אֲדֹנִי־צֶדֶק
ʼĂdônîy-Tsedeq · ad-o''-nee-tseh'-dek
Adoni-Tsedek, a Canaanitish king
Lexicon
Derivation: from H113 (אָדוֹן) and H6664 (צֶדֶק); lord of justice;
Adoni-Tsedek, 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: Adonizedec.
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
- צTsade90
Picture: a person lying on their side (or a fish hook)
- Concrete
- hook · trail · side · a man bowed
- Extended
- to hunt · to pursue · need · righteousness as a straight path
- דDalet4
Picture: tent door hanging down
- Concrete
- door · curtain · entrance
- Extended
- a way in or out · moving back and forth · a path · hanging
- 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 › to pursue the straight path › the doorway, the way in › 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 that works to pursue the straight path of the doorway, the way in of what comes behind, the returning cycle.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of אֲדֹנִי־צֶדֶק 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
4 occurrences · 4 OT · 0 NT · 3 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- now it came to pass, when adonizedek1 · 50%
- wherefore adonizedek1 · 50%
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.