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. 1 Samuel 25:29 אֲדֹנִ֜י

    And should someone pursue you and seek your life, then the life of my lord will be bound securely by the LORD your God in the bundle of the living. But He shall fling away the lives of your enemies like stones from a sling.

  2. 1 Samuel 25:30 לַֽאדֹנִ֔י

    When the LORD has done for my lord all the good He promised, and when He has appointed you ruler over Israel,

  3. 1 Samuel 25:31 לַאדֹנִ֗יאֲדֹנִ֖ילַֽאדֹנִ֔י

    then my lord will have no remorse or guilt of conscience over needless bloodshed and revenge. And when the LORD has dealt well with my lord, may you remember your maidservant.”

  4. 1 Samuel 25:41 אֲדֹנִֽי׃

    She arose, then bowed facedown and said, “Here is your maidservant, ready to serve and to wash the feet of my lord’s servants.”

  5. 1 Samuel 26:15 אֲדֹנֶ֖יךָאֲדֹנֶֽיךָ׃

    So David said to Abner, “You are a man, aren’t you? And who in Israel is your equal? Why then did you not protect your lord the king when one of the people came to destroy him?

  6. 1 Samuel 26:16 אֲדֹנֵיכֶ֖ם

    This thing you have done is not good. As surely as the LORD lives, all of you deserve to die, since you did not protect your lord, the LORD’s anointed. Now look around. Where are the king’s spear and water jug that were by his head?”

  7. 1 Samuel 26:17 אֲדֹנִ֥י

    Then Saul recognized David’s voice and asked, “Is that your voice, David my son?” “It is my voice, my lord and king,” David said.

  8. 1 Samuel 26:18 אֲדֹנִ֥י

    And he continued, “Why is my lord pursuing his servant? What have I done? What evil is in my hand?

  9. 1 Samuel 26:19 אֲדֹנִ֣י

    Now please, may my lord the king hear the words of his servant: If the LORD has stirred you up against me, then may He accept an offering. But if men have done it, may they be cursed in the presence of the LORD! For today they have driven me away from sharing in the inheritance of the LORD, saying, ‘Go, serve other gods.’

  10. 1 Samuel 29:4 אֲדֹנָ֔יו

    But the commanders of the Philistines were angry with Achish and told him, “Send that man back and let him return to the place you assigned him. He must not go down with us into battle only to become our adversary during the war. What better way for him to regain the favor of his master than with the heads of our men?

  11. 1 Samuel 29:8 אֲדֹנִ֥י

    “But what have I done?” David replied. “What have you found against your servant, from the day I came to you until today, to keep me from going along to fight against the enemies of my lord the king?”

  12. 1 Samuel 29:10 אֲדֹנֶ֖יךָ

    Now then, get up early in the morning, along with your master’s servants who came with you, and go as soon as it is light.”

  13. 1 Samuel 30:13 אֲדֹנִ֛י

    Then David asked him, “To whom do you belong, and where are you from?” “I am an Egyptian,” he replied, “the slave of an Amalekite. My master abandoned me three days ago when I fell ill.

  14. 1 Samuel 30:15 אֲדֹנִ֔י

    “Will you lead me to these raiders?” David asked. And the man replied, “Swear to me by God that you will not kill me or deliver me into the hand of my master, and I will lead you to them.”

  15. 2 Samuel 1:10 אֲדֹנִ֖י

    So I stood over him and killed him, because I knew that after he had fallen he could not survive. And I took the crown that was on his head and the band that was on his arm, and I have brought them here to my lord.”

  16. 2 Samuel 2:5 אֲדֹֽנֵיכֶם֙

    So David sent messengers to the men of Jabesh-gilead to tell them, “The LORD bless you, because you showed this kindness to Saul your lord when you buried him.

  17. 2 Samuel 2:7 אֲדֹנֵיכֶ֣ם

    Now then, be strong and courageous, for though Saul your lord is dead, the house of Judah has anointed me as their king.”

  18. 2 Samuel 3:21 אֲדֹנִ֨י

    Then Abner said to David, “Let me go at once, and I will gather all Israel to my lord the king, that they may make a covenant with you, and that you may rule over all that your heart desires.” So David dismissed Abner, and he went in peace.

  19. 2 Samuel 4:8 לַֽאדֹנִ֨י

    They brought the head of Ish-bosheth to David at Hebron and said to the king, “Here is the head of Ish-bosheth son of Saul, your enemy who sought your life. Today the LORD has granted vengeance to my lord the king against Saul and his offspring.”

  20. 2 Samuel 9:9 אֲדֹנֶֽיךָ׃

    Then the king summoned Saul’s servant Ziba and said to him, “I have given to your master’s grandson all that belonged to Saul and to all his house.

  21. 2 Samuel 9:10 אֲדֹנֶ֤יךָאֲדֹנֶ֔יךָ

    You and your sons and servants are to work the ground for him and bring in the harvest, so that your master’s grandson may have food to eat. But Mephibosheth, your master’s grandson, is always to eat at my table.” Now Ziba had fifteen sons and twenty servants.

  22. 2 Samuel 9:11 אֲדֹנִ֤י

    And Ziba said to the king, “Your servant will do all that my lord the king has commanded.” So Mephibosheth ate at David’s table like one of the king’s own sons.

  23. 2 Samuel 10:3 אֲדֹֽנֵיהֶ֗ם

    the princes of the Ammonites said to Hanun their lord, “Just because David has sent you comforters, do you really believe he is showing respect for your father? Has not David instead sent his servants to explore the city, spy it out, and overthrow it?”

  24. 2 Samuel 11:9 אֲדֹנָ֑יו

    But Uriah slept at the door of the palace with all his master’s servants; he did not go down to his house.

  25. 2 Samuel 11:11 וַאדֹנִ֨יאֲדֹנִ֨י

    Uriah answered, “The ark and Israel and Judah are dwelling in tents, and my master Joab and his soldiers are camped in the open field. How can I go to my house to eat and drink and sleep with my wife? As surely as you live, and as your soul lives, I will not do such a thing!”

  26. 2 Samuel 11:13 אֲדֹנָ֔יו

    Then David invited Uriah to eat and drink with him, and he got Uriah drunk. And in the evening Uriah went out to lie down on his cot with his master’s servants, but he did not go home.

  27. 2 Samuel 12:8 אֲדֹנֶ֗יךָאֲדֹנֶ֙יךָ֙

    I gave your master’s house to you and your master’s wives into your arms. I gave you the house of Israel and Judah, and if that was not enough, I would have given you even more.

  28. 2 Samuel 13:32 אֲדֹנִי֙

    But Jonadab, the son of David’s brother Shimeah, spoke up: “My lord must not think they have killed all the sons of the king, for only Amnon is dead. In fact, Absalom has planned this since the day Amnon violated his sister Tamar.

  29. 2 Samuel 13:33 אֲדֹנִ֨י

    So now, my lord the king, do not take to heart the report that all the sons of the king are dead. Only Amnon is dead.”

  30. 2 Samuel 14:9 אֲדֹנִ֥י

    But the woman of Tekoa said to the king, “My lord the king, may any blame be on me and on my father’s house, and may the king and his throne be guiltless.”

  31. 2 Samuel 14:12 אֲדֹנִ֥י

    Then the woman said, “Please, may your servant speak a word to my lord the king?” “Speak,” he replied.

  32. 2 Samuel 14:15 אֲדֹנִי֙

    Now therefore, I have come to present this matter to my lord the king because the people have made me afraid. Your servant thought, ‘I will speak to the king. Perhaps he will grant the request of his maidservant.

  33. 2 Samuel 14:17 אֲדֹנִ֥יאֲדֹנִ֤י

    And now your servant says, ‘May the word of my lord the king bring me rest, for my lord the king is able to discern good and evil, just like the angel of God. May the LORD your God be with you.’”

  34. 2 Samuel 14:18 אֲדֹנִ֥י

    Then the king said to the woman, “I am going to ask you something; do not conceal it from me!” “Let my lord the king speak,” she replied.

  35. 2 Samuel 14:19 אֲדֹנִ֨יאֲדֹנִ֣י

    So the king asked, “Is the hand of Joab behind all this?” The woman answered, “As surely as you live, my lord the king, no one can turn to the right or to the left from anything that my lord the king says. Yes, your servant Joab is the one who gave me orders; he told your maidservant exactly what to say.

  36. 2 Samuel 14:20 וַאדֹנִ֣י

    Joab your servant has done this to bring about this change of affairs, but my lord has wisdom like the wisdom of the angel of God, to know everything that happens in the land.”

  37. 2 Samuel 14:22 אֲדֹנִ֣י

    Joab fell facedown in homage and blessed the king. “Today,” said Joab, “your servant knows that he has found favor with you, my lord the king, because the king has granted his request.”

  38. 2 Samuel 15:15 אֲדֹנִ֥י

    The king’s servants replied, “Whatever our lord the king decides, we are your servants.”

  39. 2 Samuel 15:21 אֲדֹנִ֣יאֲדֹנִ֣י

    But Ittai answered the king, “As surely as the LORD lives, and as my lord the king lives, wherever my lord the king may be, whether it means life or death, there will your servant be!”

  40. 2 Samuel 16:3 אֲדֹנֶ֑יךָ

    “Where is your master’s grandson?” asked the king. And Ziba answered, “Indeed, he is staying in Jerusalem, for he has said, ‘Today, the house of Israel will restore to me the kingdom of my grandfather.’”

  41. 2 Samuel 16:4 אֲדֹנִ֥י

    So the king said to Ziba, “All that belongs to Mephibosheth is now yours!” “I humbly bow before you,” said Ziba. “May I find favor in your eyes, my lord the king!”

  42. 2 Samuel 16:9 אֲדֹנִ֖י

    Then Abishai son of Zeruiah said to the king, “Why should this dead dog curse my lord the king? Let me go over and cut off his head!”

  43. 2 Samuel 18:28 בַּֽאדֹנִ֥י

    Then Ahimaaz called out to the king, “All is well!” And he bowed facedown before the king. He continued, “Blessed be the LORD your God! He has delivered up the men who raised their hands against my lord the king.”

  44. 2 Samuel 18:31 אֲדֹנִ֣י

    Just then the Cushite came and said, “May my lord the king hear the good news: Today the LORD has avenged you of all who rose up against you!”

  45. 2 Samuel 18:32 אֲדֹנִ֣י

    The king asked the Cushite, “Is the young man Absalom all right?” And the Cushite replied, “May what has become of the young man happen to the enemies of my lord the king and to all who rise up against you to harm you.”

  46. 2 Samuel 19:19 אֲדֹנִי֮אֲדֹנִֽי־

    and said, “My lord, do not hold me guilty, and do not remember your servant’s wrongdoing on the day my lord the king left Jerusalem. May the king not take it to heart.

  47. 2 Samuel 19:20 אֲדֹנִ֥י

    For your servant knows that I have sinned, so here I am today as the first of all the house of Joseph to come down to meet my lord the king.”

  48. 2 Samuel 19:26 אֲדֹנִ֥י

    “My lord the king,” he replied, “because I am lame, I said, ‘I will have my donkey saddled so that I may ride on it and go with the king.’ But my servant Ziba deceived me,

  49. 2 Samuel 19:27 אֲדֹנִ֖יוַאדֹנִ֤י

    and he has slandered your servant to my lord the king. Yet my lord the king is like the angel of God, so do what is good in your eyes.

  50. 2 Samuel 19:28 לַאדֹנִ֣י

    For all the house of my grandfather deserves death from my lord the king, yet you have set your servant among those who eat at your table. What further right, then, do I have to keep appealing to the king?”

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