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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 3 / 6 (1Sa 25:30–2Sa 19:30)

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 25:30 - “And it will be that when Yahweh does for my lord H113 according to all the good that He has spoken concerning you, and appoints you ruler over Israel,
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 25:31 - then this will not [fn]cause stumbling or a troubled heart to my lord H113, both by having shed blood without cause and by my lord H113 having saved himself. When Yahweh deals well with my lord H113, then remember your maidservant.”
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 25:41 - And she arose and bowed with her [fn]face to the ground and said, “Behold, your maidservant is a servant-woman to wash the feet of my lord’s H113 servants.”
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 26:15 - So David said to Abner, “Are you not a man? And who is like you in Israel? Why then have you not guarded your lord H113 the king? For one of the people came to destroy the king your lord H113.
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 26:16 - “This thing that you have done is not good. As Yahweh lives, all of you [fn]must surely die because you did not keep watch over your lord H113, the anointed of Yahweh. So now, see where the king’s spear is and the jug of water that was at his head.”
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 26:17 -

Then Saul recognized David’s voice and said, “Is this your voice, my son David?” And David said, “It is my voice, my lord H113 the king.”

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 26:18 - He also said, “Why then is my lord H113 pursuing his servant? For what have I done? Or what evil is in my hand?
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 26:19 - “So now, please let my lord H113 the king listen to the words of his servant. If Yahweh has incited you up against me, let Him [fn]accept an offering; but if it is [fn]men, cursed are they before Yahweh, for they have driven me out today so that I would have no attachment with the inheritance of Yahweh, saying, ‘Go, serve other gods.’
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 29:4 - But the commanders of the Philistines were angry with him, and the commanders of the Philistines said to him, “Make the man return, that he may return to his place where you have assigned him, and do not let him go down to battle with us, or in the battle he may become an adversary to us. For with what could this man make himself acceptable to his lord H113? Would it not be with the heads of [fn]these men?
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 29:8 - And David said to Achish, “But what have I done? And what have you found in your servant from the day when I came before you to this day, that I may not go and fight against the enemies of my lord H113 the king?”
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 29:10 - “So now, arise early in the morning with the servants of your lord H113 who have come with you, and as soon as you have arisen early in the morning and have light, go.”
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 30:13 - And David said to him, “To whom do you belong? And where are you from?” And he said, “I am a young man of Egypt, a slave of an Amalekite; and my master H113 forsook me when I fell sick three days ago.
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 30:15 - Then David said to him, “Will you bring me down to this band?” And he said, “Swear to me by God that you will not put me to death or surrender me into the hands of my master H113, and I will bring you down to this band.”
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 1:10 - “So I stood beside him and put him to death, because I knew that he could not live after he had fallen. And I took the crown which was on his head and the bracelet which was on his arm, and I have brought them here to my lord H113.”
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 2:5 - And David sent messengers to the men of Jabesh-gilead, and said to them, “May you be blessed of Yahweh because you have [fn]shown this lovingkindness with your lord H113, with Saul, and have buried him.
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 2:7 - “So now, let your hands be strong and be [fn]valiant; for Saul your lord H113 is dead, and also the house of Judah has anointed me king over them.”
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 3:21 - And Abner said to David, “Let me arise and go and gather all Israel to my lord H113 the king, that they may cut a covenant with you, and that you may be king over all that your soul desires.” So David sent Abner away, and he went in peace.
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 4:8 - Then they brought the head of Ish-bosheth to David at Hebron and said to the king, “Behold, the head of Ish-bosheth the son of Saul, your enemy, who sought your life; thus Yahweh has given my lord H113 the king vengeance this day on Saul and his seed.”
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 9:9 -

Then the king called Saul’s young man Ziba and said to him, “All that belonged to Saul and to all his house I have given to your master’s H113 [fn]grandson.

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 9:10 - “And you and your sons and your servants shall cultivate the land for him, and you shall bring in the produce so that your master’s H113 grandson may have food and eat of it; nevertheless Mephibosheth your master’s H113 grandson shall [fn]eat at my table continually.” Now Ziba had fifteen sons and twenty servants.
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 9:11 - Then Ziba said to the king, “According to all that my lord H113 the king commands his servant so your servant will do.” So Mephibosheth ate at [fn]David’s table as one of the king’s sons.
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 10:3 - But the princes of the sons of Ammon said to Hanun their lord H113, “In your eyes, is David honoring your father because he has sent comforters to you? Has David not sent his servants to you in order to search the city, to spy it out and overthrow it?”
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 11:9 - But Uriah lay down at the door of the king’s house with all the servants of his lord H113, and did not go down to his house.
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 11:11 - And Uriah said to David, “The ark and Israel and Judah are staying in [fn]booths, and my lord H113 Joab and the servants of my lord H113 are camping in the open field. Shall I then go to my house to eat and to drink and to lie with my wife? By your life and the life of your soul, I will not do this thing.”
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 11:13 - Now David called him, and he ate and drank before him, and he made him drunk; and in the evening he went out to lie on his bed with his lord’s H113 servants, but he did not go down to his house.
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 12:8 - ‘I also gave you your master’s H113 house and your master’s H113 wives into your [fn]care, and I gave you the house of Israel and Judah; and if that had been too little, I would have added to you many more things like these!
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 13:32 - But Jonadab, the son of Shimeah, David’s brother, answered and said, “Do not let my lord H113 [fn]suppose they have put to death all the young men, the king’s sons, for Amnon alone has died; because by the [fn]intent of Absalom this has been set since the day that he violated his sister Tamar.
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 13:33 - “So now, do not let my lord H113 the king take the report to [fn]heart, saying, ‘all the king’s sons have died,’ for only Amnon has died.”
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 14:9 - And the woman of Tekoa said to the king, “O my lord H113, the king, the iniquity is on me and my father’s house, but the king and his throne are guiltless.”
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 14:12 -

Then the woman said, “Please let your servant-woman speak a word to my lord H113 the king.” And he said, “Speak.”

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 14:15 - “So now, [fn]the reason I have come to speak this word to my lord H113 the king is that the people have made me afraid; so your servant-woman said, ‘Let me now speak to the king, perhaps the king will perform the word of his maidservant.
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 14:17 - “Then your servant-woman said, ‘Please let the word of my lord H113 the king be a resting place, for as the angel of God, so is my lord H113 the king to listen with discernment through the good and evil. And may Yahweh your God be with you.’”
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 14:18 -

Then the king answered and said to the woman, “Please do not hide anything from me that I am about to ask you.” And the woman said, “Let my lord H113 the king please speak.”

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 14:19 - So the king said, “Is the hand of Joab with you in all this?” And the woman answered and said, “As your soul lives, my lord H113 the king, no one can turn to the right or to the left from anything that my lord H113 the king has spoken. Indeed, it was your servant Joab who commanded me, and it was he who put all these words in the mouth of your servant-woman;
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 14:20 - in order to change the appearance of things your servant Joab has done this thing. But my lord H113 is wise, like the wisdom of the angel of God, to know all that is in the earth.”
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 14:22 - And Joab fell on his face to the ground, prostrated himself and blessed the king; then Joab said, “Today your servant knows that I have found favor in your sight, O my lord H113, the king, in that the king has performed the word of his servant.”
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 15:15 - Then the king’s servants said to the king, “Behold, your servants are ready to do whatever my lord H113 the king chooses.”
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 15:21 - But Ittai answered the king and said, “As Yahweh lives, and as my lord H113 the king lives, surely wherever my lord H113 the king may be, whether for death or for life, there also your servant will be.”
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 16:3 - Then the king said, “And where is your master’s H113 son?” And Ziba said to the king, “Behold, he is staying in Jerusalem, for he said, ‘Today the house of Israel will return the kingdom of my father to me.’”
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 16:4 - So the king said to Ziba, “Behold, all that belongs to Mephibosheth is yours.” And Ziba said, “I prostrate myself; let me find favor in your sight, O my lord H113, the king!”
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 16:9 -

Then Abishai the son of Zeruiah said to the king, “Why should this dead dog curse my lord H113 the king? Let me pass over now and remove his head.”

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 18:28 -

And Ahimaaz called and said to the king, “Peace!” And he prostrated himself before the king with his [fn]face to the ground. And he said, “Blessed is Yahweh your God, who has delivered up the men who lifted their hands against my lord H113 the king.”

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 18:31 -

Behold, the Cushite arrived, and the Cushite said, “Let my lord H113 the king receive good news, for Yahweh has judged to save you this day from the hand of all those who rose up against you.”

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 18:32 - Then the king said to the Cushite, “Is there peace with the young man Absalom?” And the Cushite answered, “Let the enemies of my lord H113 the king, and all who rise up against you for evil, be as that young man!”
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 19:19 - So he said to the king, “Let not my lord H113 consider me guilty, nor remember what your servant did wrong on the day when my lord H113 the king went out from Jerusalem, so that the king would [fn]take it to heart.
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 19:20 - “For your servant knows that I have sinned; therefore behold, I have come today, the first of all the house of Joseph to go down to meet my lord H113 the king.”
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 19:26 - So he answered, “O my lord H113, the king, my servant deceived me; for your servant said, ‘I will saddle a donkey for myself that I may ride on it and go with the king,’ because your servant is lame.
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 19:27 - “Moreover, he has slandered your servant to my lord H113 the king; but my lord H113 the king is like the angel of God, therefore do what is good in your sight.
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 19:28 - “For all my father’s household was nothing but men worthy of death before my lord H113 the king; yet you set your servant among those who ate at your own table. What right do I have yet that I should [fn]complain anymore to the king?”
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 19:30 - And Mephibosheth said to the king, “Let him even take it all, since my lord H113 the king has come in peace to his own house.”

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