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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 4 / 6 (2Sa 19:35–2Ki 6:5)

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 19:35 - “I am [fn]now eighty years old. Can I know between good and bad? Or can your servant taste what I eat or what I drink? Or can I hear anymore the voice of singing men and women? Why then should your servant be an added burden to my lord H113 the king?
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 19:37 - “Please let your servant return, that I may die in my own city near the grave of my father and my mother. However, here is your servant Chimham, let him pass over with my lord H113 the king, and do for him what is good in your sight.”
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 20:6 - And David said to Abishai, “Now Sheba the son of Bichri will do us more harm than Absalom; take your lord’s H113 servants and pursue him, lest he find for himself fortified cities and deliver himself from our sight.”
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 24:3 - But Joab said to the king, “Now may Yahweh your God add to the people a hundred times as many as they are, while the eyes of my lord H113 the king still see; but why does my lord H113 the king delight in this thing?”
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 24:21 - Then Araunah said, “Why has my lord H113 the king come to his servant?” And David said, “To buy the threshing floor from you, in order to build an altar to Yahweh, that the plague may be checked from being upon the people.”
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 24:22 - And Araunah said to David, “Let my lord H113 the king take and offer up what is good in his sight. Look, the oxen for the burnt offering, the threshing sledges and the yokes of the oxen for the wood.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 1:2 - So his servants said to him, “Let them seek a young virgin for my lord H113 the king, and let her stand before the king and become his nurse; and let her lie in your bosom, that my lord H113 the king may keep warm.”
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 1:11 -

Then Nathan spoke to Bathsheba the mother of Solomon, saying, “Have you not heard that Adonijah the son of Haggith has become king, and David our lord H113 does not know it?

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 1:13 - “Go [fn]at once to King David and say to him, ‘Have you not, my lord H113, O king, sworn to your maidservant, saying, “Surely Solomon your son shall be king after me, and he shall sit on my throne”? Why then has Adonijah become king?’
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 1:17 - And she said to him, “My lord H113, you swore to your maidservant by [fn]Yahweh your God, saying, ‘Surely your son Solomon shall be king after me and he shall sit on my throne.’
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 1:18 - “But now, behold, Adonijah is king; and now, my lord H113 the king, you do not know it.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 1:20 - “As for you now, my lord H113 the king, the eyes of all Israel are on you, to tell them who shall sit on the throne of my lord H113 the king after him.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 1:21 - “Otherwise it will be, as soon as my lord H113 the king sleeps with his fathers, that I and my son Solomon will be considered [fn]offenders.”
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 1:24 - Then Nathan said, “My lord H113 the king, have you said, ‘Adonijah shall be king after me, and he shall sit on my throne’?
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 1:27 - “Has this thing happened by my lord H113 the king, and you have not made known to your [fn]servants who should sit on the throne of my lord H113 the king after him?”
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 1:31 - Then Bathsheba bowed with her [fn]face to the ground, and prostrated herself [fn]before the king and said, “May my lord H113 King David live forever.”
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 1:33 - And the king said to them, “Take with you the servants of your lord H113, and have my son Solomon ride on my own mule, and bring him down to Gihon.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 1:36 - Then Benaiah the son of Jehoiada answered the king and said, “Amen! Thus may Yahweh, the God of my lord H113 the king, say.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 1:37 - “As Yahweh has been with my lord H113 the king, so may He be with Solomon, and make his throne greater than the throne of my lord H113 King David!”
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 1:43 - But Jonathan answered and said to Adonijah, “No! Our lord H113 King David has made Solomon king.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 1:47 - “And also, the king’s servants came to bless our lord H113 King David, saying, ‘May your God make the name of Solomon better than your name and his throne greater than your throne!’ And the king bowed himself on the bed.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 2:38 - Shimei then said to the king, “The word is good. As my lord H113 the king has said, so your servant will do.” So Shimei lived in Jerusalem many days.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 3:17 - And the one woman said, “Oh, my lord H113, [fn]this woman and I live in the same house; and I gave birth to a child while she was in the house.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 3:26 - Then the woman whose son was the living one spoke to the king, for [fn]she was deeply stirred with compassion over her son and said, “Oh, my lord H113, give her the living child, and by no means put him to death.” But the other said, “He shall be neither mine nor yours; divide him!”
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 11:23 -

And God raised up another adversary to him, Rezon the son of Eliada, who had fled from his lord H113 Hadadezer king of Zobah.

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 12:27 - “If this people go up to offer sacrifices in the house of Yahweh at Jerusalem, then the heart of this people will return to their lord H113, even to Rehoboam king of Judah; and they will kill me and return to Rehoboam king of Judah.”
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 16:24 - And he bought the hill [fn]Samaria from Shemer for two [fn]talents of silver; and he built on the hill, and named the city which he built [fn]Samaria, after the name of Shemer, the owner H113 of the hill.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 18:7 -

Now it happened that as Obadiah was on the way, behold, Elijah [fn]met him, and he recognized him and fell on his face and said, “Is this you, Elijah my master H113?”

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 18:8 - And he said to him, “It is I. Go, say to your master H113, ‘Behold, Elijah is here.’”
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 18:10 - “As Yahweh your God lives, there is no nation or kingdom where my master H113 has not sent to search for you; and if they said, ‘He is not here,’ he made the kingdom or nation swear that they could not find you.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 18:11 - “And now you are saying, ‘Go, say to your master H113, “Behold, Elijah is here.”’
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 18:13 - “Has it not been told to my master H113 what I did when Jezebel killed the prophets of Yahweh, that I hid [fn]one hundred prophets of Yahweh by fifties in a cave, and sustained them with bread and water?
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 18:14 - “So now you are saying, ‘Go, say to your master H113, “Behold, Elijah is here”’; he will then kill me.”
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 20:4 - Then the king of Israel answered and said, “It is according to your word, my lord H113, O king; I am yours, and all that I have.”
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 20:9 - So he said to the messengers of Ben-hadad, “Say to my lord H113 the king, ‘All that you sent for to your servant at the first I will do, but this thing I cannot do.’” And the messengers departed and brought him word again.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 22:17 - So he said,

“I saw all Israel

Scattered on the mountains,

Like sheep which have no shepherd.

And Yahweh said,

‘These have no master H113.

Let each of them return to his house in peace.’”

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 2:3 - Then the sons of the prophets who were at Bethel came out to Elisha and said to him, “Do you know that Yahweh will take away your master H113 from over [fn]you today?” And he said, “Yes, I know; be silent.”
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 2:5 - Then the sons of the prophets who were at Jericho approached Elisha and said to him, “Do you know that Yahweh will take away your master H113 from over [fn]you today?” And he [fn]answered, “Yes, I know; be silent.”
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 2:16 - Then they said to him, “Behold now, there are with your servants fifty excellent men, please let them go and search for your master H113, lest the Spirit of Yahweh has taken him up and cast him on some mountain or into some valley.” And he said, “You shall not send.”
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 2:19 -

Then the men of the city said to Elisha, “Behold now, the habitat of this city is pleasant, as my lord H113 sees; but the water is bad and the land [fn]is unfruitful.”

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 4:16 - Then he said, “At this season [fn]next year you will embrace a son.” And she said, “No, my lord H113, O man of God, do not lie to your servant-woman.”
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 4:28 - Then she said, “Did I ask for a son from my lord H113? Did I not say, ‘Do not deceive me’?”
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 5:1 -

Now Naaman, commander of the army of the king of Aram, was a great man [fn]with his master H113, and [fn]highly respected, because by him Yahweh had given salvation to Aram. The man was also a mighty man of valor, but he was a leper.

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 5:3 - And she said to her mistress, “I wish that my master H113 were before the prophet who is in Samaria! Then he would cure him of his leprosy.”
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 5:4 - Then [fn]Naaman went in and told his master H113, saying, “Thus and thus spoke the girl who is from the land of Israel.”
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 5:18 - “In this matter may Yahweh pardon your servant: when my master H113 goes into the house of Rimmon to worship there, and he leans on my hand and I bow myself in the house of Rimmon, when I bow myself in the house of Rimmon, Yahweh pardon your servant in this matter.”
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 5:20 -

Then Gehazi, the young man of Elisha the man of God, said to himself, “Behold, my master H113 has spared this Naaman the Aramean, [fn]by not receiving from his hands what he brought. As Yahweh lives, I will run after him and take something from him.”

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 5:22 - And he said, “All is at peace. My master H113 has sent me, saying, ‘Behold, just now two young men of the sons of the prophets have come to me from the hill country of Ephraim. Please give them a talent of silver and two changes of clothes.’”
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 5:25 - But he came in and stood before his master H113. And Elisha said to him, “Where have you been, Gehazi?” And he said, “Your servant went nowhere.”
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 6:5 - Now it happened that as one was felling a beam, [fn]the axe head fell into the water; and he cried out and said, “Alas, my master H113! For it was borrowed.”

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