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Strong's numbers

אֲדֹנָי H136

ʼĂdônây

ad-o-noy'

an emphatic form of אָדוֹן; the Lord (used as a proper name of God only); (my) Lord.

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.

419 occurrences

Shown in the King James Version (KJV), whichever translation you read in — it is the text these numbers are tagged against.

  • Genesis 15:2
    And Abram said, Lord GOD, what wilt thou give me, seeing I go childless, and the steward of my house is this Eliezer of Damascus?
  • Genesis 15:8
    And he said, Lord GOD, whereby shall I know that I shall inherit it?
  • Genesis 18:3
    And said, My Lord, if now I have found favour in thy sight, pass not away, I pray thee, from thy servant:
  • Genesis 18:27
    And Abraham answered and said, Behold now, I have taken upon me to speak unto the Lord, which am but dust and ashes:
  • Genesis 18:30
    And he said unto him, Oh let not the Lord be angry, and I will speak: Peradventure there shall thirty be found there. And he said, I will not do it, if I find thirty there.
  • Genesis 18:31
    And he said, Behold now, I have taken upon me to speak unto the Lord: Peradventure there shall be twenty found there. And he said, I will not destroy it for twenty's sake.
  • Genesis 18:32
    And he said, Oh let not the Lord be angry, and I will speak yet but this once: Peradventure ten shall be found there. And he said, I will not destroy it for ten's sake.
  • Genesis 20:4
    But Abimelech had not come near her: and he said, Lord, wilt thou slay also a righteous nation?
  • Exodus 4:10
    And Moses said unto the LORD, O my Lord, I am not eloquent, neither heretofore, nor since thou hast spoken unto thy servant: but I am slow of speech, and of a slow tongue.
  • Exodus 4:13
    And he said, O my Lord, send, I pray thee, by the hand of him whom thou wilt send.