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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)
An 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

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 9 / 9 (Amo 3:8–Mal 1:14)

Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 3:8 -

A lion has roared! Who will not fear?

The Lord H136 GOD has spoken! Who can do anything but prophesy?

Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 3:11 -

Therefore, this is what the Lord H136 GOD says:

“An enemy, one surrounding the land,

Will take down your fortifications from you,

And your citadels will be looted.”

Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 3:13 -

“Hear and testify against the house of Jacob,”

Declares the Lord H136 GOD, the God of armies.

Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 4:2 -

The Lord H136 [fn]GOD has sworn by His holiness,

“For behold, the days are coming upon you

When [fn]they will take you away with meat hooks,

And the last of you with fish hooks.

Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 4:5 -

[fn]Offer a thanksgiving offering also from that which is leavened,

And proclaim [fn]voluntary offerings, make them known.

For so you love to do, you sons of Israel,”

Declares the Lord H136 GOD.

Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 5:3 -

For this is what the Lord H136 [fn]GOD says:

“The city which goes forth a thousand strong

Will have a hundred left,

And the one which goes forth a hundred strong

Will have ten left to the house of Israel.”

Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 5:16 -

Therefore this is what the LORD God of armies, the Lord H136 says:

“There is mourning in all the public squares,

And in all the streets they say, ‘Oh no! Oh no!’

They also call the farmer to mourning

And [fn]professional mourners to mourning rites.

Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 6:8 -

The Lord H136 [fn]GOD has sworn by Himself, the LORD God of armies has declared:

“I loathe the arrogance of Jacob,

And [fn]detest his citadels;

Therefore I will give up the city and [fn]all it contains.”

Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 7:1 -

This is what the Lord H136 [fn]GOD showed me, and behold, He was forming a swarm of locusts [fn]when the spring crop began to sprout. And behold, the spring crop was after the king’s mowing.

Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 7:2 - And it came about, [fn]when it had finished eating the vegetation of the land, that I said,

“Lord H136 GOD, please pardon!

How can Jacob stand?

For he is small.”

Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 7:4 -

So the Lord H136 GOD showed me, and behold, the Lord H136 GOD was calling to contend with them by fire, and it consumed the great deep and began to consume the [fn]farmland.

Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 7:5 - Then I said,

“Lord H136 GOD, please stop!

How can Jacob stand?

For he is small.”

Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 7:6 -

The LORD relented of this.

“This too shall not be,” said the Lord H136 GOD.

Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 7:7 -

So He showed me, and behold, the Lord H136 was standing [fn]by a [fn]vertical wall with a plumb line in His hand.

Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 7:8 - And the LORD said to me, “What do you see, Amos?” And I said, “A plumb line.” Then the Lord H136 said,

“Behold I am about to put a plumb line

In the midst of My people Israel.

I will not [fn]spare them any longer.

Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 8:1 -

This is what the Lord H136 [fn]GOD showed me, and behold, there was a basket of summer fruit.

Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 8:3 - [fn]The songs of the palace will turn to wailing on that day,” declares the Lord H136 GOD. “The corpses will be many; in every place [fn]they will throw them out. [fn]Hush!”
Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 8:9 -

“And it will come about on that day,” declares the Lord H136 GOD,

“That I will make the sun go down at noon,

And make the earth dark in [fn]broad daylight.

Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 8:11 -

“Behold, days are coming,” declares the Lord H136 GOD,

“When I will send a famine on the land,

Not a famine of bread or a thirst for water,

But rather for hearing the words of the LORD.

Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 9:1 -

I saw the Lord H136 standing beside the altar, and He said,

“Strike the pillar capitals so that the thresholds will shake,

And break them on the heads of them all!

Then I will put to death the rest of them with the sword;

They will not have a fugitive who will flee,

Nor a survivor who will escape.

Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 9:5 -

The Lord H136 [fn]GOD of armies,

The One who touches the land so that it quakes,

And all those who live in it mourn,

And all of it rises up like the Nile

And subsides like the Nile of Egypt;

Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 9:8 -

“Behold, the eyes of the Lord H136 GOD are on the sinful kingdom,

And I will eliminate it from the face of the earth;

Nevertheless, I will not totally eliminate the house of Jacob,”

Declares the LORD.

Unchecked Copy BoxOba 1:1 -

The vision of Obadiah.

This is what the Lord H136 [fn]GOD says concerning Edom

We have heard a report from the LORD,

And a messenger has been sent among the nations saying,

“Arise, and let’s go up against her for battle”—

Unchecked Copy BoxMic 1:2 -

Hear, you peoples, all of [fn]you;

Listen carefully, earth and [fn]all it contains,

And may the Lord H136 [fn]GOD be a witness against you,

The Lord H136 from His holy temple.

Unchecked Copy BoxHab 3:19 -

The Lord H136 [fn]GOD is my strength,

And He has made my feet like deer’s feet,

And has me walk on my high places.

For the choir director, on my stringed instruments.

Unchecked Copy BoxZep 1:7 -

[fn]Be silent before the Lord H136 [fn]GOD!

For the day of the LORD is near,

Because the LORD has prepared a sacrifice,

He has consecrated His guests.

Unchecked Copy BoxZec 9:4 -

Behold, the Lord H136 will dispossess her

And throw her wealth into the sea;

And she will be consumed with fire.

Unchecked Copy BoxZec 9:14 -

Then the LORD will appear over them,

And His arrow will go forth like lightning;

And the Lord H136 [fn]GOD will blow the trumpet,

And march in the storm winds of the south.

Unchecked Copy BoxMal 1:12 - “But you are profaning it by your saying, ‘The table of the Lord H136 is defiled, and as for its fruit, its food is to be despised.’
Unchecked Copy BoxMal 1:14 - “But cursed be the swindler who has a male in his flock and vows it, but sacrifices a blemished animal to the Lord H136, for I am a great King,” says the LORD of armies, “and My name is [fn]feared among the [fn]nations.”

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