אָדוֹן
a.don
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
- Genesis 44:18 אֲדֹנִי֒אֲדֹנִ֔י
Then Judah approached Joseph and said, “Sir, please let your servant speak personally to my lord. Do not be angry with your servant, for you are equal to Pharaoh himself.
- Genesis 44:19 אֲדֹנִ֣י
My lord asked his servants, ‘Do you have a father or a brother?’
- Genesis 44:20 אֲדֹנִ֔י
And we answered, ‘We have an elderly father and a younger brother, the child of his old age. The boy’s brother is dead. He is the only one of his mother’s sons left, and his father loves him.’
- Genesis 44:22 אֲדֹנִ֔י
So we said to my lord, ‘The boy cannot leave his father. If he were to leave, his father would die.’
- Genesis 44:24 אֲדֹנִֽי׃
Now when we returned to your servant my father, we relayed your words to him.
- Genesis 44:33 לַֽאדֹנִ֑י
Now please let your servant stay here as my lord’s slave in place of the boy. Let him return with his brothers.
- Genesis 45:8 וּלְאָדוֹן֙
Therefore it was not you who sent me here, but God, who has made me a father to Pharaoh—lord of all his household and ruler over all the land of Egypt.
- Genesis 45:9 לְאָד֖וֹן
Now return quickly to my father and tell him, ‘This is what your son Joseph says: God has made me lord of all Egypt. Come down to me without delay.
- Genesis 47:18 מֵֽאֲדֹנִ֔יאֲדֹנִ֑יאֲדֹנִ֔י
When that year was over, they came to him the second year and said, “We cannot hide from our lord that our money is gone and all our livestock belongs to you. There is nothing left for our lord except our bodies and our land.
- Genesis 47:25 אֲדֹנִ֔י
“You have saved our lives,” they said. “We have found favor in our lord’s eyes, and we will be Pharaoh’s servants.”
- Exodus 21:4 אֲדֹנָיו֙לַֽאדֹנֶ֔יהָ
If his master gives him a wife and she bears him sons or daughters, the woman and her children shall belong to her master, and only the man shall go free.
- Exodus 21:5 אֲדֹנִ֔י
But if the servant declares, ‘I love my master and my wife and children; I do not want to go free,’
- Exodus 21:6 אֲדֹנָיו֙אֲדֹנָ֤יו
then his master is to bring him before the judges. And he shall take him to the door or doorpost and pierce his ear with an awl. Then he shall serve his master for life.
- Exodus 21:8 אֲדֹנֶ֛יהָ
If she is displeasing in the eyes of her master who had designated her for himself, he must allow her to be redeemed. He has no right to sell her to foreigners, since he has broken faith with her.
- Exodus 21:32 לַֽאדֹנָ֔יו
If the ox gores a manservant or maidservant, the owner must pay thirty shekels of silver to the master of that servant, and the ox must be stoned.
- Exodus 23:17 הָאָדֹ֥ן׀
Three times a year all your males are to appear before the Lord GOD.
- Exodus 32:22 אֲדֹנִ֑י
“Do not be enraged, my lord,” Aaron replied. “You yourself know that the people are intent on evil.
- Exodus 34:23 הָֽאָדֹ֥ן׀
Three times a year all your males are to appear before the Lord GOD, the God of Israel.
- Numbers 11:28 אֲדֹנִ֥י
Joshua son of Nun, the attendant to Moses since youth, spoke up and said, “Moses, my lord, stop them!”
- Numbers 12:11 אֲדֹנִ֔י
and said to Moses, “My lord, please do not hold against us this sin we have so foolishly committed.
- Numbers 32:25 אֲדֹנִ֖י
The Gadites and Reubenites said to Moses, “Your servants will do just as our lord commands.
- Numbers 32:27 אֲדֹנִ֖י
But your servants are equipped for war, and every man will cross over to the battle before the LORD, just as our lord says.”
- Numbers 36:2 אֲדֹנִי֙וַֽאדֹנִי֙
saying, “When the LORD commanded my lord to give the land as an inheritance to the Israelites by lot, He also commanded him to give the inheritance of our brother Zelophehad to his daughters.
- Deuteronomy 10:17 וַאֲדֹנֵ֖יהָאֲדֹנִ֑ים
For the LORD your God is God of gods and Lord of lords, the great, mighty, and awesome God, showing no partiality and accepting no bribe.
- Deuteronomy 23:15 אֲדֹנָ֑יואֲדֹנָֽיו׃
Do not return a slave to his master if he has taken refuge with you.
- Joshua 5:14 אֲדֹנִ֖י
“Neither,” He replied. “I have now come as Commander of the LORD’s army.” Then Joshua fell facedown in reverence and asked Him, “What does my Lord have to say to His servant?”
- Judges 3:25 אֲדֹ֣נֵיהֶ֔ם
So they waited until they became worried and saw that he had still not opened the doors of the upper room. Then they took the key and opened the doors—and there was their lord lying dead on the floor.
- Judges 4:18 אֲדֹנִ֛י
Jael went out to greet Sisera and said to him, “Come in, my lord. Come in with me. Do not be afraid.” So he entered her tent, and she covered him with a blanket.
- Judges 6:13 אֲדֹנִ֔י
“Please, my Lord,” Gideon replied, “if the LORD is with us, why has all this happened to us? And where are all His wonders of which our fathers told us, saying, ‘Has not the LORD brought us up out of Egypt?’ But now the LORD has forsaken us and delivered us into the hand of Midian.”
- Judges 19:11 אֲדֹנָ֗יו
When they were near Jebus and the day was almost gone, the servant said to his master, “Please, let us stop at this Jebusite city and spend the night here.”
- Judges 19:12 אֲדֹנָ֔יו
But his master replied, “We will not turn aside to the city of foreigners, where there are no Israelites. We will go on to Gibeah.”
- Judges 19:26 אֲדוֹנֶ֥יהָ
Early that morning, the woman went back to the house where her master was staying, collapsed at the doorway, and lay there until it was light.
- Judges 19:27 אֲדֹנֶ֜יהָ
In the morning, when her master got up and opened the doors of the house to go out on his journey, there was his concubine, collapsed in the doorway of the house, with her hands on the threshold.
- Ruth 2:13 אֲדֹנִי֙
“My lord,” she said, “may I continue to find favor in your eyes, for you have comforted and spoken kindly to your maidservant, though I am not like one of your servant girls.”
- 1 Samuel 1:15 אֲדֹנִ֔י
“No, my lord,” Hannah replied. “I am a woman oppressed in spirit. I have not had any wine or strong drink, but I have poured out my soul before the LORD.
- 1 Samuel 1:26 אֲדֹנִ֔יאֲדֹנִ֑י
“Please, my lord,” said Hannah, “as surely as you live, my lord, I am the woman who stood here beside you praying to the LORD.
- 1 Samuel 16:16 אֲדֹנֵ֙נוּ֙
Let our lord command your servants here to seek out someone who can skillfully play the harp. Whenever the spirit of distress from God is upon you, he is to play it, and you will be well.”
- 1 Samuel 20:38 אֲדֹנָֽיו׃
Then Jonathan cried out, “Hurry! Make haste! Do not delay!” So the boy picked up the arrow and returned to his master.
- 1 Samuel 22:12 אֲדֹנִֽי׃
“Listen now, son of Ahitub,” said Saul. “Here I am, my lord,” he replied.
- 1 Samuel 24:6 לַֽאדֹנִי֙
So he said to his men, “The LORD forbid that I should do such a thing to my master, the LORD’s anointed. May I never lift my hand against him, since he is the LORD’s anointed.”
- 1 Samuel 24:8 אֲדֹנִ֣י
After that, David got up, went out of the cave, and called out to Saul, “My lord the king!” When Saul looked behind him, David bowed facedown in reverence
- 1 Samuel 24:10 בַּֽאדֹנִ֔י
Behold, this day you have seen with your own eyes that the LORD delivered you into my hand in the cave. I was told to kill you, but I spared you and said, ‘I will not lift my hand against my lord, since he is the LORD’s anointed.’
- 1 Samuel 25:10 אֲדֹנָֽיו׃
But Nabal asked them, “Who is David? Who is this son of Jesse? Many servants these days are breaking away from their masters.
- 1 Samuel 25:14 אֲדֹנֵ֖ינוּ
Meanwhile, one of Nabal’s young men informed Nabal’s wife Abigail, “Look, David sent messengers from the wilderness to greet our master, but he scolded them.
- 1 Samuel 25:17 אֲדֹנֵ֖ינוּ
Now consider carefully what you must do, because disaster looms over our master and all his household. For he is such a scoundrel that nobody can speak to him!”
- 1 Samuel 25:24 אֲדֹנִ֖י
She fell at his feet and said, “My lord, may the blame be on me alone, but please let your servant speak to you; hear the words of your servant.
- 1 Samuel 25:25 אֲדֹנִ֣י׀אֲדֹנִ֖י
My lord should pay no attention to this scoundrel Nabal, for he lives up to his name: His name means Fool, and folly accompanies him. I, your servant, did not see my lord’s young men whom you sent.
- 1 Samuel 25:26 אֲדֹנִ֗יאֲדֹנִ֖י
Now, my lord, as surely as the LORD lives and you yourself live, the LORD has held you back from coming to bloodshed and avenging yourself with your own hand. May your enemies and those who seek harm for my lord be like Nabal.
- 1 Samuel 25:27 לַֽאדֹנִ֑יאֲדֹנִֽי׃
Now let this gift your servant has brought to my lord be given to the young men who follow you.
- 1 Samuel 25:28 לַֽאדֹנִ֜יאֲדֹנִ֣י
Please forgive your servant’s offense, for the LORD will surely make a lasting dynasty for my lord, because he fights the LORD’s battles. May no evil be found in you as long as you live.