אָדוֹן

a.don

Hebrew H0113 Noun, masculine 333 occurrences in 285 verses
אָדוֹן lord

1. firm, strong, lord, master

a. lord, master

1. reference to men

a. superintendent of household, of affairs

b. master

c. king

2. reference to God

a. the Lord God

b. Lord of the whole earth

b. lords, kings

1. reference to men

a. proprietor of hill of Samaria

b. master

c. husband

d. prophet

e. governor

f. prince

g. king

2. reference to God

a. Lord of lords (probably = "thy husband, Yahweh")

c. my lord, my master

1. reference to men

a. master

b. husband

c. prophet

d. prince

e. king

f. father

g. Moses

h. priest

i. theophanic angel

j. captain

k. general recognition of superiority

2. reference to God

a. my Lord, my Lord and my God

b. Adonai (parallel with Yahweh)

Lexicon: STEPBible Tyndale House Brief Lexicons (TBESH / TBESG) (CC BY 4.0)

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Concordance 285 verses

  1. Genesis 18:3 אֲדֹנָ֗י

    “My lord,” said Abraham, “if I have found favor in your sight, please do not pass your servant by.

  2. Genesis 18:12 וַֽאדֹנִ֖י

    So she laughed to herself, saying, “After I am worn out and my master is old, will I now have this pleasure?”

  3. Genesis 19:2 אֲדֹנַ֗י

    and said, “My lords, please turn aside into the house of your servant; wash your feet and spend the night. Then you can rise early and go on your way.” “No,” they answered, “we will spend the night in the square.”

  4. Genesis 23:6 אֲדֹנִ֗י

    “Listen to us, sir. You are God’s chosen one among us. Bury your dead in the finest of our tombs. None of us will withhold his tomb for burying your dead.”

  5. Genesis 23:11 אֲדֹנִ֣י

    “No, my lord. Listen to me. I give you the field, and I give you the cave that is in it. I give it to you in the presence of my people. Bury your dead.”

  6. Genesis 23:15 אֲדֹנִ֣י

    “Listen to me, my lord. The land is worth four hundred shekels of silver, but what is that between you and me? Bury your dead.”

  7. Genesis 24:9 אֲדֹנָ֑יו

    So the servant placed his hand under the thigh of his master Abraham and swore an oath to him concerning this matter.

  8. Genesis 24:10 אֲדֹנָיו֙אֲדֹנָ֖יו

    Then the servant took ten of his master’s camels and departed with all manner of good things from his master in hand. And he set out for Nahor’s hometown in Aram-naharaim.

  9. Genesis 24:12 אֲדֹנִ֣יאֲדֹנִ֥י

    “O LORD, God of my master Abraham,” he prayed, “please grant me success today, and show kindness to my master Abraham.

  10. Genesis 24:14 אֲדֹנִֽי׃

    Now may it happen that the girl to whom I say, ‘Please let down your jar that I may drink,’ and who responds, ‘Drink, and I will water your camels as well’—let her be the one You have appointed for Your servant Isaac. By this I will know that You have shown kindness to my master.”

  11. Genesis 24:18 אֲדֹנִ֑י

    “Drink, my lord,” she replied, and she quickly lowered her jar to her hands and gave him a drink.

  12. Genesis 24:27 אֲדֹנִ֣יאֲדֹנִ֑יאֲדֹנִֽי׃

    saying, “Blessed be the LORD, the God of my master Abraham, who has not withheld His kindness and faithfulness from my master. As for me, the LORD has led me on the journey to the house of my master’s relatives.”

  13. Genesis 24:35 אֲדֹנִ֛י

    “The LORD has greatly blessed my master, and he has become rich. He has given him sheep and cattle, silver and gold, menservants and maidservants, camels and donkeys.

  14. Genesis 24:36 אֲדֹנִ֥ילַֽאדֹנִ֔י

    My master’s wife Sarah has borne him a son in her old age, and my master has given him everything he owns.

  15. Genesis 24:37 אֲדֹנִ֖י

    My master made me swear an oath and said, ‘You shall not take a wife for my son from the daughters of the Canaanites in whose land I dwell,

  16. Genesis 24:39 אֲדֹנִ֑י

    Then I asked my master, ‘What if the woman will not come back with me?’

  17. Genesis 24:42 אֲדֹנִ֣י

    So when I came to the spring today, I prayed: O LORD, God of my master Abraham, if only You would make my journey a success!

  18. Genesis 24:44 אֲדֹנִֽי׃

    and she replies, ‘Drink, and I will draw water for your camels as well,’ may she be the woman the LORD has appointed for my master’s son.

  19. Genesis 24:48 אֲדֹנִ֣יאֲדֹנִ֖י

    Then I bowed down and worshiped the LORD; and I blessed the LORD, the God of my master Abraham, who led me on the right road to take the granddaughter of my master’s brother for his son.

  20. Genesis 24:49 אֲדֹנִ֖י

    Now if you will show kindness and faithfulness to my master, tell me; but if not, let me know, so that I may go elsewhere.”

  21. Genesis 24:51 אֲדֹנֶ֔יךָ

    Rebekah is here before you. Take her and go, and let her become the wife of your master’s son, just as the LORD has decreed.”

  22. Genesis 24:54 לַֽאדֹנִֽי׃

    Then he and the men with him ate and drank and spent the night there. When they got up the next morning, he said, “Send me on my way to my master.”

  23. Genesis 24:56 לַֽאדֹנִֽי׃

    But he replied, “Do not delay me, since the LORD has made my journey a success. Send me on my way so that I may go to my master.”

  24. Genesis 24:65 אֲדֹנִ֑י

    and asked the servant, “Who is that man in the field coming to meet us?” “It is my master,” the servant answered. So she took her veil and covered herself.

  25. Genesis 31:35 אֲדֹנִ֔י

    Rachel said to her father, “Sir, do not be angry that I cannot stand up before you; for I am having my period.” So Laban searched, but could not find the household idols.

  26. Genesis 32:4 לַֽאדֹנִ֖י

    He instructed them, “You are to say to my master Esau, ‘Your servant Jacob says: I have been staying with Laban and have remained there until now.

  27. Genesis 32:5 לַֽאדֹנִ֔י

    I have oxen, donkeys, flocks, menservants, and maidservants. I have sent this message to inform my master, so that I may find favor in your sight.’”

  28. Genesis 32:18 לַֽאדֹנִ֖י

    then you are to say, ‘They belong to your servant Jacob. They are a gift, sent to my lord Esau. And behold, Jacob is behind us.’”

  29. Genesis 33:8 אֲדֹנִֽי׃

    “What do you mean by sending this whole company to meet me?” asked Esau. “To find favor in your sight, my lord,” Jacob answered.

  30. Genesis 33:13 אֲדֹנִ֤י

    But Jacob replied, “My lord knows that the children are frail, and I must care for sheep and cattle that are nursing their young. If they are driven hard for even a day, all the animals will die.

  31. Genesis 33:14 אֲדֹנִ֖יאֲדֹנִ֖י

    Please let my lord go ahead of his servant. I will continue on slowly, at a comfortable pace for the livestock and children, until I come to my lord at Seir.”

  32. Genesis 33:15 אֲדֹנִֽי׃

    “Let me leave some of my people with you,” Esau said. But Jacob replied, “Why do that? Let me find favor in the sight of my lord.”

  33. Genesis 39:2 אֲדֹנָ֖יו

    And the LORD was with Joseph, and he became a successful man, serving in the household of his Egyptian master.

  34. Genesis 39:3 אֲדֹנָ֔יו

    When his master saw that the LORD was with him and made him prosper in all he did,

  35. Genesis 39:7 אֲדֹנָ֛יו

    and after some time his master’s wife cast her eyes upon Joseph and said, “Sleep with me.”

  36. Genesis 39:8 אֲדֹנָ֔יואֲדֹנִ֔י

    But he refused. “Look,” he said to his master’s wife, “with me here, my master does not concern himself with anything in his house, and he has entrusted everything he owns to my care.

  37. Genesis 39:16 אֲדֹנָ֖יו

    So Potiphar’s wife kept Joseph’s cloak beside her until his master came home.

  38. Genesis 39:19 אֲדֹנָ֜יו

    When his master heard the story his wife told him, saying, “This is what your slave did to me,” he burned with anger.

  39. Genesis 39:20 אֲדֹנֵ֨י

    So Joseph’s master took him and had him thrown into the prison where the king’s prisoners were confined. While Joseph was there in the prison,

  40. Genesis 40:1 לַאֲדֹנֵיהֶ֖ם

    Some time later, the king’s cupbearer and baker offended their master, the king of Egypt.

  41. Genesis 40:7 אֲדֹנָ֖יו

    So he asked the officials of Pharaoh who were in custody with him in his master’s house, “Why are your faces so downcast today?”

  42. Genesis 42:10 אֲדֹנִ֑י

    “Not so, my lord,” they replied. “Your servants have come to buy food.

  43. Genesis 42:30 אֲדֹנֵ֥י

    “The man who is lord of the land spoke harshly to us and accused us of spying on the country.

  44. Genesis 42:33 אֲדֹנֵ֣י

    Then the man who is lord of the land said to us, ‘This is how I will know whether you are honest: Leave one brother with me, take food to relieve the hunger of your households, and go.

  45. Genesis 43:20 אֲדֹנִ֑י

    “Please, sir,” they said, “we really did come down here the first time to buy food.

  46. Genesis 44:5 אֲדֹנִי֙

    Is this not the cup my master drinks from and uses for divination? What you have done is wicked!’”

  47. Genesis 44:7 אֲדֹנִ֔י

    “Why does my lord say these things?” they asked. “Your servants could not possibly do such a thing.

  48. Genesis 44:8 אֲדֹנֶ֔יךָ

    We even brought back to you from the land of Canaan the silver we found in the mouths of our sacks. Why would we steal silver or gold from your master’s house?

  49. Genesis 44:9 לַֽאדֹנִ֖י

    If any of your servants is found to have it, he must die, and the rest will become slaves of my lord.”

  50. Genesis 44:16 לַֽאדֹנִ֔ילַֽאדֹנִ֔י

    “What can we say to my lord?” Judah replied. “How can we plead? How can we justify ourselves? God has exposed the iniquity of your servants. We are now my lord’s slaves—both we and the one who was found with the cup.”

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