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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 2 / 6 (Gen 44:18–1Sa 25:29)

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 44:18 - Then Judah came near unto him, and said, Oh my lord, H113 let thy servant, I pray thee, speak a word in my lord's H113 ears, and let not thine anger burn against thy servant: for thou art even as Pharaoh.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 44:19 - My lord H113 asked his servants, saying, Have ye a father, or a brother?
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 44:20 - And we said unto my lord, H113 We have a father, an old man, and a child of his old age, a little one; and his brother is dead, and he alone is left of his mother, and his father loveth him.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 44:22 - And we said unto my lord, H113 The lad cannot leave his father: for if he should leave his father, his father would die.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 44:24 - And it came to pass when we came up unto thy servant my father, we told him the words of my lord. H113
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 44:33 - Now therefore, I pray thee, let thy servant abide instead of the lad a bondman to my lord; H113 and let the lad go up with his brethren.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 45:8 - So now it was not you that sent me hither, but God: and he hath made me a father to Pharaoh, and lord H113 of all his house, and a ruler throughout all the land of Egypt.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 45:9 - Haste ye, and go up to my father, and say unto him, Thus saith thy son Joseph, God hath made me lord H113 of all Egypt: come down unto me, tarry not:
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 47:18 - When that year was ended, they came unto him the second year, and said unto him, We will not hide it from my lord, H113 how that our money is spent; my lord H113 also hath our herds of cattle; there is not ought left in the sight of my lord, H113 but our bodies, and our lands:
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 47:25 - And they said, Thou hast saved our lives: let us find grace in the sight of my lord, H113 and we will be Pharaoh's servants.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 21:4 - If his master H113 have given him a wife, and she have born him sons or daughters; the wife and her children shall be her master's, H113 and he shall go out by himself.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 21:5 - And if the servant shall plainly say, I love my master, H113 my wife, and my children; I will not go out free:
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 21:6 - Then his master H113 shall bring him unto the judges; he shall also bring him to the door, or unto the door post; and his master H113 shall bore his ear through with an aul; and he shall serve him for ever.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 21:8 - If she please not her master, H113 who hath betrothed her to himself, then shall he let her be redeemed: to sell her unto a strange nation he shall have no power, seeing he hath dealt deceitfully with her.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 21:32 - If the ox shall push a manservant or a maidservant; he shall give unto their master H113 thirty shekels of silver, and the ox shall be stoned.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 23:17 - Three times in the year all thy males shall appear before the Lord H113 GOD.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 32:22 - And Aaron said, Let not the anger of my lord H113 wax hot: thou knowest the people, that they are set on mischief.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 34:23 - Thrice in the year shall all your men children appear before the Lord H113 GOD, the God of Israel.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 11:28 - And Joshua the son of Nun, the servant of Moses, one of his young men, answered and said, My lord H113 Moses, forbid them.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 12:11 - And Aaron said unto Moses, Alas, my lord, H113 I beseech thee, lay not the sin upon us, wherein we have done foolishly, and wherein we have sinned.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 32:25 - And the children of Gad and the children of Reuben spake unto Moses, saying, Thy servants will do as my lord H113 commandeth.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 32:27 - But thy servants will pass over, every man armed for war, before the LORD to battle, as my lord H113 saith.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 36:2 - And they said, The LORD commanded my lord H113 to give the land for an inheritance by lot to the children of Israel: and my lord H113 was commanded by the LORD to give the inheritance of Zelophehad our brother unto his daughters.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 10:17 - For the LORD your God is God of gods, and Lord H113 of lords, H113 a great God, a mighty, and a terrible, which regardeth not persons, nor taketh reward:
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 23:15 - Thou shalt not deliver unto his master H113 the servant which is escaped from his master H113 unto thee:
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 3:25 - And they tarried till they were ashamed: and, behold, he opened not the doors of the parlour; therefore they took a key, and opened them: and, behold, their lord H113 was fallen down dead on the earth.
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 4:18 - And Jael went out to meet Sisera, and said unto him, Turn in, my lord, H113 turn in to me; fear not. And when he had turned in unto her into the tent, she covered him with a mantle.
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 6:13 - And Gideon said unto him, Oh my Lord, H113 if the LORD be with us, why then is all this befallen us? and where be all his miracles which our fathers told us of, saying, Did not the LORD bring us up from Egypt? but now the LORD hath forsaken us, and delivered us into the hands of the Midianites.
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 19:11 - And when they were by Jebus, the day was far spent; and the servant said unto his master, H113 Come, I pray thee, and let us turn in into this city of the Jebusites, and lodge in it.
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 19:12 - And his master H113 said unto him, We will not turn aside hither into the city of a stranger, that is not of the children of Israel; we will pass over to Gibeah.
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 19:26 - Then came the woman in the dawning of the day, and fell down at the door of the man's house where her lord H113 was, till it was light.
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 19:27 - And her lord H113 rose up in the morning, and opened the doors of the house, and went out to go his way: and, behold, the woman his concubine was fallen down at the door of the house, and her hands were upon the threshold.
Unchecked Copy BoxRth 2:13 - Then she said, Let me find favour in thy sight, my lord; H113 for that thou hast comforted me, and for that thou hast spoken friendly unto thine handmaid, though I be not like unto one of thine handmaidens.
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 1:15 - And Hannah answered and said, No, my lord, H113 I am a woman of a sorrowful spirit: I have drunk neither wine nor strong drink, but have poured out my soul before the LORD.
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 1:26 - And she said, Oh my lord, H113 as thy soul liveth, my lord, H113 I am the woman that stood by thee here, praying unto the LORD.
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 16:16 - Let our lord H113 now command thy servants, which are before thee, to seek out a man, who is a cunning player on an harp: and it shall come to pass, when the evil spirit from God is upon thee, that he shall play with his hand, and thou shalt be well.
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 20:38 - And Jonathan cried after the lad, Make speed, haste, stay not. And Jonathan's lad gathered up the arrows, and came to his master. H113
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 22:12 - And Saul said, Hear now, thou son of Ahitub. And he answered, Here I am, my lord. H113
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 24:6 - And he said unto his men, The LORD forbid that I should do this thing unto my master, H113 the LORD'S anointed, to stretch forth mine hand against him, seeing he is the anointed of the LORD.
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 24:8 - David also arose afterward, and went out of the cave, and cried after Saul, saying, My lord H113 the king. And when Saul looked behind him, David stooped with his face to the earth, and bowed himself.
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 24:10 - Behold, this day thine eyes have seen how that the LORD had delivered thee to day into mine hand in the cave: and some bade me kill thee: but mine eye spared thee; and I said, I will not put forth mine hand against my lord; H113 for he is the LORD'S anointed.
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 25:10 - And Nabal answered David's servants, and said, Who is David? and who is the son of Jesse? there be many servants now a days that break away every man from his master. H113
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 25:14 - But one of the young men told Abigail, Nabal's wife, saying, Behold, David sent messengers out of the wilderness to salute our master; H113 and he railed on them.
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 25:17 - Now therefore know and consider what thou wilt do; for evil is determined against our master, H113 and against all his household: for he is such a son of Belial, that a man cannot speak to him.
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 25:24 - And fell at his feet, and said, Upon me, my lord, H113 upon me let this iniquity be: and let thine handmaid, I pray thee, speak in thine audience, and hear the words of thine handmaid.
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 25:25 - Let not my lord, H113 I pray thee, regard this man of Belial, even Nabal: for as his name is, so is he; Nabal is his name, and folly is with him: but I thine handmaid saw not the young men of my lord, H113 whom thou didst send.
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 25:26 - Now therefore, my lord, H113 as the LORD liveth, and as thy soul liveth, seeing the LORD hath withholden thee from coming to shed blood, and from avenging thyself with thine own hand, now let thine enemies, and they that seek evil to my lord, H113 be as Nabal.
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 25:27 - And now this blessing which thine handmaid hath brought unto my lord, H113 let it even be given unto the young men that follow my lord. H113
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 25:28 - I pray thee, forgive the trespass of thine handmaid: for the LORD will certainly make my lord H113 a sure house; because my lord H113 fighteth the battles of the LORD, and evil hath not been found in thee all thy days.
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 25:29 - Yet a man is risen to pursue thee, and to seek thy soul: but the soul of my lord H113 shall be bound in the bundle of life with the LORD thy God; and the souls of thine enemies, them shall he sling out, as out of the middle of a sling.

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