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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)
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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];
(c) king Jeremiah 22:18; Jeremiah 34:5;
(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;
(f) prince Genesis 42:10, 30, 33 (E) Genesis 44:8 (J) 1 Samuel 29:10;
(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);
(c) prophet 1 Kings 18:7, 13; 2 Kings 2:19; 2 Kings 4:16, 28; 2 Kings 6:5; 2 Kings 8:5;
(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

H113

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Strong's Number H113 matches the Hebrew אָדוֹן ('āḏôn),
which occurs 37 times in 35 verses in '2Ki' in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 2:3

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.”

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 2:5

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.”

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 2:16

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.”

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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.”

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 4:16

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.”

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 4:28

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’?”

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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.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 5:3

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.”

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 5:4

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.”

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 5:18

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.”

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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.”

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 5:22

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.’”

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 5:25

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.”

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 6:5

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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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 6:12

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 6:12 - And one of his servants said, “No, my lord H113, O king; but Elisha, the prophet who is in Israel, tells the king of Israel the words that you speak in your bedroom.”

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Then the attendant of the man of God arose early and went out, and behold, a military force with horses and chariots was all around the city. And his young man said to him, “Alas, my master H113! [fn]What shall we do?”

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 6:22

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 6:22 - And he said, “You shall not strike them down. Would you strike down those you have taken captive with your sword and with your bow? Set bread and water before them, that they may eat and drink and walk back to their master H113.”

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 6:23

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 6:23 - So he prepared a great feast for them; and when they had eaten and drunk, he sent them away, and they went to their master H113. And the marauding bands of Arameans did not come again into the land of Israel.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 6:26

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 6:26 - As the king of Israel was passing by on the wall, a woman cried out to him, saying, “Save, my lord H113, O king!”

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Now Elisha was sitting in his house, and the elders were sitting with him. And the king sent a man from his presence; but before the messenger came to him, he said to the elders, “Do you see how this son of a murderer has sent to take away my head? Look, when the messenger comes, shut the door and [fn]hold the door shut against him. Is not the sound of his master’s H113 feet behind him?”

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 8:5

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 8:5 - Now it happened as he was recounting to the king how he had restored to life the one who was dead, that behold, the woman whose son he had restored to life was crying out to the king for her house and for her field. And Gehazi said, “My lord H113, O king, this is the woman, and this is her son, whom Elisha restored to life.”

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 8:12

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 8:12 - Then Hazael said, “Why does my lord H113 weep?” Then he said, “Because I know the evil that you will do to the sons of Israel: their fortifications you will set on fire, and their young men you will kill with the sword, and their infants you will dash in pieces, and their pregnant women you will rip up.”

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 8:14

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 8:14 - So he went from Elisha and came to his master H113. And he said to him, “What did Elisha say to you?” And he said, “He said to me that you would surely be restored to life.”

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 9:7

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 9:7 - ‘And you shall strike the house of Ahab your master H113, that I may avenge the blood of My slaves the prophets, and the blood of all the slaves of Yahweh, at the hand of Jezebel.

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Now Jehu came out to the servants of his master H113, and one said to him, “Is all well? Why did this mad fellow come to you?” And he said to them, “You know the man and his talk.”

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 9:31

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 9:31 - As Jehu entered the gate, she said, “Is it [fn]peace, Zimri, [fn]your master’s H113 killer?”

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 10:2

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 10:2 - “So now, when this letter comes to you, [fn]since your master’s H113 sons are with you, [fn]as well as the chariots and horses and a fortified city and the weapons,

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 10:3

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 10:3 - look for the best and [fn]fittest of your master’s H113 sons, and set him on his father’s throne, and fight for your master’s H113 house.”

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 10:6

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 10:6 - Then he wrote a letter to them a second time saying, “If you are on my side, and you will listen to my voice, take the heads of the men, your master’s H113 sons, and come to me about this time tomorrow at Jezreel.” Now the king’s sons, seventy persons, were with the great men of the city, who were rearing them.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 10:9

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 10:9 - Now it happened in the morning that he went out and stood and said to all the people, “You are righteous; behold, I conspired against my master H113 and killed him, but who struck down all these?

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 18:23

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 18:23 - “So now, [fn]come, make a bargain with my master H113 the king of Assyria, and I will give you two thousand horses, if you are able on your part to give riders for them.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 18:24

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 18:24 - “How then can you [fn]turn away one [fn]official of the least of my master’s H113 servants, and trust in Egypt for chariots and for horsemen?

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 18:27

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 18:27 - But Rabshakeh said to them, “Has my master H113 sent me only to your master H113 and to you to speak these words, and not to the men who sit on the wall, doomed to eat their own dung and drink their own urine with you?”

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 19:4

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 19:4 - ‘Perhaps Yahweh your God will hear all the words of Rabshakeh, whom his master H113 the king of Assyria has sent to [fn]reproach the living God, and will reprove the words which Yahweh your God has heard. Therefore, lift up a prayer for the remnant that is left.’”

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 19:6

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 19:6 - And Isaiah said to them, “Thus you shall say to your master H113, ‘Thus says Yahweh, “Do not be afraid because of the words that you have heard, with which the young men of the king of Assyria have blasphemed Me.
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