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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

Page 3 of 6. 285 verses in the selected STEP text, printed below in BSB where available. Read each verse in its chapter to follow the author’s thought.

  1. 1 Samuel 25:29 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    And should someone pursue you and seek your life, then the life of my lord will be bound securely by the LORD your God in the bundle of the living. But He shall fling away the lives of your enemies like stones from a sling.

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  2. 1 Samuel 25:30 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    When the LORD has done for my lord all the good He promised, and when He has appointed you ruler over Israel,

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  3. 1 Samuel 25:31 · BSB · 3 occurrences

    then my lord will have no remorse or guilt of conscience over needless bloodshed and revenge. And when the LORD has dealt well with my lord, may you remember your servant.”

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  4. 1 Samuel 25:41 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    She arose, bowed facedown, and said, “Here is your servant, ready to serve and to wash the feet of my lord’s servants.”

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  5. 1 Samuel 26:15 · BSB · 2 occurrences

    So David said to Abner, “You are a man, aren’t you? And who in Israel is your equal? Why then did you not protect your lord the king when one of the people came to destroy him?

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  6. 1 Samuel 26:16 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    This thing you have done is not good. As surely as the LORD lives, all of you deserve to die, since you did not protect your lord, the LORD’s anointed. Now look around. Where are the king’s spear and water jug that were by his head?”

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  7. 1 Samuel 26:17 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Then Saul recognized David’s voice and asked, “Is that your voice, David my son?” “It is my voice, my lord and king,” David said.

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  8. 1 Samuel 26:18 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    And he continued, “Why is my lord pursuing his servant? What have I done? What evil is in my hand?

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  9. 1 Samuel 26:19 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Now please, may my lord the king hear the words of his servant: If the LORD has stirred you up against me, then may He accept an offering. But if men have done it, may they be cursed in the presence of the LORD! For today they have driven me away from sharing in the inheritance of the LORD, saying, ‘Go, serve other gods.’

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  10. 1 Samuel 29:4 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    But the commanders of the Philistines were angry with Achish and told him, “Send that man back and let him return to the place you assigned him. He must not go down with us into battle only to become our adversary during the war. What better way for him to regain the favor of his master than with the heads of our men?

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  11. 1 Samuel 29:8 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    “But what have I done?” David replied. “What have you found against your servant, from the day I came to you until today, to keep me from going along to fight against the enemies of my lord the king?”

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  12. 1 Samuel 29:10 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Now then, get up early in the morning, along with your master’s servants who came with you, and go as soon as it is light.”

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  13. 1 Samuel 30:13 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Then David asked him, “To whom do you belong, and where are you from?” “I am an Egyptian,” he replied, “the slave of an Amalekite. My master abandoned me three days ago when I fell ill.

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  14. 1 Samuel 30:15 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    “Will you lead me to these raiders?” David asked. And the man replied, “Swear to me by God that you will not kill me or deliver me into the hand of my master, and I will lead you to them.”

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  15. 2 Samuel 1:10 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    So I stood over him and killed him, because I knew that after he had fallen he could not survive. And I took the crown that was on his head and the band that was on his arm, and I have brought them here to my lord.”

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  16. 2 Samuel 2:5 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    So David sent messengers to the men of Jabesh-gilead to tell them, “The LORD bless you, because you showed this kindness to Saul your lord when you buried him.

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  17. 2 Samuel 2:7 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Now then, be strong and courageous, for though Saul your lord is dead, the house of Judah has anointed me as their king.”

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  18. 2 Samuel 3:21 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Then Abner said to David, “Let me go at once, and I will gather all Israel to my lord the king, that they may make a covenant with you, and that you may rule over all that your heart desires.” So David dismissed Abner, and he went in peace.

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  19. 2 Samuel 4:8 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    They brought the head of Ish-bosheth to David at Hebron and said to the king, “Here is the head of Ish-bosheth son of Saul, your enemy who sought your life. Today the LORD has granted vengeance to my lord the king against Saul and his offspring.”

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  20. 2 Samuel 9:9 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Then the king summoned Saul’s servant Ziba and said to him, “I have given to your master’s grandson all that belonged to Saul and to all his house.

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  21. 2 Samuel 9:10 · BSB · 2 occurrences

    You and your sons and servants are to work the ground for him and bring in the harvest, so that your master’s grandson may have food to eat. But Mephibosheth, your master’s grandson, is always to eat at my table.” Now Ziba had fifteen sons and twenty servants.

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  22. 2 Samuel 9:11 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    And Ziba said to the king, “Your servant will do all that my lord the king has commanded.” So Mephibosheth ate at David’s table like one of the king’s own sons.

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  23. 2 Samuel 10:3 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    the princes of the Ammonites said to Hanun their lord, “Just because David has sent you comforters, do you really believe he is showing respect for your father? Has not David instead sent his servants to explore the city, spy it out, and overthrow it?”

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  24. 2 Samuel 11:9 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    But Uriah slept at the door of the palace with all his master’s servants; he did not go down to his house.

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  25. 2 Samuel 11:11 · BSB · 2 occurrences

    Uriah answered, “The ark and Israel and Judah are dwelling in tents, and my master Joab and his soldiers are camped in the open field. How can I go to my house to eat and drink and sleep with my wife? As surely as you live, and as your soul lives, I will not do such a thing!”

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  26. 2 Samuel 11:13 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Then David invited Uriah to eat and drink with him, and he got Uriah drunk. And in the evening Uriah went out to lie down on his cot with his master’s servants, but he did not go home.

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  27. 2 Samuel 12:8 · BSB · 2 occurrences

    I gave your master’s house to you and your master’s wives into your arms. I gave you the house of Israel and Judah, and if that was not enough, I would have given you even more.

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  28. 2 Samuel 13:32 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    But Jonadab, the son of David’s brother Shimeah, spoke up: “My lord must not think they have killed all the sons of the king, for only Amnon is dead. In fact, Absalom has planned this since the day Amnon violated his sister Tamar.

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  29. 2 Samuel 13:33 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    So now, my lord the king, do not take to heart the report that all the sons of the king are dead. Only Amnon is dead.”

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  30. 2 Samuel 14:9 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    But the woman of Tekoa said to the king, “My lord the king, may any blame be on me and on my father’s house, and may the king and his throne be guiltless.”

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  31. 2 Samuel 14:12 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Then the woman said, “Please, may your servant speak a word to my lord the king?” “Speak,” he replied.

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  32. 2 Samuel 14:15 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Now therefore, I have come to present this matter to my lord the king because the people have made me afraid. Your servant thought, ‘I will speak to the king. Perhaps he will grant the request of his maidservant.

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  33. 2 Samuel 14:17 · BSB · 2 occurrences

    And now your servant says, ‘May the word of my lord the king bring me rest, for my lord the king is able to discern good and evil, just like the angel of God. May the LORD your God be with you.’”

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  34. 2 Samuel 14:18 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Then the king said to the woman, “I am going to ask you something; do not conceal it from me!” “Let my lord the king speak,” she replied.

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  35. 2 Samuel 14:19 · BSB · 2 occurrences

    So the king asked, “Is the hand of Joab behind all this?” The woman answered, “As surely as you live, my lord the king, no one can turn to the right or to the left from anything that my lord the king says. Yes, your servant Joab is the one who gave me orders; he told your maidservant exactly what to say.

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  36. 2 Samuel 14:20 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Joab your servant has done this to bring about this change of affairs, but my lord has wisdom like the wisdom of the angel of God, to know everything that happens in the land.”

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  37. 2 Samuel 14:22 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Joab fell facedown in homage and blessed the king. “Today,” said Joab, “your servant knows that he has found favor in your eyes, my lord the king, because the king has granted his request.”

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  38. 2 Samuel 15:15 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    The king’s servants replied, “Whatever our lord the king decides, we are your servants.”

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  39. 2 Samuel 15:21 · BSB · 2 occurrences

    But Ittai answered the king, “As surely as the LORD lives, and as my lord the king lives, wherever my lord the king may be, whether it means life or death, there will your servant be!”

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  40. 2 Samuel 16:3 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    “Where is your master’s grandson?” asked the king. And Ziba answered, “Indeed, he is staying in Jerusalem, for he has said, ‘Today, the house of Israel will restore to me the kingdom of my grandfather.’”

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  41. 2 Samuel 16:4 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    So the king said to Ziba, “All that belongs to Mephibosheth is now yours!” “I humbly bow before you,” said Ziba. “May I find favor in your eyes, my lord the king!”

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  42. 2 Samuel 16:9 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Then Abishai son of Zeruiah said to the king, “Why should this dead dog curse my lord the king? Let me go over and cut off his head!”

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  43. 2 Samuel 18:28 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Then Ahimaaz called out to the king, “All is well!” And he bowed facedown before the king. He continued, “Blessed be the LORD your God! He has delivered up the men who raised their hands against my lord the king.”

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  44. 2 Samuel 18:31 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Just then the Cushite came and said, “May my lord the king hear the good news: Today the LORD has avenged you of all who rose up against you!”

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  45. 2 Samuel 18:32 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    The king asked the Cushite, “Is the young man Absalom all right?” And the Cushite replied, “May the enemies of my lord the king and all who rise up against you to harm you be like that young man.”

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  46. 2 Samuel 19:19 · BSB · 2 occurrences

    and said, “My lord, do not hold me guilty, and do not remember your servant’s wrongdoing on the day my lord the king left Jerusalem. May the king not take it to heart.

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    Source alternate reference: 19.20

  47. 2 Samuel 19:20 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    For your servant knows that I have sinned, so here I am today as the first of all the house of Joseph to come down to meet my lord the king.”

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    Source alternate reference: 19.21

  48. 2 Samuel 19:26 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    “My lord the king,” he replied, “because I am lame, I said, ‘I will have my donkey saddled so that I may ride on it and go with the king.’ But my servant Ziba deceived me,

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    Source alternate reference: 19.27

  49. 2 Samuel 19:27 · BSB · 2 occurrences

    and he has slandered your servant to my lord the king. Yet my lord the king is like the angel of God, so do what is good in your eyes.

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    Source alternate reference: 19.28

  50. 2 Samuel 19:28 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    For all the house of my grandfather deserves death from my lord the king, yet you have set your servant among those who eat at your table. What further right, then, do I have to keep appealing to the king?”

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    Source alternate reference: 19.29

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