Adonai אֲדֹנָי

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Adonai
אֲדֹנָי
Transliterationadonai
Strong's numberH136
LanguageHebrew
Part of speechmasculine noun
GlossLord
Occurrences440 in 425 verses
Most frequent inEzekiel (215)

Adonai (Hebrew אֲדֹנָי, Strong's H136) is a Hebrew masculine noun meaning “Lord”. It occurs 440 times in 425 verses of the Old Testament.

Definition

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

From the STEPBible Brief Lexicon of Hebrew (based on the abridged Brown-Driver-Briggs), STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.

Translated as

KJVlord (432), lord's (1), god (1)
BSBlord (362), o lord (55), my lord (7), am the lord (5), may the lord (4), my lords (1), are my lord (1), you o lord (1), will the lord (1), because the lord (1), surely as the lord (1), these the lord (1)

Verses

Adonai occurs in 425 verses, listed here by reference.

Genesis (8): 15:2, 15:8, 18:27, 18:30, 18:31, 18:32, 19:18, 20:4

Exodus (5): 4:10, 4:13, 5:22, 15:17, 34:9

Numbers (1): 14:17

Deuteronomy (2): 3:24, 9:26

Joshua (4): 3:11, 3:13, 7:7, 7:8

Judges (4): 6:15, 6:22, 13:8, 16:28

2 Samuel (6): 7:18, 7:19, 7:20, 7:22, 7:28, 7:29

1 Kings (5): 2:26, 3:10, 3:15, 8:53, 22:6

2 Kings (2): 7:6, 19:23

Ezra (1): 10:3

Nehemiah (2): 1:11, 4:14

Job (1): 28:28

Psalms (54): 2:4, 16:2, 22:30, 30:8, 35:17, 35:22, 35:23, 37:13, 38:9, 38:15, 38:22, 39:7, 40:17, 44:23, 51:15, 54:4, 55:9, 57:9, 59:11, 62:12, 66:18, 68:11, 68:17, 68:19, 68:20, 68:22, 68:32, 69:6, 71:5, 71:16, 73:20, 73:28, 77:2, 77:7, 78:65, 79:12, 86:3, 86:4, 86:5, 86:8, 86:9, 86:12, 86:15, 89:49, 89:50, 90:1, 90:17, 109:21, 110:5, 130:2, 130:3, 130:6, 140:7, 141:8

Isaiah (48): 3:15, 3:17, 3:18, 4:4, 6:1, 6:8, 6:11, 7:7, 7:14, 7:20, 8:7, 9:8, 9:17, 10:12, 10:23, 10:24, 11:11, 21:6, 21:8, 21:16, 22:5, 22:12, 22:14, 22:15, 25:8, 28:2, 28:16, 28:22, 29:13, 30:15, 30:20, 37:24, 38:14, 38:16, 40:10, 48:16, 49:14, 49:22, 50:4, 50:5, 50:7, 50:9, 52:4, 56:8, 61:1, 61:11, 65:13, 65:15

Jeremiah (13): 1:6, 2:19, 2:22, 4:10, 7:20, 14:13, 32:17, 32:25, 44:26, 46:10, 49:5, 50:25, 50:31

Lamentations (13): 1:14, 1:15, 2:1, 2:2, 2:5, 2:7, 2:18, 2:19, 2:20, 3:31, 3:36, 3:37, 3:58

Ezekiel (215): 2:4, 3:11, 3:27, 4:14, 5:5, 5:7, 5:8, 5:11, 6:3, 6:11, 7:2, 7:5, 8:1, 9:8, 11:7, 11:8, 11:13, 11:16, 11:17, 11:21, 12:10, 12:19, 12:23, 12:25, 12:28, 13:3, 13:8, 13:9, 13:13, 13:16, 13:18, 13:20, 14:4, 14:6, 14:11, 14:14, 14:16, 14:18, 14:20, 14:21, 14:23, 15:6, 15:8, 16:3, 16:8, 16:14, 16:19, 16:23, 16:30, 16:36, 16:43, 16:48, 16:59, 16:63, 17:3, 17:9, 17:16, 17:19, 17:22, 18:3, 18:9, 18:23, 18:25, 18:29, 18:30, 18:32, 20:3, 20:5, 20:27, 20:30, 20:31, 20:33, 20:36, 20:39, 20:40, 20:44, 20:47, 20:49, 21:7, 21:9, 21:13, 21:24, 21:26, 21:28, 22:3, 22:12, 22:19, 22:28, 22:31, 23:22, 23:28, 23:32, 23:34, 23:35, 23:46, 23:49, 24:3, 24:6, 24:9, 24:14, 24:21, 24:24, 25:3, 25:6, 25:8, 25:12, 25:13, 25:14, 25:15, 25:16, 26:3, 26:5, 26:7, 26:14, 26:15, 26:19, 26:21, 27:3, 28:2, 28:6, 28:10, 28:12, 28:22, 28:24, 28:25, 29:3, 29:8, 29:13, 29:16, 29:19, 29:20, 30:2, 30:6, 30:10, 30:13, 30:22, 31:10, 31:15, 31:18, 32:3, 32:8, 32:11, 32:14, 32:16, 32:31, 32:32, 33:11, 33:17, 33:20, 33:25, 33:27, 34:2, 34:8, 34:10, 34:11, 34:15, 34:17, 34:20, 34:30, 34:31, 35:3, 35:6, 35:11, 35:14, 36:2, 36:3, 36:4, 36:5, 36:6, 36:7, 36:13, 36:14, 36:15, 36:22, 36:23, 36:32, 36:33, 36:37, 37:3, 37:5, 37:9, 37:12, 37:19, 37:21, 38:3, 38:10, 38:14, 38:17, 38:18, 38:21, 39:1, 39:5, 39:8, 39:10, 39:13, 39:17, 39:20, 39:25, 39:29, 43:18, 43:19, 43:27, 44:6, 44:9, 44:12, 44:15, 44:27, 45:9, 45:15, 45:18, 46:1, 46:16, 47:13, 47:23, 48:29

Daniel (9): 1:2, 9:3, 9:4, 9:7, 9:9, 9:15, 9:16, 9:17, 9:19

Amos (24): 1:8, 3:7, 3:8, 3:11, 3:13, 4:2, 4:5, 5:3, 5:16, 6:8, 7:1, 7:2, 7:4, 7:5, 7:6, 7:7, 7:8, 8:1, 8:3, 8:9, 8:11, 9:1, 9:5, 9:8

Obadiah (1): 1:1

Micah (1): 1:2

Habakkuk (1): 3:19

Zephaniah (1): 1:7

Zechariah (2): 9:4, 9:14

Malachi (2): 1:12, 1:14

Notes

  1. Definition and verse list from STEPBible's tagged Hebrew Old Testament (TAHOT) and Greek New Testament (TAGNT) and Brief Lexicons, STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.
  2. English renderings from the public-domain KJV with Strong's numbers (eBible.org) and the Berean Standard Bible interlinear (public domain).
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