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Lexicon :: Strong's H136 - 'ăḏōnāy

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אֲדֹנָי
Transliteration
'ăḏōnāy
Pronunciation
ad-o-noy'
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Part of Speech
masculine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
Am emphatic form of אָדוֹן (H113)
Dictionary Aids

TWOT Reference: 27b

Strong’s Definitions

אֲדֹנָי ʼĂdônây, ad-o-noy'; an emphatic form of H113; the Lord (used as a proper name of God only):—(my) Lord.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 434x

The KJV translates Strong's H136 in the following manner: Lord (431x), lord (2x), God (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 434x
The KJV translates Strong's H136 in the following manner: Lord (431x), lord (2x), God (1x).

  1. my lord, lord

    1. of men

    2. of God

  2. Lord - title, spoken in place of Yahweh in Jewish display of reverence

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
אֲדֹנָי ʼĂdônây, ad-o-noy'; an emphatic form of H113; the Lord (used as a proper name of God only):—(my) Lord.
STRONGS H136: Abbreviations
אָדוֺן noun masculine
בִּי אֲדנָי Exodus 4:10, 13; Joshua 7:8 (J) Judges 6:15; Judges 13:8 is referred to God
(2) reference to God: אֲדֹנָי
a. my Lord Genesis 20:4 (? E) Exodus 15:17 (Samaritan יהוה) elsewhere in Hexateuch, J; Genesis 18:3(?); Genesis 18:27, 30, 31, 32; [H113 Genesis 19:2, 18(?)] Exodus 4:10; Exodus 4:13; Exodus 5:22; Exodus 34:9; Numbers 14:17; Joshua 7:8; also Judges 6:15; Judges 13:8; not Samuel; 1 Kings 22:6; 2 Kings 19:23; not Chron. except memorials Ezra 10:3 (reference to Ezra) Nehemiah 1:11; Nehemiah 4:8 [Nehemiah 4:14]; Wisdom Literature only Job 28:28 (doubtless scribal error for יהוֺה of many MSS.); not Hosea; Isaiah 37:24; [H3068 Isaiah 38:14], 16 (historical part); exile Isaiah 49:14 (compare H113 Isaiah 51:22); Micah 1:2; Psalm 16:2 + (47 times, chiefly this sense, except below b.; compare אֱלֹהַי וַאדֹנָי my Lord and my God Psalm 35:23; (writers that use אֱלֹהִים seldom use אֲדֹנָי);
b. Adonay proper name of God, parallel with Yahweh, substitution for it often by scribal error, & eventually supplanting it. In earlier Isaiah 3:17 + (19 times seeming to belong here), Amos 7:7, 8; Amos 9:1; Ezekiel 18:25, 29; Ezekiel 33:17, 20; (H3068 Ezekiel 21:14 [Ezekiel 21:9]) (probably אֲדֹנָי י׳ as in usual phrase); Zechariah 9:4; [H3068 Malachi 1:12], 14; Lamentations 1:14 + (14 times) Psalm 2:4; Psalm 37:13; Psalm 78:65; [H3068 Psalm 90:17] (? יהוה) Psalm 110:5 (Dalman puts most of these below (a); — many cases are doubtful); 1 Kings 3:10, [H3068 1 Kings 3:15] (Masoretic אדני for יהוה compare Dalm 2 Kings 7:6; Dalm rightly questions; he reads יהוה). The phrases אֲדֹנָי אֱלֹהַי Psalm 38:16 [Psalm 38:15]; Psalm 86:12, Adonay my God; אֲדֹנָי הָאֱלֹהִים Daniel 9:3, אֱלֹהֵינוּ א׳ Daniel 9:9, 15, הָאֵל א׳ Daniel 9:4 favour taking א׳ Daniel 1:2; Daniel 9:7, 8 (יהוה ?) Daniel 9:16; Daniel 9:17; Daniel 9:19; Daniel 9:19; Daniel 9:19 as the divine name.
4. אֲדֹנָי יהוה
(a) my Lord Yahweh (see H3068 יהוה) Genesis 15:2, 8 (JE) Joshua 7:7 (J, Greek Version of the LXX omit י׳) Deuteronomy 3:24; Deuteronomy 9:26; Judges 6:22; Judges 16:28; [H3068 2 Samuel 7:1] (6 times) 1 Kings 2:26; 1 Kings 8:53; probably Amos 3:7, 8; Amos 7:2, 4, 5; Amos 9:8; Jeremiah 1:6; Jeremiah 4:10; Jeremiah 14:13; Jeremiah 32:17, 25; Ezekiel 4:14; Ezekiel 8:1; Ezekiel 9:8; Ezekiel 11:13; Ezekiel 20:49; Ezekiel 37:3 (יָדַע כִּי אֲני א׳ י׳) Ezekiel 13:9; Ezekiel 23:49; Ezekiel 24:24; Ezekiel 28:24; Ezekiel 29:16 inappropriate in mouth of God; strike out אֲדֹנָי (Co) or read אֱלֹהֵיכֶם י׳ (Dalm); Micah 1:2; Zephaniah 1:7; Obadiah 1; Zechariah 9:14; Psalm 71:5; Psalm 71:16; Psalm 73:28;
(b) apparently proper name Adonay Yahweh Isaiah 25:8; Jeremiah 44:26; exile Isaiah 40:10 + (10 times, but Isaiah 61:1, 11 read יהוה, Greek Version of the LXX);
(c) uncertain whether (a) or (b) in prophetic formula אָמַר י׳ א׳ Isaiah 7:7; Isaiah 28:16; Isaiah 30:15; Isaiah 49:22; Isaiah 52:4; Isaiah 65:13; Jeremiah 7:20; Amos 1:8; Amos 3:11; Amos 5:3; Amos 7:6; Obadiah 1; Ezekiel (131 times); י׳ נְאֻם א׳ Isaiah 56:8; Jeremiah 2:22; Amos 3:13; Amos 4:5; Amos 8:3, 9, 11; Ezekiel (80 times); י׳ דְּבַר־א׳ Ezekiel 6:3; Ezekiel 25:3; Ezekiel 36:4; י׳ נִשְׁבַּע א׳ Amos 4:2; Amos 6:8; י׳ כֹּה הִרְאַנִי א׳ Amos 7:1, 4; Amos 8:1.
5. יהוה אֲדֹנָי Yahweh my Lord Psalm 68:21 [Psalm 68:20]; Psalm 109:21; Psalm 140:8 [Psalm 140:7]; Psalm 141:8; Habakkuk 3:19.
6. אֲדֹנָי יהוה צְבָאוֺת
(a) my Lord Yahweh Ṣ (see H6635 צבאות) Psalm 69:7 [Psalm 69:6]; Amos 9:5; Isaiah 10:23; Isaiah 22:5, 12; Isaiah 28:22 compare אֱלֹהֵי הַצְבָאוֺת א׳ י׳, Yahweh, the God of Hosts my Lord Amos 5:16;
(b) a divine name, Adonay, Yahweh Jeremiah 46:10 (twice in verse); Jeremiah 50:25;
(c) uncertain are צ׳ י׳ כֹּה אָמַר א׳ Isaiah 10:24; Isaiah 22:14, 15; נְאֻם א׳ צ׳ י׳ Isaiah 3:15; Jeremiah 2:19; Jeremiah 49:5; Jeremiah 50:31.

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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

15:2; 15:8; 18:3; 18:27; 18:30; 18:31; 18:32; 20:4

Exodus

4:10; 4:10; 4:13; 4:13; 5:22; 15:17; 34:9

Numbers

14:17

Deuteronomy

3:24; 9:26

Joshua

7:7; 7:8; 7:8

Judges

6:15; 6:15; 6:22; 13:8; 13:8; 16:28

1 Kings

2:26; 3:10; 8:53; 22:6

2 Kings

7:6; 19:23

Ezra

10:3

Nehemiah

1:11; 4:14

Job

28:28

Psalms

2:4; 16:2; 35:23; 37:13; 38:15; 68:20; 69:6; 71:5; 71:16; 73:28; 78:65; 86:12; 109:21; 110:5; 140:7; 141:8

Isaiah

3:15; 3:17; 7:7; 10:23; 10:24; 22:5; 22:12; 22:14; 22:15; 25:8; 28:16; 28:22; 30:15; 37:24; 38:16; 40:10; 49:14; 49:22; 52:4; 56:8; 61:1; 61:11; 65:13

Jeremiah

1:6; 2:19; 2:22; 4:10; 7:20; 14:13; 32:17; 32:25; 44:26; 46:10; 49:5; 50:25; 50:31

Lamentations

1:14

Ezekiel

4:14; 6:3; 8:1; 9:8; 11:13; 13:9; 18:25; 18:29; 20:49; 23:49; 24:24; 25:3; 28:24; 29:16; 33:17; 33:20; 36:4; 37:3

Daniel

1:2; 9:3; 9:4; 9:7; 9:8; 9:9; 9:15; 9:16; 9:17; 9:19; 9:19; 9:19

Amos

1:8; 3:7; 3:8; 3:11; 3:13; 4:2; 4:5; 5:3; 5:16; 6:8; 7:1; 7:2; 7:4; 7:4; 7:5; 7:6; 7:7; 7:8; 8:1; 8:3; 8:9; 8:11; 9:1; 9:5; 9:8

Obadiah

1; 1

Micah

1:2; 1:2

Habakkuk

3:19

Zephaniah

1:7

Zechariah

9:4; 9:14

Malachi

1:14

H136

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Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H136 matches the Hebrew אֲדֹנָי ('ăḏōnāy),
which occurs 445 times in 430 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

Page 2 / 9 (Psa 35:23–Isa 3:15)

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 35:23

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 35:23 - Awake and rouse yourself for my vindication,
for my cause, my God and my Lord!

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 37:13

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 37:13 - but the Lord laughs at the wicked,
for he sees that his day is coming.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 38:9

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 38:9 - O Lord, all my longing is before you;
my sighing is not hidden from you.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 38:15

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 38:15 - But for you, O LORD, do I wait;
it is you, O Lord my God, who will answer.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 38:22

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 38:22 - Make haste to help me,
O Lord, my salvation!

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 39:7

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 39:7 - “And now, O Lord, for what do I wait?
My hope is in you.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 40:17

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 40:17 - As for me, I am poor and needy,
but the Lord takes thought for me.
You are my help and my deliverer;
do not delay, O my God!

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 44:23

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 44:23 - Awake! Why are you sleeping, O Lord?
Rouse yourself! Do not reject us forever!

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 51:15

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 51:15 - O Lord, open my lips,
and my mouth will declare your praise.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 54:4

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 54:4 - Behold, God is my helper;
the Lord is the upholder of my life.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 55:9

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 55:9 - Destroy, O Lord, divide their tongues;
for I see violence and strife in the city.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 57:9

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 57:9 - I will give thanks to you, O Lord, among the peoples;
I will sing praises to you among the nations.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 59:11

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 59:11 - Kill them not, lest my people forget;
make them totter[fn] by your power and bring them down,
O Lord, our shield!

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 62:12

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 62:12 - and that to you, O Lord, belongs steadfast love.
For you will render to a man
according to his work.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 66:18

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 66:18 - If I had cherished iniquity in my heart,
the Lord would not have listened.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 68:11

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 68:11 - The Lord gives the word;
the women who announce the news are a great host:

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 68:17

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 68:17 - The chariots of God are twice ten thousand,
thousands upon thousands;
the Lord is among them; Sinai is now in the sanctuary.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 68:19

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 68:19 - Blessed be the Lord,
who daily bears us up;
God is our salvation. Selah

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 68:20

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 68:20 - Our God is a God of salvation,
and to GOD, the Lord, belong deliverances from death.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 68:22

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 68:22 - The Lord said,
“I will bring them back from Bashan,
I will bring them back from the depths of the sea,

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 68:32

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 68:32 - O kingdoms of the earth, sing to God;
sing praises to the Lord, Selah

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 69:6

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 69:6 - Let not those who hope in you be put to shame through me,
O Lord GOD of hosts;
let not those who seek you be brought to dishonor through me,
O God of Israel.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 71:5

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 71:5 - For you, O Lord, are my hope,
my trust, O LORD, from my youth.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 71:16

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 71:16 - With the mighty deeds of the Lord GOD I will come;
I will remind them of your righteousness, yours alone.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 73:20

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 73:20 - Like a dream when one awakes,
O Lord, when you rouse yourself, you despise them as phantoms.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 73:28

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 73:28 - But for me it is good to be near God;
I have made the Lord GOD my refuge,
that I may tell of all your works.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 77:2

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 77:2 - In the day of my trouble I seek the Lord;
in the night my hand is stretched out without wearying;
my soul refuses to be comforted.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 77:7

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 77:7 - “Will the Lord spurn forever,
and never again be favorable?

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 78:65

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 78:65 - Then the Lord awoke as from sleep,
like a strong man shouting because of wine.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 79:12

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 79:12 - Return sevenfold into the lap of our neighbors
the taunts with which they have taunted you, O Lord!

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 86:3

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 86:3 - Be gracious to me, O Lord,
for to you do I cry all the day.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 86:4

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 86:4 - Gladden the soul of your servant,
for to you, O Lord, do I lift up my soul.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 86:5

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 86:5 - For you, O Lord, are good and forgiving,
abounding in steadfast love to all who call upon you.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 86:8

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 86:8 - There is none like you among the gods, O Lord,
nor are there any works like yours.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 86:9

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 86:9 - All the nations you have made shall come
and worship before you, O Lord,
and shall glorify your name.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 86:12

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 86:12 - I give thanks to you, O Lord my God, with my whole heart,
and I will glorify your name forever.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 86:15

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 86:15 - But you, O Lord, are a God merciful and gracious,
slow to anger and abounding in steadfast love and faithfulness.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 89:49

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 89:49 - Lord, where is your steadfast love of old,
which by your faithfulness you swore to David?

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 89:50

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 89:50 - Remember, O Lord, how your servants are mocked,
and how I bear in my heart the insults[fn] of all the many nations,

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 90:1

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 90:1 - A Prayer of Moses, the man of God.
Lord, you have been our dwelling place[fn]
in all generations.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 90:17

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 90:17 - Let the favor[fn] of the Lord our God be upon us,
and establish the work of our hands upon us;
yes, establish the work of our hands!

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 109:21

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 109:21 - But you, O GOD my Lord,
deal on my behalf for your name’s sake;
because your steadfast love is good, deliver me!

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 110:5

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 110:5 - The Lord is at your right hand;
he will shatter kings on the day of his wrath.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 130:2

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 130:2 - O Lord, hear my voice!
Let your ears be attentive
to the voice of my pleas for mercy!

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 130:3

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 130:3 - If you, O LORD, should mark iniquities,
O Lord, who could stand?

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 130:6

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 130:6 - my soul waits for the Lord
more than watchmen for the morning,
more than watchmen for the morning.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 135:5

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 135:5 - For I know that the LORD is great,
and that our Lord is above all gods.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 140:7

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 140:7 - O LORD, my Lord, the strength of my salvation,
you have covered my head in the day of battle.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 141:8

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 141:8 - But my eyes are toward you, O GOD, my Lord;
in you I seek refuge; leave me not defenseless![fn]

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 3:15

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 3:15 - What do you mean by crushing my people,
by grinding the face of the poor?”
declares the Lord GOD of hosts.

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