אֲדֹנָי adonai

Hebrew word for “Lord” · Strong’s H136 · used 440 times in 425 verses

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Meaning

Lord - a title, spoken in place of Yahweh in Jewish display of reverence; Another name of ye.ho.vah (יהוה "LORD" H3068G)

How it is translated

Glosses given for adonai in context, with how often each is used:

• lord 440

Where it is used

Also in 13 more books.

Chapters where it is used most

Ezekiel 36 (14), Ezekiel 20 (12), Ezekiel 16 (11), Ezekiel 14 (9), Ezekiel 34 (9), Ezekiel 39 (9), Ezekiel 25 (8), Daniel 9 (8), Psalms 86 (7), Lamentations 2 (7)

Forms

• אדני 419
• לאדני 11
• ואדני 6
• אדון 2
• אדוני 1
• באדני 1

Words used with it

Words that share verses with adonai more often than their overall frequency would suggest:

• יְהֹוִה yehovih “YHWH/God” 296
• כֹּה koh “thus” 144
• נְאֻם neum “utterance” 94
• כֵּן ken “so” 64
• אֲנִי ani “I” 65
• הֵן hen “look!” 32
• יַעַן yaan “because” 25
• אַתָּה attah “you(m.s.)” 42
• הִנֵּה hinneh “behold” 36
• דָבַר davar “to speak” 39
• אִם im “if” 35
• עוֹד od “still” 28

Key verses

The verses using adonai that are most connected by cross-references (King James Version):

• Psalms 86:5 — For thou, Lord, art good, and ready to forgive; and plenteous in mercy unto all them that call upon thee.
• Psalms 86:15 — But thou, O Lord, art a God full of compassion, and gracious, longsuffering, and plenteous in mercy and truth.
• Isaiah 7:14 — Therefore the Lord himself shall give you a sign; Behold, a virgin shall conceive, and bear a son, and shall call his name Immanuel.
• Isaiah 10:12 — Wherefore it shall come to pass, that when the Lord hath performed his whole work upon mount Zion and on Jerusalem, I will punish the fruit of the stout heart…
• Isaiah 11:11 — And it shall come to pass in that day, that the Lord shall set his hand again the second time to recover the remnant of his people, which shall be left, from…
• Isaiah 22:12 — And in that day did the Lord GOD of hosts call to weeping, and to mourning, and to baldness, and to girding with sackcloth:
• Isaiah 61:1 — The Spirit of the Lord GOD is upon me; because the LORD hath anointed me to preach good tidings unto the meek; he hath sent me to bind up the brokenhearted, to…
• Jeremiah 32:17 — Ah Lord GOD! behold, thou hast made the heaven and the earth by thy great power and stretched out arm, and there is nothing too hard for thee:
• Ezekiel 18:30 — Therefore I will judge you, O house of Israel, every one according to his ways, saith the Lord GOD. Repent, and turn yourselves from all your transgressions;…
• Ezekiel 22:12 — In thee have they taken gifts to shed blood; thou hast taken usury and increase, and thou hast greedily gained of thy neighbours by extortion, and hast…
• Ezekiel 28:2 — Son of man, say unto the prince of Tyrus, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Because thine heart is lifted up, and thou hast said, I am a God, I sit in the seat of God,…
• Ezekiel 33:11 — Say unto them, As I live, saith the Lord GOD, I have no pleasure in the death of the wicked; but that the wicked turn from his way and live: turn ye, turn ye…

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Hebrew and Greek text, tagging, glosses and lexicon definitions: STEPBible.org, Tyndale House Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG; CC BY 4.0), adapted. Counts follow King James verse numbering; a word counts each time it is written.