Adoni-bezek
אֲדֹנִי־בֶ֫זֶקStrong’s H0137adoni-vezeq (a-do-ni-ve-zeq)
Appears in 3 verses of the Old Testament
In short
Adoni-vezeq is the Hebrew word usually translated “adoni-” and “bezek”. It appears in 3 verses of the Old Testament.
“And they found Adonibezek in Bezek: and they fought against him, and they slew the Canaanites and the Perizzites.”
Meaning
- A man living before Israel's Monarchy, first mentioned at Jdg.1.5
How it's translated
- adoni- 3
- bezek 3
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Judges 3
1 book in all.
Explore in Scripture
- Judges 1:6But Adonibezek fled; and they pursued after him, and caught him, and cut off his thumbs and his great toes.
- Judges 1:7And Adonibezek said, Threescore and ten kings, having their thumbs and their great toes cut off, gathered their meat under my table: as I have done, so God hath requited me. And they brought him to Jerusalem, and there he died.
Hebrew dictionary
אֲדֹנִי־בֶ֫זֶק adoni-vezeq · Adoni-bezek
A man living before Israel's Monarchy, first mentioned at Jdg.1.5 § Adoni-Bezek = "my lord is Besek" king of the Canaanite city of Bezek, killed by Israelites
From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).
Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Hebrew, not from any one translation.