אֲדֹנָי

a.do.naiLord
hebrewOld TestamentNoun · masculine440 occurrences25 books425 verses
This word comes from the name of LORD.

Definition

an emphatic form of H113; the Lord (used as a proper name of God only)
Traditional renderings: (my) Lord.

Glossary entries

Lord Righteousness Eli, Eli, Lema Sabachthani? Eli Abba Most High

Where it occurs

Old TestamentNew Testament

Occurrences

440 total
  1. Genesis 15:2אֲדֹנָ֤י · O Lord
    But Abram replied, “O Lord GOD, what can You give me, since I remain childless, and the heir of my house is Eliezer of Damascus?”
  2. Genesis 15:8אֲדֹנָ֣י · Lord
    But Abram replied, “Lord GOD, how can I know that I will possess it?”
  3. Genesis 18:27אֲדֹנָ֔י · the Lord
    Then Abraham answered, “Now that I have ventured to speak to the Lord—though I am but dust and ashes—
  4. Genesis 18:30לַֽאדֹנָי֙ · May the Lord
    Then Abraham said, “May the Lord not be angry, but let me speak further. Suppose thirty are found there?” He replied, “If I find thirty there, I will not do it.”
  5. Genesis 18:31אֲדֹנָ֔י · the Lord
    And Abraham said, “Now that I have ventured to speak to the Lord, suppose twenty are found there?” He answered, “On account of the twenty, I will not destroy it.”
  6. Genesis 18:32לַֽאדֹנָי֙ · May the Lord
    Finally, Abraham said, “May the Lord not be angry, but let me speak once more. Suppose ten are found there?” And He answered, “On account of the ten, I will not destroy it.”
  7. Genesis 19:18אֲדֹנָֽי׃ · my lords
    But Lot replied, “No, my lords, please!
  8. Genesis 20:4אֲדֹנָ֕י · Lord
    Now Abimelech had not gone near her, so he replied, “Lord, would You destroy a nation even though it is innocent?
  9. Exodus 4:10אֲדֹנָי֒ · Lord
    “Please, Lord,” Moses replied, “I have never been eloquent, neither in the past nor since You have spoken to Your servant, for I am slow of speech and tongue.”
  10. Exodus 4:13אֲדֹנָ֑י · Lord
    But Moses replied, “Please, Lord, send someone else.”
  11. Exodus 5:22אֲדֹנָ֗י · Lord
    So Moses returned to the LORD and asked, “Lord, why have You brought trouble upon this people? Is this why You sent me?
  12. Exodus 15:17אֲדֹנָ֖י · O Lord
    You will bring them in and plant them on the mountain of Your inheritance—the place, O LORD, You have prepared for Your dwelling, the sanctuary, O Lord, Your hands have established.
  13. Exodus 34:9 (2×)אֲדֹנָ֔י · O Lord; אֲדֹנָ֖י · my Lord
    “O Lord,” he said, “if I have indeed found favor in Your sight, my Lord, please go with us. Although this is a stiff-necked people, forgive our iniquity and sin, and take us as Your inheritance.”
  14. Numbers 14:17אֲדֹנָ֑י · of my Lord
    So now I pray, may the power of my Lord be magnified, just as You have declared:
  15. Deuteronomy 3:24אֲדֹנָ֣י · O Lord
    “O Lord GOD, You have begun to show Your greatness and power to Your servant. For what god in heaven or on earth can perform such works and mighty acts as Yours?
  16. Deuteronomy 9:26אֲדֹנָ֣י · O Lord
    And I prayed to the LORD and said, “O Lord GOD, do not destroy Your people, Your inheritance, whom You redeemed through Your greatness and brought out of Egypt with a mighty hand.
  17. Joshua 3:11אֲד֖וֹן · of the Lord
    Behold, the ark of the covenant of the Lord of all the earth will go ahead of you into the Jordan.
  18. Joshua 3:13אֲד֤וֹן · the Lord
    When the feet of the priests who carry the ark of the LORD—the Lord of all the earth—touch down in the waters of the Jordan, its flowing waters will be cut off and will stand up in a heap.”
  19. Joshua 7:7אֲדֹנָ֣י · Lord
    “O, Lord GOD,” Joshua said, “why did You ever bring this people across the Jordan to deliver us into the hand of the Amorites to be destroyed? If only we had been content to stay on the other side of the Jordan!
  20. Joshua 7:8אֲדֹנָ֑י · Lord
    O Lord, what can I say, now that Israel has turned its back and run from its enemies?
  21. Judges 6:15אֲדֹנָ֔י · my Lord
    “Please, my Lord,” Gideon replied, “how can I save Israel? Indeed, my clan is the weakest in Manasseh, and I am the youngest in my father’s house.”
  22. Judges 6:22אֲדֹנָ֣י · Lord
    When Gideon realized that it was the angel of the LORD, he said, “Oh no, Lord GOD! I have seen the angel of the LORD face to face!”
  23. Judges 13:8אֲדוֹנָ֔י · O Lord
    Then Manoah prayed to the LORD, “Please, O Lord, let the man of God You sent us come to us again to teach us how to raise the boy who is to be born.”
  24. Judges 16:28אֲדֹנָ֣י · O Lord
    Then Samson called out to the LORD: “O Lord GOD, please remember me. Strengthen me, O God, just once more, so that with one vengeful blow I may pay back the Philistines for my two eyes.”
  25. 2 Samuel 7:18אֲדֹנָ֤י · O Lord
    Then King David went in, sat before the LORD, and said, “Who am I, O Lord GOD, and what is my house, that You have brought me this far?
  26. 2 Samuel 7:19 (2×)אֲדֹנָ֣י · O Lord; אֲדֹנָ֥י · O Lord
    And as if this was a small thing in Your eyes, O Lord GOD, You have also spoken about the future of the house of Your servant. Is this Your custom with man, O Lord GOD?
  27. 2 Samuel 7:20אֲדֹנָ֥י · O Lord
    What more can David say to You? For You know Your servant, O Lord GOD.
  28. 2 Samuel 7:22אֲדֹנָ֣י · O Lord
    How great You are, O Lord GOD! For there is none like You, and there is no God but You, according to everything we have heard with our own ears.
  29. 2 Samuel 7:28אֲדֹנָ֣י · O Lord
    And now, O Lord GOD, You are God! Your words are true, and You have promised this goodness to Your servant.
  30. 2 Samuel 7:29אֲדֹנָ֤י · O Lord
    Now therefore, may it please You to bless the house of Your servant, that it may continue forever before You. For You, O Lord GOD, have spoken, and with Your blessing the house of Your servant will be blessed forever.”
  31. 1 Kings 2:26אֲדֹנָ֤י · of the Lord
    Then the king said to Abiathar the priest, “Go back to your fields in Anathoth. Even though you deserve to die, I will not put you to death at this time, since you carried the ark of the Lord GOD before my father David, and you suffered through all that my father suffered.”
  32. 1 Kings 3:10אֲדֹנָ֑י · the Lord
    Now it pleased the Lord that Solomon had made this request.
  33. 1 Kings 3:15אֲדֹנָ֗י · of the Lord
    Then Solomon awoke, and indeed it had been a dream. So he returned to Jerusalem, stood before the ark of the covenant of the Lord, and offered burnt offerings and peace offerings. Then he held a feast for all his servants.
  34. 1 Kings 8:53אֲדֹנָ֥י · O Lord
    For You, O Lord GOD, have set them apart from all the peoples of the earth as Your inheritance, as You spoke through Your servant Moses when You brought our fathers out of Egypt.”
  35. 1 Kings 22:6אֲדֹנָ֖י · and the Lord
    So the king of Israel assembled the prophets, about four hundred men, and asked them, “Should I go to war against Ramoth-gilead, or should I refrain?” “Go up,” they replied, “and the Lord will deliver it into the hand of the king.”
  36. 2 Kings 7:6וַאדֹנָ֞י · For the Lord
    For the Lord had caused the Arameans to hear the sound of chariots, horses, and a great army, so that they said to one another, “Look, the king of Israel must have hired the kings of the Hittites and Egyptians to attack us.”
  37. 2 Kings 19:23אֲדֹנָי֒ · the Lord
    Through your servants you have taunted the Lord, and you have said: “With my many chariots I have ascended to the heights of the mountains, to the remote peaks of Lebanon. I have cut down its tallest cedars, the finest of its cypresses. I have reached its farthest outposts, the densest of its forests.
  38. Ezra 10:3אֲדֹנָ֔י · of my lord
    So now let us make a covenant before our God to send away all the foreign wives and their children, according to the counsel of my lord and of those who tremble at the command of our God. Let it be done according to the Law.
  39. Nehemiah 1:11אֲדֹנָ֗י · O Lord
    O Lord, may Your ear be attentive to my prayer and to the prayers of Your servants who delight to revere Your name. Give Your servant success this day, I pray, and grant him mercy in the sight of this man.” (At that time I was the cupbearer to the king.)
  40. Nehemiah 4:14אֲדֹנָ֞י · the Lord
    After I had made an inspection, I stood up and said to the nobles, the officials, and the rest of the people, “Do not be afraid of them. Remember the Lord, who is great and awesome, and fight for your brothers, your sons and your daughters, your wives and your homes.”
  41. Job 28:28אֲ֭דֹנָי · of the Lord
    And He said to man, ‘Behold, the fear of the Lord, that is wisdom, and to turn away from evil is understanding.’”
  42. Psalm 2:4אֲ֝דֹנָ֗י · the Lord
    The One enthroned in heaven laughs; the Lord taunts them.
  43. Psalm 16:2אֲדֹנָ֣י · are my Lord
    I said to the LORD, “You are my Lord; apart from You I have no good thing.”
  44. Psalm 22:30לַֽאדֹנָ֣י · the Lord
    Posterity will serve Him; they will declare the Lord to a new generation.
  45. Psalm 30:8אֲ֝דֹנָ֗י · my Lord {for mercy}
    To You, O LORD, I called, and I begged my Lord for mercy:
  46. Psalm 35:17אֲדֹנָי֮ · O Lord
    How long, O Lord, will You look on? Rescue my soul from their ravages, my precious life from these lions.
  47. Psalm 35:22אֲ֝דֹנָ֗י · O Lord
    O LORD, You have seen it; be not silent. O Lord, be not far from me.
  48. Psalm 35:23וַֽאדֹנָ֣י · and my Lord
    Awake and rise to my defense, to my cause, my God and my Lord!