אֲדֹנָי
ʼĂdônây · ad-o-noy'
the Lord (used as a proper name of God only)
Lexicon
Derivation: an emphatic form of H113 (אָדוֹן);
the Lord (used as a proper name of God only)
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: (my) Lord.
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
- נNun50
Picture: a sprouting seed, or a fish in water
- Concrete
- seed · sprout · fish · offspring
- Extended
- life · continuation · heir · to perpetuate
- יYod10
Picture: arm and closed hand
- Concrete
- hand · arm · work
- Extended
- a deed · to make · to work · to throw or worship
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
strength, the leader › the doorway, the way in › the seed, life continuing › the hand that works
Strength, the leader of the doorway, the way in of the seed, life continuing of the hand that works.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of אֲדֹנָי 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
440 occurrences · 440 OT · 0 NT · 45 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- the lord266 · 68%
- o lord27 · 7%
- lord21 · 5%
- of the lord19 · 5%
- for the lord7 · 2%
- unto the lord6 · 2%
- my lord6 · 2%
- that i am the lord5 · 1%
- thee, o lord4 · 1%
- behold, the lord4 · 1%
- and the lord4 · 1%
- therefore the lord3 · 1%
- thus hath the lord3 · 1%
- and now, o lord2 · 1%
- of my lord2 · 1%
- for thus hath the lord2 · 1%
- unto me, o lord2 · 1%
- to the lord2 · 1%
- thou art my lord1 · 0%
- thee: for thou, o lord1 · 0%
- unto thee? for thou, lord1 · 0%
- who am i, o lord1 · 0%
- let my lord1 · 0%
- oh let not the lord1 · 0%
- let not the lord1 · 0%
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.