ʼĂdônîy-Bezeq — H137

Definition

masculine proper noun

Adoni-Bezek; a Canaanitish king

1. Adoni-Bezek = "my lord is Besek"
2. king of the Canaanite city of Bezek, killed by Israelites

Usually translated as

Adonibezek

Origin

from H113 and H966; lord of Bezek

• Derived from ʼâdôwn (H113)
• Derived from Bezeq (H966)

Occurrences

ʼĂdônîy-Bezeq occurs 3 times in the King James.

Distribution of the word across the Bible: Judges (3)

• Judges 1:5 — And they found Adoni-bezek (אֲדֹנִ֥י) in Bezek: and they fought against him, and they slew the Canaanites and the Perizzites.
• Judges 1:6 — But Adoni-bezek (אֲדֹ֣נִי) fled; and they pursued after him, and caught him, and cut off his thumbs and his great toes.
• Judges 1:7 — And Adoni-bezek (אֲדֹֽנִי) 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.