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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

H136

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Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H136 matches the Hebrew אֲדֹנָי ('ăḏōnāy),
which occurs 55 times in 55 verses in 'Psa' in the WLC Hebrew.

Page 1 / 2 (Psa 2:4–Psa 130:2)

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 2:4

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 2:4 - The One enthroned in heaven laughs; the Lord scoffs at them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 16:2

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 16:2 - I say to the LORD, “You are my Lord; apart from you I have no good thing.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 22:30

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 22:30 - Posterity will serve him; future generations will be told about the Lord.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 30:8

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 30:8 - To you, LORD, I called; to the Lord I cried for mercy:

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 35:17

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 35:17 - How long, Lord, will you look on? Rescue me from their ravages, my precious life from these lions.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 35:22

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 35:22 - LORD, you have seen this; do not be silent. Do not be far from me, Lord.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 35:23

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 35:23 - Awake, and rise to my defense! Contend for me, my God and Lord.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 37:13

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 37:13 - but the Lord laughs at the wicked, for he knows their day is coming.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 38:9

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 38:9 - All my longings lie open before you, Lord; my sighing is not hidden from you.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 38:15

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 38:15 - LORD, I wait for you; you will answer, Lord my God.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 38:22

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 38:22 - Come quickly to help me, my Lord and my Savior.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 39:7

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 39:7 - “But now, Lord, what do I look for? My hope is in you.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 40:17

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 40:17 - But as for me, I am poor and needy; may the Lord think of me. You are my help and my deliverer; you are my God, do not delay.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 44:23

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 44:23 - Awake, Lord! Why do you sleep? Rouse yourself! Do not reject us forever.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 51:15

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 51:15 - Open my lips, Lord, and my mouth will declare your praise.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 54:4

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 54:4 - Surely God is my help; the Lord is the one who sustains me.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 55:9

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 55:9 - Lord, confuse the wicked, confound their words, for I see violence and strife in the city.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 57:9

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 57:9 - I will praise you, Lord, among the nations; I will sing of you among the peoples.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 59:11

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 59:11 - But do not kill them, Lord our shield,[fn] or my people will forget. In your might uproot them and bring them down.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 62:12

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 62:12 - and with you, Lord, is unfailing love”; and, “You reward everyone according to what they have done.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 66:18

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 66:18 - If I had cherished sin in my heart, the Lord would not have listened;

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 68:11

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 68:11 - The Lord announces the word, and the women who proclaim it are a mighty throng:

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 68:17

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 68:17 - The chariots of God are tens of thousands and thousands of thousands; the Lord has come from Sinai into his sanctuary.[fn]

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 68:19

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 68:19 - Praise be to the Lord, to God our Savior, who daily bears our burdens.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 68:20

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 68:20 - Our God is a God who saves; from the Sovereign LORD comes escape from death.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 68:22

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 68:22 - The Lord says, “I will bring them from Bashan; I will bring them from the depths of the sea,

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 68:32

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 68:32 - Sing to God, you kingdoms of the earth, sing praise to the Lord,

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 69:6

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 69:6 - Lord, the LORD Almighty, may those who hope in you not be disgraced because of me; God of Israel, may those who seek you not be put to shame because of me.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 71:5

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 71:5 - For you have been my hope, Sovereign LORD, my confidence since my youth.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 71:16

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 71:16 - I will come and proclaim your mighty acts, Sovereign LORD; I will proclaim your righteous deeds, yours alone.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 73:20

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 73:20 - They are like a dream when one awakes; when you arise, Lord, you will despise them as fantasies.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 73:28

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 73:28 - But as for me, it is good to be near God. I have made the Sovereign LORD my refuge; I will tell of all your deeds.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 77:2

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 77:2 - When I was in distress, I sought the Lord; at night I stretched out untiring hands, and I would not be comforted.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 77:7

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 77:7 - “Will the Lord reject forever? Will he never show his favor again?

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 78:65

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 78:65 - Then the Lord awoke as from sleep, as a warrior wakes from the stupor of wine.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 79:12

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 79:12 - Pay back into the laps of our neighbors seven times the contempt they have hurled at you, Lord.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 86:3

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 86:3 - have mercy on me, Lord, for I call to you all day long.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 86:4

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 86:4 - Bring joy to your servant, Lord, for I put my trust in you.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 86:5

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 86:5 - You, Lord, are forgiving and good, abounding in love to all who call to you.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 86:8

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 86:8 - Among the gods there is none like you, Lord; no deeds can compare with yours.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 86:9

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 86:9 - All the nations you have made will come and worship before you, Lord; they will bring glory to your name.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 86:12

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 86:12 - I will praise you, Lord my God, with all my heart; I will glorify your name forever.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 86:15

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 86:15 - But you, Lord, are a compassionate and gracious God, slow to anger, abounding in love and faithfulness.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 89:49

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 89:49 - Lord, where is your former great love, which in your faithfulness you swore to David?

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 89:50

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 89:50 - Remember, Lord, how your servant has[fn] been mocked, how I bear in my heart the taunts of all the nations,

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 90:1

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 90:1 - A prayer of Moses the man of God. Lord, you have been our dwelling place throughout all generations.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 90:17

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 90:17 - May the favor[fn] of the Lord our God rest on us; establish the work of our hands for us— yes, establish the work of our hands.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 109:21

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 109:21 - But you, Sovereign LORD, help me for your name’s sake; out of the goodness of your love, deliver me.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 110:5

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 110:5 - The Lord is at your right hand[fn]; he will crush kings on the day of his wrath.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 130:2

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 130:2 - Lord, hear my voice. Let your ears be attentive to my cry for mercy.

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