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Adoni-zedek

אֲדֹנִי־צֶ֫דֶקStrong’s H0139

adoni-tsedeq (a-do-ni-tse-deq)

Appears in 2 verses of the Old Testament

In short

Adoni-tsedeq is the Hebrew word usually translated “adoni-” and “zedek”. It appears in 2 verses of the Old Testament.

“Now it came to pass, when Adonizedec king of Jerusalem had heard how Joshua had taken Ai, and had utterly destroyed it; as he had done to Jericho and her king, so he had done to Ai and her king; and how the inhabitants of Gibeon had made peace with Israel, and were among them;”
Joshua 10:1 KJV
Meaning
  1. A man living before Israel's Monarchy, first mentioned at Jos.10.1
How it's translated
  • adoni- 2
  • zedek 2

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

Where it's used most
  • Joshua 2

1 book in all.

Explore in Scripture
Hebrew dictionary

אֲדֹנִי־צֶ֫דֶק adoni-tsedeq · Adoni-zedek

A man living before Israel's Monarchy, first mentioned at Jos.10.1 § Adoni-zedek = "my lord is righteous" Canaanite king slain by Joshua

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.