אֲדֹנִיָּה
ʼĂdônîyâh · ad-o-nee-yaw'
Adonijah, the name of three Israelites
Lexicon
Derivation: original (prolonged) אֲדֹנִיָּהוּ ; from H113 (אָדוֹן) and H3050 (יָהּ); lord (i.e. worshipper) of Jah;
Adonijah, the name of three Israelites
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: Adonijah.
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
- הHe5
Picture: a person with both arms raised
- Concrete
- a man calling out · a window · breath
- Extended
- behold! · revelation · to reveal · the (definite article)
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
strength, the leader › the doorway, the way in › the seed, life continuing › the hand that works › to reveal, behold
Strength, the leader of the doorway, the way in of the seed, life continuing of the hand that works that works to reveal, behold.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of אֲדֹנִיָּה 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
26 occurrences · 26 OT · 0 NT · 19 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- adonijah8 · 31%
- and adonijah6 · 23%
- to adonijah2 · 8%
- then adonijah1 · 4%
- were not with adonijah1 · 4%
- that adonijah1 · 4%
- why then doth adonijah1 · 4%
- and now, behold, adonijah1 · 4%
- that were with adonijah1 · 4%
- behold, adonijah1 · 4%
- unto him for adonijah1 · 4%
- for adonijah1 · 4%
- if adonijah1 · 4%
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.