֲרוֺן כָּל־הָאָרֶץ Lord of the whole earth Joshua 3:11, 13 (J) Psalm 97:5; Zechariah 4:14; Zechariah 6:5; Micah 4:13; צֻבָאוֺת י׳ הָא׳, earlier Isaiah 1:24; Isaiah 3:1; Isaiah 10:33; Isaiah 19:4 (אֲדֹנָי Isaiah 10:16 in common MT; not Massora, doubtless scribal error); הָא׳ Malachi 3:1; אָדוֺן Psalm 114:7.
2. plural lords, kings Deuteronomy 10:17 = Psalm 136:3; Isaiah 26:13; elsewhere intensive plural of rank, lord, master,
(1) reference to men:
(a) proprietor of hill Samaria 1 Kings 16:24;
(b) master Genesis 40:7 (E) Exodus 21:4 (twice in verse); Exodus 21:6, 8, 32 (Covenant code) Genesis 24:9 + (J, + 11 times) Deuteronomy 23:16 [Deuteronomy 23:15]; Judges 19:11, 12 + 13 times Samuel & Kings; Job 3:19; Psalm 123:2; Proverbs 25:13; Proverbs 27:18; Proverbs 30:10; Isaiah 24:2; Amos 4:1; [H136 Zephaniah 1:9]; Malachi 1:6 (twice in verse);
(c) husband Judges 19:26, 27; Psalm 45:12 [Psalm 45:11];
(d) prophet 2 Kings 2:3, 5, 16;
(e) governor Nehemiah 3:5;
(g) king Genesis 40:1 (E) Judges 3:25 + 40 times Samuel & Kings; Chronicles only in sources 1 Chronicles 12:19 compare 1 Samuel 29:4; 2 Chronicles 13:6; 18:16 = 1 Kings 22:17; Isaiah 19:4; Isaiah 22:18; Isaiah 36:12; Isaiah 37:4, 6; Jeremiah 27:4;
(2) reference to God Malachi 1:6; אֲדֹנֵי הָאֲדֹנִים Lord of lords Deuteronomy 10:17 = Psalm 136:3; אֲדֹנֵינוּ Psalm 135:5; Psalm 147:5; Nehemiah 8:10; אֲדֹנֵינוּ י׳ Psalm 8:2 Psalm 8:1; Psalm 8:10 [Psalm 8:9]; Nehemiah 10:30 Nehemiah 10:29; אֲדֹנַיִח י׳ Isaiah 51:22 (probably = thy husband, Yahweh); אֲדֹנָיו Hosea 12:15 [Hosea 12:14] (possibly error for אֲדֹנָי).
3. suffix 1st person singular (אֲדֹנַי) אֲדֹנִי
(1) reference to men: my lord, my master,
(a) master Exodus 21:5 (Covenant code) Genesis 24:12 +, Genesis 44:5 (J, + 20 times) 1 Samuel 30:13, 15; 2 Kings 5:3, 20, 22; 2 Kings 6:15;
(b) husband Genesis 18:12 (J);
(d) prince Genesis 42:10 (E), Genesis 23:6, 11, 15 (P), Genesis 43:20; Genesis 44:18 +, Genesis 47:18, + (J, + 12 times); Judges 4:18;
(e) king 1 Samuel 22:12 + (Samuel & Kings + 75 times);
(f) father Genesis 31:35 (E);
(g) Moses Exodus 32:22; Numbers 11:28; Numbers 12:11; Numbers 32:25, 27 (J); Numbers 36:2 (twice in verse) (P);
(h) priest 1 Samuel 1:15, 26 (twice in verse);
(i) theophanic angel Joshua 5:14; Judges 6:13;
(j) captain 2 Samuel 11:11;
(k) general recognition of superiority Genesis 24:18; Genesis 32:5 [Genesis 32:4 + Genesis 33:8 +; Genesis 44:7 + (J, + 13 times), Ruth 2:13; 1 Samuel 25:24 + (15 times);

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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

18:12; 19:2; 19:18; 23:6; 23:6; 23:11; 23:11; 23:15; 23:15; 24:9; 24:12; 24:18; 31:35; 31:35; 32:4; 32:18; 33:8; 40:1; 40:7; 42:10; 42:10; 42:10; 42:30; 42:33; 43:20; 43:20; 44:5; 44:7; 44:8; 44:18; 44:18; 45:8; 45:9; 47:18

Exodus

21:4; 21:5; 21:5; 21:6; 21:8; 21:32; 23:17; 32:22; 34:23

Numbers

11:28; 12:11; 12:11; 32:25; 32:27; 36:2; 36:2

Deuteronomy

10:17; 10:17; 10:17; 23:15

Joshua

3:11; 3:11; 3:13; 5:14

Judges

3:25; 4:18; 4:18; 6:13; 6:13; 19:11; 19:12; 19:26; 19:27

Ruth

2:13; 2:13

1 Samuel

1:15; 1:26; 1:26; 22:12; 25:14; 25:24; 25:24; 29:4; 29:10; 30:13; 30:15

2 Samuel

11:11; 24:3; 24:22

1 Kings

3:17; 3:26; 16:24; 18:7; 18:13; 22:17

2 Kings

2:3; 2:5; 2:16; 2:19; 4:16; 4:28; 5:3; 5:20; 5:22; 6:5; 6:15; 8:5

1 Chronicles

12:19; 21:3; 21:23

2 Chronicles

2:14; 2:15; 13:6; 18:16

Nehemiah

3:5; 8:10; 10:29

Job

3:19

Psalms

8:1; 8:9; 12:4; 12:4; 45:11; 97:5; 105:21; 110:1; 114:7; 123:2; 135:5; 136:3; 136:3; 147:5

Proverbs

25:13; 27:18; 30:10

Isaiah

1:24; 3:1; 10:16; 10:33; 19:4; 19:4; 22:18; 24:2; 26:13; 26:13; 36:8; 36:9; 36:12; 36:12; 37:4; 37:6; 51:22

Jeremiah

22:18; 27:4; 34:5; 37:20; 38:9

Daniel

1:10; 10:16; 10:17; 10:19; 12:8

Hosea

12:14

Amos

4:1

Micah

4:13

Zechariah

1:9; 4:4; 4:5; 4:13; 4:14; 6:4; 6:5

Malachi

1:6; 1:6; 3:1; 3:1

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H113 matches the Hebrew אָדוֹן ('āḏôn),
which occurs 329 times in 281 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

Page 5 / 6 (2Ki 6:12–Isa 19:4)

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 6:12 - And one of his servants said, None, my lord, H113 O king: but Elisha, the prophet that is in Israel, telleth the king of Israel the words that thou speakest in thy bedchamber.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 6:15 - And when the servant of the man of God was risen early, and gone forth, behold, an host compassed the city both with horses and chariots. And his servant said unto him, Alas, my master! H113 how shall we do?
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 6:22 - And he answered, Thou shalt not smite them: wouldest thou smite those whom thou hast taken captive with thy sword and with thy bow? set bread and water before them, that they may eat and drink, and go to their master. H113
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 6:23 - And he prepared great provision for them: and when they had eaten and drunk, he sent them away, and they went to their master. H113 So the bands of Syria came no more into the land of Israel.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 6:26 - And as the king of Israel was passing by upon the wall, there cried a woman unto him, saying, Help, my lord, H113 O king.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 6:32 - But Elisha sat in his house, and the elders sat with him; and the king sent a man from before him: but ere the messenger came to him, he said to the elders, See ye how this son of a murderer hath sent to take away mine head? look, when the messenger cometh, shut the door, and hold him fast at the door: is not the sound of his master's H113 feet behind him?
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 8:5 - And it came to pass, as he was telling the king how he had restored a dead body to life, that, behold, the woman, whose son he had restored to life, cried to the king for her house and for her land. And Gehazi said, My lord, H113 O king, this is the woman, and this is her son, whom Elisha restored to life.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 8:12 - And Hazael said, Why weepeth my lord? H113 And he answered, Because I know the evil that thou wilt do unto the children of Israel: their strong holds wilt thou set on fire, and their young men wilt thou slay with the sword, and wilt dash their children, and rip up their women with child.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 8:14 - So he departed from Elisha, and came to his master; H113 who said to him, What said Elisha to thee? And he answered, He told me that thou shouldest surely recover.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 9:7 - And thou shalt smite the house of Ahab thy master, H113 that I may avenge the blood of my servants the prophets, and the blood of all the servants of the LORD, at the hand of Jezebel.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 9:11 - Then Jehu came forth to the servants of his lord: H113 and one said unto him, Is all well? wherefore came this mad fellow to thee? And he said unto them, Ye know the man, and his communication.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 9:31 - And as Jehu entered in at the gate, she said, Had Zimri peace, who slew his master? H113
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 10:2 - Now as soon as this letter cometh to you, seeing your master's H113 sons are with you, and there are with you chariots and horses, a fenced city also, and armour;
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 10:3 - Look even out the best and meetest of your master's H113 sons, and set him on his father's throne, and fight for your master's H113 house.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 10:6 - Then he wrote a letter the second time to them, saying, If ye be mine, and if ye will hearken unto my voice, take ye the heads of the men your master's H113 sons, and come to me to Jezreel by to morrow this time. Now the king's sons, being seventy persons, were with the great men of the city, which brought them up.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 10:9 - And it came to pass in the morning, that he went out, and stood, and said to all the people, Ye be righteous: behold, I conspired against my master, H113 and slew him: but who slew all these?
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 18:23 - Now therefore, I pray thee, give pledges to my lord H113 the king of Assyria, and I will deliver thee two thousand horses, if thou be able on thy part to set riders upon them.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 18:24 - How then wilt thou turn away the face of one captain of the least of my master's H113 servants, and put thy trust on Egypt for chariots and for horsemen?
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 18:27 - But Rabshakeh said unto them, Hath my master H113 sent me to thy master, H113 and to thee, to speak these words? hath he not sent me to the men which sit on the wall, that they may eat their own dung, and drink their own piss with you?
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 19:4 - It may be the LORD thy God will hear all the words of Rabshakeh, whom the king of Assyria his master H113 hath sent to reproach the living God; and will reprove the words which the LORD thy God hath heard: wherefore lift up thy prayer for the remnant that are left.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 19:6 - And Isaiah said unto them, Thus shall ye say to your master, H113 Thus saith the LORD, Be not afraid of the words which thou hast heard, with which the servants of the king of Assyria have blasphemed me.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 12:19 - And there fell some of Manasseh to David, when he came with the Philistines against Saul to battle: but they helped them not: for the lords of the Philistines upon advisement sent him away, saying, He will fall to his master H113 Saul to the jeopardy of our heads.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 21:3 - And Joab answered, The LORD make his people an hundred times so many more as they be: but, my lord H113 the king, are they not all my lord's H113 servants? why then doth my lord H113 require this thing? why will he be a cause of trespass to Israel?
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 21:23 - And Ornan said unto David, Take it to thee, and let my lord H113 the king do that which is good in his eyes: lo, I give thee the oxen also for burnt offerings, and the threshing instruments for wood, and the wheat for the meat offering; I give it all.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 2:14 - The son of a woman of the daughters of Dan, and his father was a man of Tyre, skilful to work in gold, and in silver, in brass, in iron, in stone, and in timber, in purple, in blue, and in fine linen, and in crimson; also to grave any manner of graving, and to find out every device which shall be put to him, with thy cunning men, and with the cunning men of my lord H113 David thy father.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 2:15 - Now therefore the wheat, and the barley, the oil, and the wine, which my lord H113 hath spoken of, let him send unto his servants:
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 13:6 - Yet Jeroboam the son of Nebat, the servant of Solomon the son of David, is risen up, and hath rebelled against his lord. H113
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 18:16 - Then he said, I did see all Israel scattered upon the mountains, as sheep that have no shepherd: and the LORD said, These have no master; H113 let them return therefore every man to his house in peace.
Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 10:3 - Now therefore let us make a covenant with our God to put away all the wives, and such as are born of them, according to the counsel of my lord, and of those that tremble at the commandment of our God; and let it be done according to the law.
Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 3:5 - And next unto them the Tekoites repaired; but their nobles put not their necks to the work of their Lord. H113
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 3:19 - The small and great are there; and the servant is free from his master. H113
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 8:1 - [[To the chief Musician upon Gittith, A Psalm of David.]] O LORD our Lord, H113 how excellent is thy name in all the earth! who hast set thy glory above the heavens.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 8:9 - O LORD our Lord, H113 how excellent is thy name in all the earth!
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 12:4 - Who have said, With our tongue will we prevail; our lips are our own: who is lord H113 over us?
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 45:11 - So shall the king greatly desire thy beauty: for he is thy Lord; H113 and worship thou him.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 97:5 - The hills melted like wax at the presence of the LORD, at the presence of the Lord H113 of the whole earth.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 105:21 - He made him lord H113 of his house, and ruler of all his substance:
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 110:1 - [[A Psalm of David.]] The LORD said unto my Lord, H113 Sit thou at my right hand, until I make thine enemies thy footstool.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 114:7 - Tremble, thou earth, at the presence of the Lord, H113 at the presence of the God of Jacob;
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 123:2 - Behold, as the eyes of servants look unto the hand of their masters, H113 and as the eyes of a maiden unto the hand of her mistress; so our eyes wait upon the LORD our God, until that he have mercy upon us.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 136:3 - O give thanks to the Lord H113 of lords: H113 for his mercy endureth for ever.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 147:5 - Great is our Lord, H113 and of great power: his understanding is infinite.
Unchecked Copy BoxPro 25:13 - As the cold of snow in the time of harvest, so is a faithful messenger to them that send him: for he refresheth the soul of his masters. H113
Unchecked Copy BoxPro 27:18 - Whoso keepeth the fig tree shall eat the fruit thereof: so he that waiteth on his master H113 shall be honoured.
Unchecked Copy BoxPro 30:10 - Accuse not a servant unto his master, H113 lest he curse thee, and thou be found guilty.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 1:24 - Therefore saith the Lord, H113 the LORD of hosts, the mighty One of Israel, Ah, I will ease me of mine adversaries, and avenge me of mine enemies:
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 3:1 - For, behold, the Lord, H113 the LORD of hosts, doth take away from Jerusalem and from Judah the stay and the staff, the whole stay of bread, and the whole stay of water,
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 10:16 - Therefore shall the Lord, H113 the Lord of hosts, send among his fat ones leanness; and under his glory he shall kindle a burning like the burning of a fire.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 10:33 - Behold, the Lord, H113 the LORD of hosts, shall lop the bough with terror: and the high ones of stature shall be hewn down, and the haughty shall be humbled.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 19:4 - And the Egyptians will I give over into the hand of a cruel lord; H113 and a fierce king shall rule over them, saith the Lord, H113 the LORD of hosts.

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