Adoni-vezeq אֲדֹנִי־בֶ֫זֶק
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| אֲדֹנִי־בֶ֫זֶק | |
|---|---|
| Transliteration | adoni-vezeq |
| Strong's number | H137 |
| Language | Hebrew |
| Part of speech | name of a man |
| Gloss | Adoni-bezek |
| Occurrences | 6 in 3 verses |
Adoni-vezeq (Hebrew אֲדֹנִי־בֶ֫זֶק, Strong's H137) is a name of a man in the Old Testament, glossed “Adoni-bezek”. It occurs 6 times.
Definition
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
§ Adoni-Bezek = "my lord is Besek"
king of the Canaanite city of Bezek, killed by Israelites
From the STEPBible Brief Lexicon of Hebrew (based on the abridged Brown-Driver-Briggs), STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.
Translated as
| KJV | adoni bezek (3) |
|---|---|
| BSB | adoni bezek (3) |
Verses
Every verse with Adoni-vezeq, with the English words that translate it highlighted (KJV or BSB; other translations show the KJV here).
Judges
- Judges 1:5And they found Adoni–bezek in Bezek: and they fought against him, and they slew the Canaanites and the Perizzites.And there they found Adoni-bezek and fought against him, striking down the Canaanites and Perizzites.
- Judges 1:6But Adoni–bezek fled; and they pursued after him, and caught him, and cut off his thumbs and his great toes.As Adoni-bezek fled, they pursued him, seized him, and cut off his thumbs and big toes.
- Judges 1:7And Adoni–bezek 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.Then Adoni-bezek said, “Seventy kings with their thumbs and big toes cut off have gathered the scraps under my table. As I have done to them, so God has repaid me.” And they brought him to Jerusalem, where he died.
Notes
- 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.
- English renderings from the public-domain KJV with Strong's numbers (eBible.org) and the Berean Standard Bible interlinear (public domain).