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אֲדֹנָי
ʼĂdônây · Hebrew · Strong's H136 · 445 occurrences
The KJV renders 13 different Hebrew and Greek words as “lord”
What it means
the Lord (used as a proper name of God only)
an emphatic form of H113 (אָדוֹן);
How the KJV renders it
lord
Where that flattens a distinction
The same English word is also used for these other originals, so the distinction between them disappears in translation.
“lord”
Questions this word decides
- Is the seventh-day Sabbath binding on Gentiles?
- What does Matthew 16:18 mean ('on this rock I will build my church')?
- Can a Christian lose their salvation?
- Does the Bible teach predestination?
Where it appears
445 occurrences in the Hebrew text, first 60 verses shown.
1 Kings 2:26 HNcmpc/Sp1cs1 Kings 3:10 HNcmpc/Sp1cs1 Kings 3:15 HNcmpc/Sp1cs1 Kings 8:53 HNcmpc/Sp1cs1 Kings 22:6 HNcmpc/Sp1cs2 Kings 7:6 HC/Ncmpc/Sp1cs2 Kings 19:23 HNcmpc/Sp1cs2 Samuel 7:18 HNcmpc/Sp1cs2 Samuel 7:19 HNcmpc/Sp1cs2 Samuel 7:20 HNcmpc/Sp1cs2 Samuel 7:22 HNcmpc/Sp1cs2 Samuel 7:28 HNcmpc/Sp1cs2 Samuel 7:29 HNcmpc/Sp1csAmos 1:8 HNcmpc/Sp1csAmos 3:7 HNcmpc/Sp1csAmos 3:8 HNcmpc/Sp1csAmos 3:11 HNcmpc/Sp1csAmos 3:13 HNcmpc/Sp1csAmos 4:2 HNcmpc/Sp1csAmos 4:5 HNcmpc/Sp1csAmos 5:3 HNcmpc/Sp1csAmos 5:16 HNcmpc/Sp1csAmos 6:8 HNcmpc/Sp1csAmos 7:1 HNcmpc/Sp1csAmos 7:2 HNcmpc/Sp1csAmos 7:4 HNcmpc/Sp1csAmos 7:5 HNcmpc/Sp1csAmos 7:6 HNcmpc/Sp1csAmos 7:7 HNcmpc/Sp1csAmos 7:8 HNcmpc/Sp1csAmos 8:1 HNcmpc/Sp1csAmos 8:3 HNcmpc/Sp1csAmos 8:9 HNcmpc/Sp1csAmos 8:11 HNcmpc/Sp1csAmos 9:1 HNcmpc/Sp1csAmos 9:5 HC/Ncmpc/Sp1csAmos 9:8 HNcmpc/Sp1csDaniel 1:2 HNcmpc/Sp1csDaniel 9:3 HNcmpc/Sp1csDaniel 9:4 HNcmpc/Sp1csDaniel 9:7 HNcmpc/Sp1csDaniel 9:9 HR/Ncmpc/Sp1csDaniel 9:15 HNcmpc/Sp1csDaniel 9:16 HNcmpc/Sp1csDaniel 9:17 HNcmpc/Sp1csDaniel 9:19 HNcmpc/Sp1csDeuteronomy 3:24 HNcmpc/Sp1csDeuteronomy 9:26 HNcmpc/Sp1csDeuteronomy 10:17 HC/NcmpcExodus 4:10 HNcmpc/Sp1csExodus 4:13 HNcmpc/Sp1csExodus 5:22 HNcmpc/Sp1csExodus 15:17 HNcmpc/Sp1csExodus 34:9 HNcmpc/Sp1csEzekiel 2:4 HNcmpc/Sp1csEzekiel 3:11 HNcmpc/Sp1csEzekiel 3:27 HNcmpc/Sp1csEzekiel 4:14 HNcmpc/Sp1csEzekiel 5:5 HNcmpc/Sp1csEzekiel 5:7 HNcmpc/Sp1cs
Occurrences and morphology are taken from the primary Hebrew text, never from an English translation. Strong's Hebrew lexicon and Westminster Leningrad Codex morphology used under CC BY-SA 4.0 / CC BY 4.0 (OpenScriptures). Strong's Greek lexicon is public domain.