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Lord

אָדוֹןStrong’s H0113

adon (a-don)

Appears in 285 verses of the Old Testament

In short

Adon is the Hebrew word usually translated “lord my”, “o lord my” and “master my”. It appears in 285 verses of the Old Testament.

“And the prince of the eunuchs said unto Daniel, I fear my lord the king, who hath appointed your meat and your drink: for why should he see your faces worse liking than the children which are of your sort? then shall ye make me endanger my head to the king.”
Daniel 1:10 KJV
Meaning
  1. Firm, strong, lord, masterlord, master · lords, kings · my lord, my master
How it's translated
  • lord my 79
  • o lord my 50
  • master my 34
  • master his 33
  • master your 26
  • to lord my 16
  • the lord 8
  • lord our 7

Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.

Where it's used most
  • Genesis 60
  • 2 Samuel 43
  • 2 Kings 35
  • 1 Samuel 30
  • 1 Kings 30
  • Isaiah 14

26 books in all.

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Explore in Scripture
All 285 verses, by book
Deuteronomy 2
10:1723:15
Joshua 1
5:14
Ruth 1
2:13
1 Chronicles 3
12:1921:321:23
2 Chronicles 4
2:142:1513:618:16
Nehemiah 3
3:58:1010:29
Job 1
3:19
Proverbs 3
25:1327:1830:10
Hosea 1
12:14
Amos 1
4:1
Micah 1
4:13
Zephaniah 1
1:9
Malachi 2
1:63:1
Hebrew dictionary

אָדוֹן adon · 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 …

From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

How the English word “lord” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.

LORD, noun

  1. A master; a person possessing supreme power and authority; a ruler; a governor.
  2. A tyrant; an oppressive ruler.
  3. A husband.“My lord also being old” Genesis 18:12
  4. A baron; the proprietor of a manor; as the lord of the manor.
All definitions and other forms of “lord”
  1. A nobleman; a title of honor in Great Britain given to those who are noble by birth or creation; a peer of the realm, including dukes, marquises, earls, viscounts and barons.
  2. An honorary title bestowed on certain official characters; as lord advocate, lord chamberlain, lord chancellor, lord chief justice, etc.
  3. In scripture, the Supreme Being; Jehovah. Psalms 110:1Colossians 3:162 Thessalonians 3:1Genesis 40:12 Samuel 19:7Daniel 4:19Genesis 18:11 Kings 18:12 Kings 2:11 Corinthians 2:8Revelation 19:1

LORD, verb transitive

To invest with the dignity and privileges of a lord

    LORD, verb intransitive

    To domineer; to rule with arbitrary or despotic sway; sometimes followed by over, and sometimes by it, in the manner of a transitive verb.

      Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Verse references are checked against the KJV. Read the full entry.

      Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Hebrew, not from any one translation.