אֲדֹנִי־בֶזֶק
ʼĂdônîy-Bezeq · ad-o''-nee-beh'-zek
Adoni-Bezek; a Canaanitish king
Lexicon
Derivation: from H113 (אָדוֹן) and H966 (בֶּזֶק); lord of Bezek;
Adoni-Bezek; a Canaanitish king
- Adoni-Bezek
- a Canaanitish king
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: Adonibezek.
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
- בBet2
Picture: floor plan of a tent or house
- Concrete
- house · tent · dwelling
- Extended
- family · household · what is inside · in
- זZayin7
Picture: a weapon, mattock or sword
- Concrete
- weapon · cutting tool · plough
- Extended
- to cut · to harvest · to sustain by cutting · food
- קQof100
Picture: the back of the head, or the sun on the horizon
- Concrete
- back of the head · rising sun · circle
- Extended
- what is behind · the last · a cycle · to come around again
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
strength, the leader › the doorway, the way in › the seed, life continuing › the hand that works › the house, what is within › to cut, to sustain › what comes behind, the returning cycle
Strength, the leader of the doorway, the way in of the seed, life continuing of the hand that works of the house, what is within that works to cut, to sustain of what comes behind, the returning cycle.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of אֲדֹנִי־בֶזֶק 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
6 occurrences · 6 OT · 0 NT · 6 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- adonibezek1 · 33%
- but adonibezek1 · 33%
- and adonibezek1 · 33%
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.