ʼĂdônây — H136

H136 · Hebrew — אדני

Pronunciation: ad-o-noy'

Definition

masculine noun

the Lord (used as a proper name of God only)

  1. my lord, lord
    1. of men
    2. of God
  2. Lord-title, spoken in place of Yahweh in Jewish display of reverence

Usually translated as

Lord

Origin

an emphatic form of H113

Greek equivalents

Occurrences

ʼĂdônây occurs 438 times in 423 verses of the King James.

Distribution of the word across the Bible: Genesis (9), Exodus (5), Numbers (1), Deuteronomy (2), Joshua (2), Judges (4), 2 Samuel (6), 1 Kings (5), 2 Kings (2), Ezra (1), Nehemiah (2), Job (1), Psalms (54), Isaiah (47), Jeremiah (13), Lamentations (13), Ezekiel (215), Daniel (9), Amos (24), Obadiah (1), Micah (1), Habakkuk (1), Zephaniah (1), Zechariah (2), Malachi (2)

Strong's Lexicon — A