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Lexicon :: Strong's H113 - 'āḏôn

Aa
אָדוֹן
Transliteration
'āḏôn
Pronunciation
aw-done'
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Part of Speech
masculine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
From an unused root (meaning to rule)
Dictionary Aids

TWOT Reference: 27b

Strong’s Definitions

אָדוֹן ʼâdôwn, aw-done'; or (shortened) אָדֹן ʼâdôn; from an unused root (meaning to rule); sovereign, i.e. controller (human or divine):—lord, master, owner. Compare also names beginning with 'Adoni-'.


KJV Translation Count — Total: 335x

The KJV translates Strong's H113 in the following manner: lord (197x), master(s) (105x), Lord (31x), owner (1x), sir (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 335x
The KJV translates Strong's H113 in the following manner: lord (197x), master(s) (105x), Lord (31x), owner (1x), sir (1x).
  1. firm, strong, lord, master

    1. lord, master

      1. reference to men

        1. superintendent of household,of affairs

        2. master

        3. king

      2. reference to God

        1. the Lord God

        2. Lord of the whole earth

    2. lords, kings

      1. reference to men

        1. proprietor of hill of Samaria

        2. master

        3. husband

        4. prophet

        5. governor

        6. prince

        7. king

      2. reference to God

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

    3. my lord, my master

      1. reference to men

        1. master

        2. husband

        3. prophet

        4. prince

        5. king

        6. father

        7. Moses

        8. priest

        9. theophanic angel

        10. captain

        11. general recognition of superiority

      2. reference to God

        1. my Lord,my Lord and my God

        2. Adonai (parallel with Yahweh)

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
אָדוֹן ʼâdôwn, aw-done'; or (shortened) אָדֹן ʼâdôn; from an unused root (meaning to rule); sovereign, i.e. controller (human or divine):—lord, master, owner. Compare also names beginning with 'Adoni-'.
STRONGS H113: Abbreviations
אָדוֺן noun masculine Malachi 3:1 lord (Phoenician אדן) — א׳ Psalm 12:5 [Psalm 12:4] — אֲדוֺן Joshua 3:11 +; plural אֲדֹנִים Isaiah 26:13 +; construct אֲדֹנֵי Deuteronomy 10:17 +; suffix אֲדֹנֵינוּ 1 Samuel 25:14 + etc.; (אֲדֹנִי, אֲדֹנַי, אֲדֹנָי are variations of Masoretic pointing to distinguish divine reference from human. Plural, with few except an intensive plural of rank; word takes suffix as plural in all other person; so doubtless here. Original reading probably in all cases אֲדֹנַי (see DalmDer Gottesname Adonaj; LagBN 188 makes אֲדֹנָי an Aramaic formative); אֲדֹנִי now found in J + 51 times; in E † Genesis 31:35; Genesis 32:19 [Genesis 32:18; Genesis 42:10; Exodus 21:5; in P † Genesis 23:6, 11, 15; Numbers 36:2 (twice in verse); often Samuel & Kings; in Chronicles only in sources, 1 Chronicles 21:3 (3 times in verse); 1 Chronicles 21:23 (= 2 Samuel 24:3, 22) 2 Chronicles 2:13 [2 Chronicles 2:14]; 2 Chronicles 2:14 [2 Chronicles 2:15]; Isaiah & Jeremiah only in historical parts Isaiah 36:8, 9, 12; Jeremiah 37:20; Jeremiah 38:9; elsewhere Daniel 1:10; Daniel 10:16, 17, 19; Daniel 12:8; Zechariah 1:9; Zechariah 4:4, 5, 13; Zechariah 6:4; Psalm 110:1; Judges 4:18; Judges 6:13; Ruth 2:13; [בִּי אֲדנָי H316 Exodus 4:10, 13; Joshua 7:8 (J) Judges 6:15; Judges 13:8] is referred to God, but בִּי אֲדנִי Genesis 43:20; Genesis 44:18; Numbers 12:11 (J) 1 Samuel 1:26; 1 Samuel 25:24; 1 Kings 3:17, 26 reference to human superiors. There is uncertainty as to אֲדֹנָ֯י [H136 Genesis 18:3]; Genesis 19:18; אֲדֹ֯נַי Genesis 19:2) —
†1. singular lord, master
(1) reference to men:
(a) superintendent of household, or of affairs Genesis 45:8, 9 (E) = Psalm 105:21;
(b) master Psalm 12:5 [Psalm 12:4];
(2) reference to God, הָאָדוֺן יהוה the Lord Yahweh (see H3068 יהוה) Exodus 23:17; Exodus 34:23 (Covenant codes); אֲרוֺן כָּל־הָאָרֶץ Lord of the whole earth Joshua 3:11, 13 (J) Psalm 97:5; Zechariah 4:14; Zechariah 6:5; Micah 4:13; צֻבָאוֺת י׳ הָא׳, earlier Isaiah 1:24; Isaiah 3:1; Isaiah 10:33; Isaiah 19:4 (אֲדֹנָי Isaiah 10:16 in common MT; not Massora, doubtless scribal error); הָא׳ Malachi 3:1; אָדוֺן Psalm 114:7.
2. plural lords, kings Deuteronomy 10:17 = Psalm 136:3; Isaiah 26:13; elsewhere intensive plural of rank, lord, master,
(1) reference to men:
(a) proprietor of hill Samaria 1 Kings 16:24;
(b) master Genesis 40:7 (E) Exodus 21:4 (twice in verse); Exodus 21:6, 8, 32 (Covenant code) Genesis 24:9 + (J, + 11 times) Deuteronomy 23:16 [Deuteronomy 23:15]; Judges 19:11, 12 + 13 times Samuel & Kings; Job 3:19; Psalm 123:2; Proverbs 25:13; Proverbs 27:18; Proverbs 30:10; Isaiah 24:2; Amos 4:1; [H136 Zephaniah 1:9]; Malachi 1:6 (twice in verse);
(c) husband Judges 19:26, 27; Psalm 45:12 [Psalm 45:11];
(d) prophet 2 Kings 2:3, 5, 16;
(e) governor Nehemiah 3:5;
(g) king Genesis 40:1 (E) Judges 3:25 + 40 times Samuel & Kings; Chronicles only in sources 1 Chronicles 12:19 compare 1 Samuel 29:4; 2 Chronicles 13:6; 18:16 = 1 Kings 22:17; Isaiah 19:4; Isaiah 22:18; Isaiah 36:12; Isaiah 37:4, 6; Jeremiah 27:4;
(2) reference to God Malachi 1:6; אֲדֹנֵי הָאֲדֹנִים Lord of lords Deuteronomy 10:17 = Psalm 136:3; אֲדֹנֵינוּ Psalm 135:5; Psalm 147:5; Nehemiah 8:10; אֲדֹנֵינוּ י׳ Psalm 8:2 Psalm 8:1; Psalm 8:10 [Psalm 8:9]; Nehemiah 10:30 Nehemiah 10:29; אֲדֹנַיִח י׳ Isaiah 51:22 (probably = thy husband, Yahweh); אֲדֹנָיו Hosea 12:15 [Hosea 12:14] (possibly error for אֲדֹנָי).
3. suffix 1st person singular (אֲדֹנַי) אֲדֹנִי
(1) reference to men: my lord, my master,
(a) master Exodus 21:5 (Covenant code) Genesis 24:12 +, Genesis 44:5 (J, + 20 times) 1 Samuel 30:13, 15; 2 Kings 5:3, 20, 22; 2 Kings 6:15;
(b) husband Genesis 18:12 (J);
(d) prince Genesis 42:10 (E), Genesis 23:6, 11, 15 (P), Genesis 43:20; Genesis 44:18 +, Genesis 47:18, + (J, + 12 times); Judges 4:18;
(e) king 1 Samuel 22:12 + (Samuel & Kings + 75 times);
(f) father Genesis 31:35 (E);
(g) Moses Exodus 32:22; Numbers 11:28; Numbers 12:11; Numbers 32:25, 27 (J); Numbers 36:2 (twice in verse) (P);
(h) priest 1 Samuel 1:15, 26 (twice in verse);
(i) theophanic angel Joshua 5:14; Judges 6:13;
(j) captain 2 Samuel 11:11;
(k) general recognition of superiority Genesis 24:18; Genesis 32:5 [Genesis 32:4 + Genesis 33:8 +; Genesis 44:7 + (J, + 13 times), Ruth 2:13; 1 Samuel 25:24 + (15 times);

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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

18:12; 19:2; 19:18; 23:6; 23:6; 23:11; 23:11; 23:15; 23:15; 24:9; 24:12; 24:18; 31:35; 31:35; 32:4; 32:18; 33:8; 40:1; 40:7; 42:10; 42:10; 42:10; 42:30; 42:33; 43:20; 43:20; 44:5; 44:7; 44:8; 44:18; 44:18; 45:8; 45:9; 47:18

Exodus

21:4; 21:5; 21:5; 21:6; 21:8; 21:32; 23:17; 32:22; 34:23

Numbers

11:28; 12:11; 12:11; 32:25; 32:27; 36:2; 36:2

Deuteronomy

10:17; 10:17; 10:17; 23:15

Joshua

3:11; 3:11; 3:13; 5:14

Judges

3:25; 4:18; 4:18; 6:13; 6:13; 19:11; 19:12; 19:26; 19:27

Ruth

2:13; 2:13

1 Samuel

1:15; 1:26; 1:26; 22:12; 25:14; 25:24; 25:24; 29:4; 29:10; 30:13; 30:15

2 Samuel

11:11; 24:3; 24:22

1 Kings

3:17; 3:26; 16:24; 18:7; 18:13; 22:17

2 Kings

2:3; 2:5; 2:16; 2:19; 4:16; 4:28; 5:3; 5:20; 5:22; 6:5; 6:15; 8:5

1 Chronicles

12:19; 21:3; 21:23

2 Chronicles

2:14; 2:15; 13:6; 18:16

Nehemiah

3:5; 8:10; 10:29

Job

3:19

Psalms

8:1; 8:9; 12:4; 12:4; 45:11; 97:5; 105:21; 110:1; 114:7; 123:2; 135:5; 136:3; 136:3; 147:5

Proverbs

25:13; 27:18; 30:10

Isaiah

1:24; 3:1; 10:16; 10:33; 19:4; 19:4; 22:18; 24:2; 26:13; 26:13; 36:8; 36:9; 36:12; 36:12; 37:4; 37:6; 51:22

Jeremiah

22:18; 27:4; 34:5; 37:20; 38:9

Daniel

1:10; 10:16; 10:17; 10:19; 12:8

Hosea

12:14

Amos

4:1

Micah

4:13

Zechariah

1:9; 4:4; 4:5; 4:13; 4:14; 6:4; 6:5

Malachi

1:6; 1:6; 3:1; 3:1

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H113 matches the Hebrew אָדוֹן ('āḏôn),
which occurs 329 times in 281 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

Page 5 / 6 (2Ki 6:12–Isa 19:4)

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 6:12 - And one of his servants said, “No, my lord H113, O king; but Elisha, the prophet who is in Israel, tells the king of Israel the words that you speak in your bedroom.”
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 6:15 -

Then the attendant of the man of God arose early and went out, and behold, a military force with horses and chariots was all around the city. And his young man said to him, “Alas, my master H113! [fn]What shall we do?”

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 6:22 - And he said, “You shall not strike them down. Would you strike down those you have taken captive with your sword and with your bow? Set bread and water before them, that they may eat and drink and walk back to their master H113.”
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 6:23 - So he prepared a great feast for them; and when they had eaten and drunk, he sent them away, and they went to their master H113. And the marauding bands of Arameans did not come again into the land of Israel.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 6:26 - As the king of Israel was passing by on the wall, a woman cried out to him, saying, “Save, my lord H113, O king!”
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 6:32 -

Now Elisha was sitting in his house, and the elders were sitting with him. And the king sent a man from his presence; but before the messenger came to him, he said to the elders, “Do you see how this son of a murderer has sent to take away my head? Look, when the messenger comes, shut the door and [fn]hold the door shut against him. Is not the sound of his master’s H113 feet behind him?”

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 8:5 - Now it happened as he was recounting to the king how he had restored to life the one who was dead, that behold, the woman whose son he had restored to life was crying out to the king for her house and for her field. And Gehazi said, “My lord H113, O king, this is the woman, and this is her son, whom Elisha restored to life.”
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 8:12 - Then Hazael said, “Why does my lord H113 weep?” Then he said, “Because I know the evil that you will do to the sons of Israel: their fortifications you will set on fire, and their young men you will kill with the sword, and their infants you will dash in pieces, and their pregnant women you will rip up.”
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 8:14 - So he went from Elisha and came to his master H113. And he said to him, “What did Elisha say to you?” And he said, “He said to me that you would surely be restored to life.”
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 9:7 - ‘And you shall strike the house of Ahab your master H113, that I may avenge the blood of My slaves the prophets, and the blood of all the slaves of Yahweh, at the hand of Jezebel.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 9:11 -

Now Jehu came out to the servants of his master H113, and one said to him, “Is all well? Why did this mad fellow come to you?” And he said to them, “You know the man and his talk.”

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 9:31 - As Jehu entered the gate, she said, “Is it [fn]peace, Zimri, [fn]your master’s H113 killer?”
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 10:2 - “So now, when this letter comes to you, [fn]since your master’s H113 sons are with you, [fn]as well as the chariots and horses and a fortified city and the weapons,
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 10:3 - look for the best and [fn]fittest of your master’s H113 sons, and set him on his father’s throne, and fight for your master’s H113 house.”
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 10:6 - Then he wrote a letter to them a second time saying, “If you are on my side, and you will listen to my voice, take the heads of the men, your master’s H113 sons, and come to me about this time tomorrow at Jezreel.” Now the king’s sons, seventy persons, were with the great men of the city, who were rearing them.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 10:9 - Now it happened in the morning that he went out and stood and said to all the people, “You are righteous; behold, I conspired against my master H113 and killed him, but who struck down all these?
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 18:23 - “So now, [fn]come, make a bargain with my master H113 the king of Assyria, and I will give you two thousand horses, if you are able on your part to give riders for them.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 18:24 - “How then can you [fn]turn away one [fn]official of the least of my master’s H113 servants, and trust in Egypt for chariots and for horsemen?
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 18:27 - But Rabshakeh said to them, “Has my master H113 sent me only to your master H113 and to you to speak these words, and not to the men who sit on the wall, doomed to eat their own dung and drink their own urine with you?”
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 19:4 - ‘Perhaps Yahweh your God will hear all the words of Rabshakeh, whom his master H113 the king of Assyria has sent to [fn]reproach the living God, and will reprove the words which Yahweh your God has heard. Therefore, lift up a prayer for the remnant that is left.’”
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 19:6 - And Isaiah said to them, “Thus you shall say to your master H113, ‘Thus says Yahweh, “Do not be afraid because of the words that you have heard, with which the young men of the king of Assyria have blasphemed Me.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 12:19 -

Now from Manasseh also some defected to David when he was about to go to battle with the Philistines against Saul. But they did not help them, for the lords of the Philistines after counsel sent him away, saying, “At the cost of our heads he may defect to his master H113 Saul.”

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 21:3 - But Joab said, “May Yahweh add to His people a hundred times as many as they are! But, my lord H113 the king, are they not all my lord’s H113 servants? Why does my lord H113 seek this thing? Why should he be a cause of guilt to Israel?”
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 21:23 - And Ornan said to David, “Take it for yourself; and let my lord H113 the king do what is good in his sight. See, I will give the oxen for the burnt offerings and the threshing sledges for the wood and the wheat for the grain offering; I will give everything.”
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 2:14 - the son of a [fn]Danite woman and [fn]a Tyrian father, who knows how to work in gold, silver, bronze, iron, stone, and wood, and in purple, blue, linen, and crimson fabrics, and who knows how to make all kinds of engravings and to devise any design which may be given to him, to work with your wise men and with the wise men of my lord H113 David your father.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 2:15 - “So now, let my lord H113 send to his servants wheat and barley, oil and wine, of which he has spoken.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 13:6 - “Yet Jeroboam the son of Nebat, the servant of Solomon the son of David, rose up and rebelled against his [fn]master H113,
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 18:16 - So he said,

“I saw all Israel

Scattered on the mountains,

Like sheep which have no shepherd;

And Yahweh said,

‘These have no master H113.

Let each of them return to his house in peace.’”

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 10:3 - “So now let us cut a covenant with our God to put away all the wives and [fn]their children, according to the counsel of [fn]my lord and of those who tremble at the commandment of our God; and let it be done according to the law.
Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 3:5 - Moreover, next to them the Tekoites made repairs, but their nobles did not [fn]support the service of their masters H113.
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 3:19 -

“The small and the great are there,

And the slave is free from his master H113.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 8:1 -

For the choir director. According to the Gittith. A Psalm of David.

O Yahweh, our Lord,

How majestic is Your name in all the earth,

Who [fn]displays Your splendor above the heavens!

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 8:9 -

O Yahweh, our Lord,

How majestic is Your name in all the earth!

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 12:4 -

Who have said, “With our tongue we will prevail;

Our lips are [fn]our own; who is lord H113 over us?”

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 45:11 -

Then the King will desire your beauty.

Because He is your Lord, bow down to Him.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 97:5 -

The mountains melt like wax at the presence of Yahweh,

At the presence of the Lord of all the earth.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 105:21 -

He set him up as lord H113 of his house

And ruler over all his possessions,

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 110:1 -

Of David. A Psalm.

Yahweh says to my Lord:

“Sit at My right hand

Until I put Your enemies as a footstool for Your feet.”

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 114:7 -

Tremble, O earth, before the Lord,

Before the God of Jacob,

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 123:2 -

Behold, as the eyes of slaves look to the hand of their master H113,

As the eyes of a servant-girl to the hand of her mistress,

So our eyes look to Yahweh our God,

Until He is gracious to us.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 136:3 -

Give thanks to the Lord H113 of lords H113,

For His lovingkindness endures forever.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 147:5 -

Great is our Lord and abundant in power;

His discernment is [fn]infinite.

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 25:13 -

Like the cold of snow in the [fn]time of harvest

Is a faithful envoy to those who send him,

For he refreshes the soul of his masters H113.

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 27:18 -

He who guards the fig tree will eat its fruit,

And he who keeps watch for his master H113 will be honored.

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 30:10 -

Do not slander a slave to his master H113,

Lest he curse you and you be found guilty.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 1:24 -

Therefore the Lord, Yahweh of hosts,

The Mighty One of Israel, declares,

“Ah, I will be comforted concerning My adversaries,

And I will avenge Myself on My enemies.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 3:1 -

For behold, the Lord, Yahweh of hosts, is going to remove from Jerusalem and Judah

Both [fn]supply and support, the whole [fn]supply of bread

And the whole [fn]supply of water,

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 10:16 -

Therefore the Lord, Yahweh of hosts, will send a wasting disease among his stout warriors;

And under his glory a fire will be kindled like a burning flame.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 10:33 -

Behold, the Lord H113, Yahweh of hosts, will lop off the boughs with a terrible crash;

Those also who are high in stature will be cut in pieces

And those who are lofty will be made low.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 19:4 -

“Moreover, I will deliver the Egyptians into the hand of a cruel master H113,

And a [fn]strong king will rule over them,” declares the Lord, Yahweh of hosts.


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