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אָדוֹן H113

ʼâdôwn

aw-done'

or (shortened) אָדֹן; from an unused root (meaning to rule); sovereign, i.e. controller (human or divine); lord, master, owner. Compare also names beginning with 'Adoni-'.

Brown–Driver–Briggs

אָדוֹן n.m. lord (אֲדֹנִי, אֲדֹנַי, אֲדֹנָי are variations of Mass. pointing to distinguish divine reference fr. human. Pl., with few exc. an intens. pl. of rank; word takes sf. as pl. in all other pers.; so doubtless here. Orig. reading prob. in all cases אֲדֹנַי; אֲדֹנִי now found in J 51 t.)

From Brown, Driver, and Briggs, A Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), in the public domain.


287 occurrences

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  • Genesis 40:7
    And he asked Pharaoh's officers that were with him in the ward of his lord's house, saying, Wherefore look ye so sadly to day?
  • Genesis 42:10
    And they said unto him, Nay, my lord, but to buy food are thy servants come.
  • Genesis 42:30
    The man, who is the lord of the land, spake roughly to us, and took us for spies of the country.
  • Genesis 42:33
    And the man, the lord of the country, said unto us, Hereby shall I know that ye are true men; leave one of your brethren here with me, and take food for the famine of your households, and be gone:
  • Genesis 43:20
    And said, O sir, we came indeed down at the first time to buy food:
  • Genesis 44:5
    Is not this it in which my lord drinketh, and whereby indeed he divineth? ye have done evil in so doing.
  • Genesis 44:7
    And they said unto him, Wherefore saith my lord these words? God forbid that thy servants should do according to this thing:
  • Genesis 44:8
    Behold, the money, which we found in our sacks' mouths, we brought again unto thee out of the land of Canaan: how then should we steal out of thy lord's house silver or gold?
  • Genesis 44:9
    With whomsoever of thy servants it be found, both let him die, and we also will be my lord's bondmen.
  • Genesis 44:16
    And Judah said, What shall we say unto my lord? what shall we speak? or how shall we clear ourselves? God hath found out the iniquity of thy servants: behold, we are my lord's servants, both we, and he also with whom the cup is found.