a.don H113

אָדוֹן (a.don) means “lord” in the TBESH Hebrew lexicon from STEPBible.

אָדוֹן Hebrew · H113 333 tagged occurrences in 285 verses

Pronunciation guide: aw-done' Strong’s Hebrew pronunciation spelling.

Lexicon entries

TBESH · H0113

אָדוֹן · a.don · lord

1) firm, strong, lord, master 1a) lord, master 1a1) reference to men 1a1a) superintendent of household, of affairs 1a1b) master 1a1c) king 1a2) reference to God 1a2a) the Lord God 1a2b) Lord of the whole earth 1b) lords, kings 1b1) reference to men 1b1a) proprietor of hill of Samaria 1b1b) master 1b1c) husband 1b1d) prophet 1b1e) governor 1b1f) prince 1b1g) king 1b2) reference to God 1b2a) Lord of lords (probably = "thy husband, Yahweh") 1c) my lord, my master 1c1) reference to men 1c1a) master 1c1b) husband 1c1c) prophet 1c1d) prince 1c1e) king 1c1f) father 1c1g) Moses 1c1h) priest 1c1i) theophanic angel 1c1j) captain 1c1k) general recognition of superiority 1c2) reference to God 1c2a) my Lord, my Lord and my God 1c2b) Adonai (parallel with Yahweh)

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Strong’s Hebrew dictionary

or (shortened) אָדֹן; from an unused root (meaning to rule); sovereign, i.e. controller (human or divine)

KJV glosses: lord, master, owner. Compare also names beginning with 'Adoni-'.

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How translators render H113

Counts below follow each translation’s tagged words. A rendering can cover a phrase. Differences in text editions and tagging can produce different totals.

BSB rendering counts
Rendering	Count
my lord	82
my master	21
his master	17
of my lord	12
our lord	11
the lord	10
your master	8
master	6
to my lord	6
your lord	6
may my lord	5
of my master	5
does my lord	4
his masters	4
of my masters	4
of your master	4
to my master	4
your masters	4
let my lord	3
my lords	3
of his master	3
of his masters	3
sir	3
their master	3
against my lord	2
and my master	2
for my lord	2
from his master	2
has my master	2
him	2
in his masters	2
is my lord	2
lord	2
of lords	2
of their master	2
of your masters	2
our master	2
their lord	2
their masters	2
to the lord	2
who is lord	2
you	2
along with your masters	1
am a master	1
and	1
and as my lord	1
and his	1
and lord	1
and master	1
and our lord	1
and your masters	1
as my lords	1
but his master	1
but my lord	1
can be our master	1
for my masters	1
for our lord	1
from my lord	1
from our lord	1
from your masters	1
has my lord	1
he	1
her master	1
her master was staying	1
in our lords	1
is my master	1
is our lord	1
is your lord	1
is your masters	1
let our lord	1
my masters	1
o master	1
o my lord	1
of her master	1
of my lords	1
of the lord	1
other lords	1
otherwise when my lord	1
personally to my lord	1
so his lord	1
so that your masters	1
then his master	1
then my lord	1
then the lord	1
to keep him	1
to our lord	1
to the master of that servant	1
to your husbands	1
to your masters	1
under their supervisors	1
was their lord	1
when her master	1
when his master	1
when my master	1
who had owned	1
with my lord	1
yet my lord	1
your	1
your lords	1
your master that	1

KJV rendering counts
Rendering	Count
my lord	50
of my lord	20
unto my lord	14
our lord	8
his master	7
my master	7
the lord	7
thy lord	7
let my lord	5
of my master	5
as my lord	4
lord	4
thy master	4
to my lord	4
unto my master	4
and his master	3
and my lord	3
no my lord	3
of his lord	3
of his master	3
of my masters	3
of the lord	3
to his master	3
unto his master	3
against my lord	2
and lord	2
and my master	2
behold my master	2
but my lord	2
from his master	2
i o my lord	2
let not my lord	2
master	2
me to thy master	2
my masters	2
of his masters	2
of lords	2
that my lord	2
their lord	2
these have no master	2
these my lord	2
thy masters	2
to my master	2
to their master	2
unto him my lord	2
with my lord	2
a master	1
according to all that my lord	1
against his lord	1
against my master	1
against our master	1
and behold their lord	1
and her lord	1
and it came to pass when his master	1
and let her be thy masters	1
and now my lord	1
and thou my lord	1
and thy masters	1
and we also will be my lords	1
because my lord	1
before his master	1
before me o my lord	1
before my lord	1
before the lord	1
behold now my lords	1
behold the lord	1
but why doth my lord	1
by my lord	1
by the lord	1
for behold the lord	1
for my lord	1
for my masters	1
for your master	1
for your masters	1
from his lord	1
from my lord	1
from ought that my lord	1
god my lord	1
hath been with my lord	1
hath my master	1
him lord	1
himself unto his master	1
his lord	1
i pray thee to my master	1
if his master	1
in my lords	1
in which my lord	1
let our lord	1
lords	1
me and the lord	1
me lord	1
my lords	1
nay my lord	1
none my lord	1
not her master	1
not my lord	1
now i pray thee o my lord	1
now therefore i pray thee let my lord	1
now therefore let not my lord	1
now therefore my lord	1
of his lords	1
of their lord	1
of their masters	1
of this my lord	1
of thy lords	1
of your lord	1
of your masters	1
on his master	1
or that my lord	1
otherwise it shall come to pass when my lord	1
our master	1
out of thy lords	1
owner	1
shall be her masters	1
shall his lord	1
sir	1
so with his master	1
that his masters	1
that thy masters	1
thee thy masters	1
their masters	1
them hither unto my lord	1
then his master	1
therefore shall the lord	1
they not all my lords	1
thou that my lord	1
thou thy lords	1
to the lord	1
to thee and let my lord	1
to their masters	1
to you seeing your masters	1
to your master	1
until his lord	1
unto him didst not thou my lord	1
unto him nay my lord	1
unto his masters	1
unto our lord	1
unto the lord	1
unto their lord	1
unto their master	1
unto their masters	1
unto them hath my master	1
unto them oh not so my lord	1
unto thy masters	1
unto your lord	1
unto your master	1
unto your masters	1
upon me my lord	1
whatsoever my lord	1
when my master	1
where her lord	1
wherefore doth my lord	1
wherefore is my lord	1
which my lord	1
why then doth my lord	1
with my master	1
with this my lord	1
with thy masters	1
your master	1
your masters	1

Verses containing H113

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Genesis 18:3 · BSB · 1 occurrence
“My lord,” said Abraham, “if I have found favor in your sight, please do not pass your servant by.
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Genesis 18:12 · BSB · 1 occurrence
So she laughed to herself, saying, “After I am worn out and my master is old, will I now have this pleasure?”
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Genesis 19:2 · BSB · 1 occurrence
and said, “My lords, please turn aside into the house of your servant; wash your feet and spend the night. Then you can rise early and go on your way.” “No,” they answered, “we will spend the night in the square.”
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Genesis 23:6 · BSB · 1 occurrence
“Listen to us, sir. You are God’s chosen one among us. Bury your dead in the finest of our tombs. None of us will withhold his tomb for burying your dead.”
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Genesis 23:11 · BSB · 1 occurrence
“No, my lord. Listen to me. I give you the field, and I give you the cave that is in it. I give it to you in the presence of my people. Bury your dead.”
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Genesis 23:15 · BSB · 1 occurrence
“Listen to me, my lord. The land is worth four hundred shekels of silver, but what is that between you and me? Bury your dead.”
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Genesis 24:9 · BSB · 1 occurrence
So the servant placed his hand under the thigh of his master Abraham and swore an oath to him concerning this matter.
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Genesis 24:10 · BSB · 2 occurrences
Then the servant took ten of his master’s camels and departed with all manner of good things from his master in hand. And he set out for Nahor’s hometown in Aram-naharaim.
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Genesis 24:12 · BSB · 2 occurrences
“O LORD, God of my master Abraham,” he prayed, “please grant me success today, and show kindness to my master Abraham.
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Genesis 24:14 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Now may it happen that the girl to whom I say, ‘Please let down your jar that I may drink,’ and who responds, ‘Drink, and I will water your camels as well’—let her be the one You have appointed for Your servant Isaac. By this I will know that You have shown kindness to my master.”
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Genesis 24:18 · BSB · 1 occurrence
“Drink, my lord,” she replied, and she quickly lowered her jar to her hands and gave him a drink.
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Genesis 24:27 · BSB · 3 occurrences
saying, “Blessed be the LORD, the God of my master Abraham, who has not withheld His kindness and faithfulness from my master. As for me, the LORD has led me on the journey to the house of my master’s relatives.”
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Genesis 24:35 · BSB · 1 occurrence
“The LORD has greatly blessed my master, and he has become rich. He has given him sheep and cattle, silver and gold, menservants and maidservants, camels and donkeys.
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Genesis 24:36 · BSB · 2 occurrences
My master’s wife Sarah has borne him a son in her old age, and my master has given him everything he owns.
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Genesis 24:37 · BSB · 1 occurrence
My master made me swear an oath and said, ‘You shall not take a wife for my son from the daughters of the Canaanites in whose land I dwell,
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Genesis 24:39 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Then I asked my master, ‘What if the woman will not come back with me?’
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Genesis 24:42 · BSB · 1 occurrence
So when I came to the spring today, I prayed: O LORD, God of my master Abraham, if only You would make my journey a success!
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Genesis 24:44 · BSB · 1 occurrence
and she replies, ‘Drink, and I will draw water for your camels as well,’ may she be the woman the LORD has appointed for my master’s son.
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Genesis 24:48 · BSB · 2 occurrences
Then I bowed down and worshiped the LORD; and I blessed the LORD, the God of my master Abraham, who led me on the right road to take the granddaughter of my master’s brother for his son.
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Genesis 24:49 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Now if you will show kindness and faithfulness to my master, tell me; but if not, let me know, so that I may go elsewhere.”
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Genesis 24:51 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Rebekah is here before you. Take her and go, and let her become the wife of your master’s son, just as the LORD has decreed.”
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Genesis 24:54 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Then he and the men with him ate and drank and spent the night there. When they got up the next morning, he said, “Send me on my way to my master.”
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Genesis 24:56 · BSB · 1 occurrence
But he replied, “Do not delay me, since the LORD has made my journey a success. Send me on my way so that I may go to my master.”
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Genesis 24:65 · BSB · 1 occurrence
and asked the servant, “Who is that man in the field coming to meet us?” “It is my master,” the servant answered. So she took her veil and covered herself.
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Genesis 31:35 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Rachel said to her father, “Sir, do not be angry that I cannot stand up before you; for I am having my period.” So Laban searched but could not find the household idols.
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Genesis 32:4 · BSB · 1 occurrence
He instructed them, “You are to say to my master Esau, ‘Your servant Jacob says: I have been staying with Laban and have remained there until now.
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Source alternate reference: 32.5
Genesis 32:5 · BSB · 1 occurrence
I have oxen, donkeys, flocks, menservants, and maidservants. I have sent this message to inform my master, so that I may find favor in your sight.’”
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Source alternate reference: 32.6
Genesis 32:18 · BSB · 1 occurrence
then you are to say, ‘They belong to your servant Jacob. They are a gift, sent to my lord Esau. And behold, Jacob is behind us.’”
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Source alternate reference: 32.19
Genesis 33:8 · BSB · 1 occurrence
“What do you mean by sending this whole company to meet me?” asked Esau. “To find favor in your sight, my lord,” Jacob answered.
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Genesis 33:13 · BSB · 1 occurrence
But Jacob replied, “My lord knows that the children are frail, and I must care for sheep and cattle that are nursing their young. If they are driven hard for even a day, all the animals will die.
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Genesis 33:14 · BSB · 2 occurrences
Please let my lord go ahead of his servant. I will continue on slowly, at a comfortable pace for the livestock and children, until I come to my lord at Seir.”
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Genesis 33:15 · BSB · 1 occurrence
“Let me leave some of my people with you,” Esau said. But Jacob replied, “Why do that? Let me find favor in the sight of my lord.”
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Genesis 39:2 · BSB · 1 occurrence
And the LORD was with Joseph, and he became a successful man, serving in the household of his Egyptian master.
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Genesis 39:3 · BSB · 1 occurrence
When his master saw that the LORD was with him and made him prosper in all he did,
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Genesis 39:7 · BSB · 1 occurrence
and after some time his master’s wife cast her eyes upon Joseph and said, “Sleep with me.”
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Genesis 39:8 · BSB · 2 occurrences
But he refused. “Look,” he said to his master’s wife, “with me here, my master does not concern himself with anything in his house, and he has entrusted everything he owns to my care.
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Genesis 39:16 · BSB · 1 occurrence
So Potiphar’s wife kept Joseph’s cloak beside her until his master came home.
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Genesis 39:19 · BSB · 1 occurrence
When his master heard the story his wife told him, saying, “This is what your slave did to me,” he burned with anger.
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Genesis 39:20 · BSB · 1 occurrence
So Joseph’s master took him and had him thrown into the prison where the king’s prisoners were confined. While Joseph was there in the prison,
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Genesis 40:1 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Some time later, the king’s cupbearer and baker offended their master, the king of Egypt.
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Genesis 40:7 · BSB · 1 occurrence
So he asked the officials of Pharaoh who were in custody with him in his master’s house, “Why are your faces so downcast today?”
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Genesis 42:10 · BSB · 1 occurrence
“Not so, my lord,” they replied. “Your servants have come to buy food.
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Genesis 42:30 · BSB · 1 occurrence
“The man who is lord of the land spoke harshly to us and accused us of spying on the country.
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Genesis 42:33 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Then the man who is lord of the land said to us, ‘This is how I will know whether you are honest: Leave one brother with me, take food to relieve the hunger of your households, and go.
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Genesis 43:20 · BSB · 1 occurrence
“Please, sir,” they said, “we really did come down here the first time to buy food.
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Genesis 44:5 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Is this not the cup my master drinks from and uses for divination? What you have done is wicked!’”
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Genesis 44:7 · BSB · 1 occurrence
“Why does my lord say these things?” they asked. “Your servants could not possibly do such a thing.
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Genesis 44:8 · BSB · 1 occurrence
We even brought back to you from the land of Canaan the silver we found in the mouths of our sacks. Why would we steal silver or gold from your master’s house?
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Genesis 44:9 · BSB · 1 occurrence
If any of your servants is found to have it, he must die, and the rest will become slaves of my lord.”
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Genesis 44:16 · BSB · 2 occurrences
“What can we say to my lord?” Judah replied. “How can we plead? How can we justify ourselves? God has exposed the iniquity of your servants. We are now my lord’s slaves—both we and the one who was found with the cup.”
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