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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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  • Numbers 32:25
    And the children of Gad and the children of Reuben spake unto Moses, saying, Thy servants will do as my lord commandeth.
  • Numbers 32:27
    But thy servants will pass over, every man armed for war, before the LORD to battle, as my lord saith.
  • Numbers 36:2
    And they said, The LORD commanded my lord to give the land for an inheritance by lot to the children of Israel: and my lord was commanded by the LORD to give the inheritance of Zelophehad our brother unto his daughters.
  • Deuteronomy 10:17
    For the LORD your God is God of gods, and Lord of lords, a great God, a mighty, and a terrible, which regardeth not persons, nor taketh reward:
  • Deuteronomy 23:15
    Thou shalt not deliver unto his master the servant which is escaped from his master unto thee:
  • Joshua 3:11
    Behold, the ark of the covenant of the Lord of all the earth passeth over before you into Jordan.
  • Joshua 3:13
    And it shall come to pass, as soon as the soles of the feet of the priests that bear the ark of the LORD, the Lord of all the earth, shall rest in the waters of Jordan, that the waters of Jordan shall be cut off from the waters that come down from above; and they shall stand upon an heap.
  • Joshua 5:14
    And he said, Nay; but as captain of the host of the LORD am I now come. And Joshua fell on his face to the earth, and did worship, and said unto him, What saith my lord unto his servant?
  • Judges 3:25
    And they tarried till they were ashamed: and, behold, he opened not the doors of the parlour; therefore they took a key, and opened them: and, behold, their lord was fallen down dead on the earth.
  • Judges 4:18
    And Jael went out to meet Sisera, and said unto him, Turn in, my lord, turn in to me; fear not. And when he had turned in unto her into the tent, she covered him with a mantle.