Word

אֲדֹנָי

ʼĂdônây · H136 · Hebrew · 438 occurrences

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Meanings

Lord

Originally a plural construct with first person singular suffix of אָדֹון: way of addressing God as master and lord

Examples
Genesis 15:2 But Abram said, “Lord GOD, what will You give me, since I am childless, and the heir of my house is Eliezer of Damascus?”
Genesis 15:8 But he said, “Lord GOD, how may I know that I will possess it?”
Genesis 18:27 And Abraham replied, “Now behold, I have ventured to speak to the Lord, although I am only dust and ashes.

How it’s used In 9 roles

Every occurrence, grouped by the words it is grammatically related to.

the word studied the word it goes with

Whose, or of whatGenitive or possessive

438 occurrences in 1 groups

יmy 438

Words describing itAdjectives, demonstratives, participles

2 occurrences in 4 groups

גָּדוֹלgreat, large 1
יָצָאto go out 1
יָרֵאto be afraid, to fear, to be in awe of 1
עָשָׂהto do, to make 1

Named alongside itApposition

316 occurrences in 9 groups

יְהֹוִהYHWH 306
אֱלֹהִיםGod, gods 7
Other words · 7 groups that occur once or twice (7) 7

What it doesIt is the subject

202 occurrences in 41 groups

אָמַרto say 143
נָתַןto give, to put, to set 7
רָאָהto see 4
זָנַחto reject, to cast off 3
Other words · 37 groups that occur once or twice (45) 45

What is done to itIt is the object

11 occurrences in 6 groups

יָדַעto know 5
חָרַףto reproach 2
דָּרַשׁto seek, to inquire 1
זָכַרto remember 1
זָמַרto sing praise 1
אָמַרto say 1

What it is said to bePredicate

5 occurrences in 9 groups

Other words · 9 groups that occur once or twice (9) 9

What is said to be itIt is the predicate

12 occurrences in 9 groups

אֲנִיI 5
Other words · 8 groups that occur once or twice (9) 9

After prepositionsPrepositional phrases

18 occurrences in 4 groups

לto/for 15
אֵלto, toward 10
מַעַןfor the sake of, so that 2
בin/on/with 2

In phrases “… of it”It is the genitive

115 occurrences in 17 groups

נְאֻםdeclaration, utterance 92
דֶּרֶךְway, road 4
דָּבָרword, thing, matter 3
Other words · 14 groups that occur once or twice (16) 16

When two words share a role, as in “Paul and Barnabas said”, the verse appears under each, so a section’s counts can add up to more than the number of occurrences.

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Semantic domains 1 entry

Titles003001017: אֲדֹנָי is a title of address for God, "my Lord," as Abram's plea beginning "Lord GOD, what will You give me."

Word family 3 words

Words formed from the same root. They share a form, not always a meaning.

אָדוֹן ʼâdôwn · H113 · lord, master, owner · 335×אֲדֹנָיʼĂdônây · H136אֶדֶן ʼeden · H134 · base, socket · 57×

Topical studies with this word 1 entry

Titles434 occurrences

Meanings adapted from the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament, © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0 and the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew (from the Semantic Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew), © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0; MACULA Greek Linguistic Datasets, available at https://github.com/Clear-Bible/macula-greek/, licensed CC BY 4.0; MACULA Hebrew Linguistic Datasets © 2022-2024 by Biblica, Inc., CC BY 4.0. Westminster Leningrad Codex (tanach.us). OpenScriptures Hebrew Bible morphology (hb.openscriptures.org), CC BY 4.0.

Sources

eRhema lexical overview, based on the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew and the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament (© United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Macula Hebrew and Greek (Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0); released under CC BY-SA 4.0