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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];
(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 38 times in 30 verses in '1Sa' in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 1:15

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 1:15 - And Hannah answered and said, No, my lord, I am a woman of a sorrowful spirit: I have drank neither wine nor strong drink, but have poured out my soul before the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 1:26

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 1:26 - And she said, O my lord, as thy soul liveth, my lord, I am the woman that stood by thee here, praying to the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 16:16

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 16:16 - Let our lord now command thy servants, who are before thee, to seek a man who is a skillful player on a harp: and it shall come to pass, when the evil spirit from God is upon thee, that he will play with his hand, and thou wilt be well.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 20:38

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.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 22:12

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 22:12 - And Saul said, Hear now, thou son of Ahitub. And he answered, Here I am, my lord.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 24:6

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 24:6 - And he said to his men, The LORD forbid that I should do this thing to my master, the LORD'S anointed, to stretch forth my hand against him, seeing he is the anointed of the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 24:8

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 24:8 - David also rose afterward, and went out of the cave, and cried after Saul, saying, My lord the king. And when Saul looked behind him, David stooped with his face to the earth, and bowed himself.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 24:10

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 24:10 - Behold, this day thy eyes have seen how the LORD hath delivered thee to-day into my hand in the cave; and some bade me kill thee: but my eye spared thee; and I said, I will not put forth my hand against my lord; for he is the LORD'S anointed.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 25:10

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 25:10 - And Nabal answered David's servants, and said, Who is David? and who is the son of Jesse? there are many servants in these days that break away every man from his master.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 25:14

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 25:14 - But one of the young men told Abigail, Nabal's wife, saying, Behold, David sent messengers from the wilderness to salute our master; and he railed at them.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 25:17

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 25:17 - Now therefore know and consider what thou wilt do: for evil is determined against our master, and against all his household: for he is such a son of Belial, that a man cannot speak to him.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 25:24

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 25:24 - And fell at his feet, and said, Upon me, my lord, upon me let this iniquity be: and let thy handmaid, I pray thee, speak in thy audience, and hear the words of thy handmaid.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 25:25

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 25:25 - Let not my lord, 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 thy handmaid saw not the young men of my lord, whom thou didst send.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 25:26

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 25:26 - Now therefore, my lord, as the LORD liveth, and as thy soul liveth, seeing the LORD hath withheld thee from coming to shed blood, and from avenging thyself with thy own hand, now let thy enemies, and they that seek evil to my lord, be as Nabal.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 25:27

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 25:27 - And now this blessing which thy handmaid hath brought to my lord, let it even be given to the young men that follow my lord.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 25:28

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 25:28 - I pray thee, forgive the trespass of thy handmaid: for the LORD will certainly make my lord a sure house; because my lord fighteth the battles of the LORD, and evil hath not been found in thee all thy days.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 25:29

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 25:29 - Yet a man hath risen to pursue thee, and to seek thy soul: but the soul of my lord shall be bound in the bundle of life with the LORD thy God; and the souls of thy enemies, them shall he sling out, as from the middle of a sling.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 25:30

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 25:30 - And it will come to pass, when the LORD shall have done to my lord according to all the good that he hath spoken concerning thee, and shall have appointed thee ruler over Israel;

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 25:31

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 25:31 - That this will be no grief to thee, nor offense of heart to my lord, either that thou hast shed blood without cause, or that my lord hath avenged himself: but when the LORD shall have dealt well with my lord, then remember thy handmaid.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 25:41

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 25:41 - And she arose, and bowed herself on her face to the earth, and said, Behold, let thy handmaid be a servant to wash the feet of the servants of my lord.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 26:15

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 26:15 - And David said to Abner, Art not thou a valiant man? and who is like to thee in Israel? why then hast thou not kept thy lord the king? for there came in one of the people to destroy the king thy lord.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 26:16

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 26:16 - This thing is not good that thou hast done. As the LORD liveth, ye are worthy to die, because ye have not kept your master the LORD'S anointed. And now see where the king's spear is, and the cruse of water that was at his bolster.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 26:17

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 26:17 - And Saul knew David's voice, and said, Is this thy voice, my son David? and David said, It is my voice, my lord, O king.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 26:18

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 26:18 - And he said, Why doth my lord thus pursue his servant? for what have I done? or what evil is in my hand?

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 26:19

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 26:19 - Now therefore, I pray thee, let my lord the king hear the words of his servant. If the LORD hath stirred thee up against me, let him accept an offering: but if they are the children of men, cursed be they before the LORD; for they have driven me out this day from abiding in the inheritance of the LORD, saying, Go, serve other gods.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 29:4

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 29:4 - And the princes of the Philistines were wroth with him; and the princes of the Philistines said to him, Make this man return, that he may go again to his place which thou hast appointed him, and let him not go down with us to battle, lest in the battle he should be an adversary to us: for with what would he reconcile himself to his master? would it not be with the heads of these men?

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 29:8

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 29:8 - And David said to Achish, But what have I done? and what hast thou found in thy servant, so long as I have been with thee to this day, that I may not go and fight against the enemies of my lord the king.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 29:10

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 29:10 - Wherefore now rise early in the morning with thy master's servants that are come with thee: and as soon as ye shall have risen early in the morning, and have light, depart.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 30:13

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 30:13 - And David said to him, To whom belongest thou? and whence art thou? And he said, I am a young man of Egypt, servant to an Amalekite; and my master left me, because three days ago I fell sick.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 30:15

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 30:15 - And David said to him, Canst thou conduct me down to this company? And he said, Swear to me by God, that thou wilt neither kill me, nor deliver me into the hands of my master, and I will lead thee down to this company.
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