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Lexicon :: Strong's H138 - 'ăḏōnîyâ

Aa
אֲדֹנִיָּה
Transliteration
'ăḏōnîyâ
Pronunciation
ad-o-nee-yaw'
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Part of Speech
proper masculine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
Strong’s Definitions

אֲדֹנִיָּה ʼĂdônîyâh, ad-o-nee-yaw'; original (prolonged) אֲדֹנִיָּהוּ ʼĂdônîyâhûw ; from H113 and H3050; lord (i.e. worshipper) of Jah; Adonijah, the name of three Israelites:—Adonijah.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 26x

The KJV translates Strong's H138 in the following manner: Adonijah (26x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 26x
The KJV translates Strong's H138 in the following manner: Adonijah (26x).

  1. Adonijah = "my lord is Jehovah"

    1. fourth son of David and Solomon's rival for the throne

    2. Levite sent by Jehoshaphat to teach the Law

    3. a chief of the people who co-operated with Nehemiah

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
אֲדֹנִיָּה ʼĂdônîyâh, ad-o-nee-yaw'; original (prolonged) אֲדֹנִיָּהוּ ʼĂdônîyâhûw ; from H113 and H3050; lord (i.e. worshipper) of Jah; Adonijah, the name of three Israelites:—Adonijah.
STRONGS H138: Abbreviations
(אֲדֹיִּנָה) אֲדֹנִיָּ֫הוּ proper name, masculine (my Lord is Yahweh, compare Phoenician אדנאשמן, אדנבעל, אדנשמש etc., in Assyrian Aduniba' al SchrKB II, 172)
1. fourth son of David 1 Kings 1:8 + 11 times, 1 Kings 2:13 + 5 times (= אֲדֹנִיָּה 2 Samuel 3:4; 1 Kings 1:5, 7, 18; 1 Kings 2:28; 1 Chronicles 3:2).
2. a Levite † 2 Chronicles 17:8.
3. a chief of the people † Nehemiah 10:17 (= אֲדֹנִיקָם Nehemiah 7:18; Ezra 2:13; compare Ezra 8:13).
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

2 Samuel

3:4

1 Kings

1:5; 1:7; 1:8; 1:18; 2:13; 2:28

1 Chronicles

3:2

2 Chronicles

17:8

Ezra

2:13; 8:13

Nehemiah

7:18; 10:17

H138

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H138 matches the Hebrew אֲדֹנִיָּה ('ăḏōnîyâ),
which occurs 26 times in 26 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 3:4 - and the fourth H7243, Adonijah H138 the son H1121 of Haggith H2294; and the fifth H2549, Shephatiah H8203 the son H1121 of Abital H37;

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Now Adonijah H138 the son H1121 of Haggith H2294 exalted H5375 himself, saying H559, “I will be H4427 king H4427.” So he prepared H6213 for himself chariots H7393 and horsemen H6571, with fifty H2572 men H376 to run H7323 before H6440 him.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 1:7 - Now [fn]he had conferred H1697 H1961 with Joab H3097 the son H1121 of Zeruiah H6870 and with Abiathar H54 the priest H3548; and they allied H5826 H310 themselves with Adonijah H138.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 1:8 - But Zadok H6659 the priest H3548, Benaiah H1141 the son H1121 of Jehoiada H3077, Nathan H5416 the prophet H5030, Shimei H8096, Rei H7472, and the mighty H1368 men H1368 who H834 belonged to David H1732, were not with Adonijah H138.

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Adonijah H138 sacrificed H2076 sheep H6629, oxen H1241, and fattened H4806 steers H4806 by the [fn]stone H68 of Zoheleth H2120, which H834 is beside H681 En-rogel H5883; and he invited H7121 all H3605 his brothers H251, the king’s H4428 sons H1121, and all H3605 the men H376 of Judah H3063, the king’s H4428 servants H5650.

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Then Nathan H5416 spoke H559 to Bathsheba H1339 the mother H517 of Solomon H8010, saying H559, “Have you not heard H8085 that Adonijah H138 the son H1121 of Haggith H2294 has become H4427 king H4427, and David H1732 our lord H113 does not know H3045 it?

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 1:13 - “Go H1980 [fn]at once H935 to King H4428 David H1732 and say H559 to him, ‘Have you not, my lord H113 the king H4428, sworn H7650 to your servant H519, saying H559, “Solomon H8010 your son H1121 certainly H3588 shall be H4427 king H4427 after H310 me, and he shall sit H3427 on my throne H3678”? Why H4069 then has Adonijah H138 become H4427 king H4427?’

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 1:18 - “But now H6258, behold H2009, Adonijah H138 is H4427 king H4427; and now H6258, my lord H113 the king H4428, you do not know H3045 it.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 1:24 - Then Nathan H5416 said H559, “My lord H113 the king H4428, have you yourself H859 said H559, ‘Adonijah H138 shall be H4427 king H4427 after H310 me, and he shall sit H3427 on my throne H3678’?

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 1:25 - “For he has gone H3381 down H3381 today H3117 and has sacrificed H2076 oxen H7794 and fattened H4806 steers H4806 and sheep H6629 in abundance H7230, and has invited H7121 all H3605 the king’s H4428 sons H1121, the commanders H8269 of the army H6635, and Abiathar H54 the priest H3548, and behold H2009, they are eating H398 and drinking H8354 in his presence H6440; and they say H559, ‘Long live H2421 King H4428 Adonijah H138!’

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Now Adonijah H138 and all H3605 the guests H7121 who H834 were with him heard H8085 this as they finished H3615 eating H398. When Joab H3097 heard H8085 the sound H6963 of the trumpet H7782, he said H559, “Why H4069 is the [fn]city H7151 making H1993 such an H1993 uproar H1993?”

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 1:42 - While he was still H5750 speaking H1696, behold H2009, Jonathan H3083 the son H1121 of Abiathar H54 the priest H3548 came H935. Then Adonijah H138 said H559, “Come H935 in H935, for you are a valiant H2428 man H376 and you bring H1319 good H2896 news H1319.”

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 1:43 - But Jonathan H3083 replied H6030 to Adonijah H138, “On the contrary H61! Our lord H113 King H4428 David H1732 has made H4427 Solomon H8010 king H4428!

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Then all H3605 the guests H7121 of Adonijah H138 trembled H2729 and got H6965 up H6965, and each H376 went H1980 on his way H1870.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 1:50 - Adonijah H138 also was H3372 afraid H3372 of Solomon H8010, and he got H6965 up H6965, and went H1980, and took H2388 hold H2388 of the horns H7161 of the altar H4196.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 1:51 - Now it was reported H5046 to Solomon H8010, saying H559, “Behold H2009, Adonijah H138 is H3372 afraid H3372 of King H4428 Solomon H8010, for behold H2009, he has taken H270 hold H270 of the horns H7161 of the altar H4196, saying H559, ‘May King H4428 Solomon H8010 swear H7650 to me today H3117 that he will not put H4191 his servant H5650 to H4191 death H4191 with the sword H2719.’”

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Now Adonijah H138 the son H1121 of Haggith H2294 came H935 to Bathsheba H1339 the mother H517 of Solomon H8010. So she said H559, “Do you come H935 peacefully H7965?” And he said H559, “Peacefully H7965.”

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So Bathsheba H1339 went H935 to King H4428 Solomon H8010, to speak H1696 to him for Adonijah H138. And the king H4428 stood H6965 to meet H7122 her, bowed H2331 to her, and sat H3427 on his throne H3678; then he had a throne H3678 set H7760 up H7760 for the king’s H4428 mother H517, and she sat H3427 on his right H3225.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 2:21 - So she said H559, “Let Abishag H49 the Shunammite H7767 be given H5414 to Adonijah H138 your brother H251 as a wife H802.”

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 2:22 - But King H4428 Solomon H8010 answered H6030 and said H559 to his mother H517, “And why H4100 are you requesting H7592 Abishag H49 the Shunammite H7767 for Adonijah H138? Request H7592 for him the kingdom H4410 as well—since H3588 he is my older H1419 brother H251—for him, for Abiathar H54 the priest H3548, and for Joab H3097 the son H1121 of Zeruiah H6870!”

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 2:23 - Then King H4428 Solomon H8010 swore H7650 by the LORD H3068, saying H559, “May God H430 do H6213 so H3541 to me and more H3254 so H3541, if H3588 Adonijah H138 has not spoken H1696 this H2088 word H1697 against his own [fn]life H5315!

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 2:24 - “Now H6258 then, as the LORD H3068 lives H2416, who H834 has established H3559 me and set H3427 me on the throne H3678 of David H1732 my father H1, and has made H6213 me a house H1004 just H834 as H834 He [fn]promised H1696, Adonijah H138 certainly H3588 shall be put H4191 to H4191 death H4191 today H3117!”

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Now the news H8052 came H935 to Joab H3097 because H3588 Joab H3097 had followed H5186 H310 Adonijah H138, though he had not followed H310 H5186 Absalom H53. So Joab H3097 fled H5127 to the tent H168 of the LORD H3068 and took H2388 hold H2388 of the horns H7161 of the altar H4196.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 3:2 - the third H7992 was Absalom H53 the son H1121 of Maacah H4601, the daughter H1323 of Talmai H8526 king H4428 of Geshur H1650; the fourth H7243 was Adonijah H138 the son H1121 of Haggith H2294;

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 17:8 - and with them the Levites H3881, Shemaiah H8098, Nethaniah H5418, Zebadiah H2069, Asahel H6214, Shemiramoth H8070, Jehonathan H3083, Adonijah H138, Tobijah H2900, and Tobadonijah H2899, the Levites H3881; and with them the priests H3548 Elishama H476 and Jehoram H3088.

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