אָדוֹן
ʼâdôwn · aw-done'
sovereign, i.e. controller (human or divine)
Lexicon
Derivation: or (shortened) אָדֹן; from an unused root (meaning to rule);
sovereign, i.e. controller (human or divine)
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: lord, master, owner. Compare also names beginning with 'Adoni-'.
Letters
- אAlef1
Picture: ox head
- Concrete
- ox · bull · cattle
- Extended
- strength · leader · first · the one in front
- דDalet4
Picture: tent door hanging down
- Concrete
- door · curtain · entrance
- Extended
- a way in or out · moving back and forth · a path · hanging
- וVav6
Picture: tent peg or hook
- Concrete
- nail · peg · hook
- Extended
- to fasten · to secure · to establish · and (joining)
- נNun50
Picture: a sprouting seed, or a fish in water
- Concrete
- seed · sprout · fish · offspring
- Extended
- life · continuation · heir · to perpetuate
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
strength, the leader › the doorway, the way in › to fasten and establish › the seed, life continuing
Strength, the leader of the doorway, the way in that works to fasten and establish of the seed, life continuing.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of אָדוֹן above is the attested meaning; this pictographic reading is a tradition about how the sign-shapes may have been heard. Both can be held at once, they are answering different questions.
Usage
333 occurrences · 333 OT · 0 NT · 129 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- my lord47 · 28%
- of my lord20 · 12%
- unto my lord14 · 8%
- his master7 · 4%
- the lord6 · 4%
- our lord6 · 4%
- thy lord6 · 4%
- my master6 · 4%
- let my lord5 · 3%
- of my master5 · 3%
- to my lord4 · 2%
- unto my master4 · 2%
- as my lord4 · 2%
- thy master4 · 2%
- lord3 · 2%
- of his master3 · 2%
- to his master3 · 2%
- no, my lord3 · 2%
- of the lord3 · 2%
- unto his master3 · 2%
- and my lord3 · 2%
- of his lord3 · 2%
- and his master3 · 2%
- of my master's3 · 2%
- my master's2 · 1%
Where it is used, by book.
Inflected forms found in the text.
Counts are computed from the tagged Hebrew and Greek text aligned to the King James Version, not from an estimate.