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ʾādōn אָדוֹן ‘lord’ (Hebrew)

Etymology?: from an unused root meaning to rule ); compare the names beginning with «Adoni-»

ʾādōn n, m
1) firm, strong, lord, master
 1a) lord, master
  1a1) reference to men
1a1a) superintendent of household, of affairs
1a1b) master
1a1c) king
  1a2) reference to God
1a2a) the Lord God
1a2b) Lord of the whole earth
 1b) lords, kings
  1b1) reference to men
1b1a) proprietor of hill of Samaria
1b1b) master
1b1c) husband
1b1d) prophet
1b1e) governor
1b1f) prince
1b1g) king
  1b2) reference to God
1b2a) Lord of lords (probably = "thy husband, Yahweh")
 1c) my lord, my master
  1c1) reference to men
1c1a) master
1c1b) husband
1c1c) prophet
1c1d) prince
1c1e) king
1c1f) father
1c1g) Moses
1c1h) priest
1c1i) theophanic angel
1c1j) captain
1c1k) general recognition of superiority
  1c2) reference to God
1c2a) my Lord, my Lord and my God
1c2b) Adonai (parallel with Yahweh)

Mentioned in Genesis 31:35, 44:19, 44:20, 44:22, 44:24, 45:8, 45:9, 24:9, 24:12, 24:27, 24:42, 24:48, 18:3, 18:12, 19:2, 23:6, 23:11, 23:15, 24:10, 24:14, 24:18, 24:35, 24:36, 24:37, 24:39, 24:44, 24:49, 24:51, 24:54, 24:56, 24:65, 32:5, 32:6, 32:19, 33:8, 33:13, 33:14, 33:15, 39:2, 39:3, 39:7, 39:8, 39:16, 39:19, 39:20, 40:1, 40:7, 42:10, 42:30, 42:33, 43:20, 44:5, 44:7, 44:8, 44:9, 44:16, 44:18, 44:33, 47:18, 47:25 Exodus 21:4, 21:5, 21:6, 21:8, 21:32, 32:22 Numbers 11:28, 12:11, 32:25, 32:27, 36:2 Deuteronomy 10:17, 23:16 Judges 6:13, 3:25, 4:18, 19:11, 19:12, 19:26, 19:27 1 Samuel 25:14, 26:15, 1:15, 1:26, 16:16, 20:38, 22:12, 24:7, 24:9, 24:11, 25:10, 25:17, 25:24, 25:25, 25:26, 25:27, 25:28, 25:29, 25:30, 25:31, 25:41, 26:16, 26:17, 26:18, 26:19, 29:4, 29:8, 29:10, 30:13, 30:15 2 Samuel 10:3, 14:9, 16:3, 19:29, 19:38, 16:9, 20:6, 13:32, 18:32, 3:21, 1:10, 2:5, 2:7, 4:8, 9:9, 9:10, 9:11, 11:9, 11:11, 11:13, 12:8, 13:33, 14:12, 14:15, 14:17, 14:18, 14:19, 14:20, 14:22, 15:15, 15:21, 16:4, 18:28, 18:31, 19:20, 19:21, 19:27, 19:28, 19:31, 19:36, 24:3, 24:21, 24:22 1 Kings 1:21, 1:43, 1:2, 1:11, 1:13, 1:17, 1:18, 1:20, 1:24, 1:27, 1:31, 1:33, 1:36, 1:37, 1:47, 2:38, 3:17, 3:26, 11:23, 12:27, 16:24, 18:7, 18:8, 18:10, 18:11, 18:13, 18:14, 20:4, 20:9, 22:17 2 Kings 10:3, 2:3, 2:5, 2:16, 2:19, 4:16, 4:28, 5:1, 5:3, 5:4, 5:18, 5:20, 5:22, 5:25, 6:5, 6:12, 6:15, 6:22, 6:23, 6:26, 6:32, 8:5, 8:12, 8:14, 9:7, 9:11, 9:31, 10:2, 10:6, 10:9, 18:23, 18:24, 18:27, 19:4, 19:6 Isaiah 1:24, 3:1, 10:16, 10:33, 19:4, 22:18, 24:2, 26:13, 36:8, 36:9, 36:12, 37:4, 37:6 Jeremiah 34:5, 22:18, 27:4, 37:20, 38:9 Amos 4:1 Micah 4:13 Zephaniah 1:9 Zechariah 1:9, 4:4, 4:5, 4:13, 4:14, 6:4, 6:5 Malachi 1:6, 3:1 Psalms 8:2, 8:10, 12:5, 45:12, 97:5, 105:21, 110:1, 114:7, 123:2, 136:3, 147:5 Proverbs 25:13, 27:18, 30:10 Job 3:19 Ruth 2:13 Daniel 1:10, 10:16, 10:17, 10:19, 12:8 Ezra 10:3 Nehemiah 3:5 1 Chronicles 12:20, 21:3, 21:23 2 Chronicles 2:13, 2:14, 13:6, 18:16

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