Strong's #113: 'adown (pronounced aw-done')
or (shortened) adon {aw-done'}; from an unused root (meaning to rule); sovereign, i.e. controller (human or divine):-- lord, master, owner. Compare also names beginning with "Adoni-".
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon:
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'âdôn / 'âdôn
1) firm, strong, lord, master
1a) lord, master
1a1) reference to men
1a1a) superintendent of household,of affairs
1a1b) master
1a1c) king
1a2) reference to God
1a2a) the Lord God
1a2b) Lord of the whole earth
1b) lords, kings
1b1) reference to men
1b1a) proprietor of hill of Samaria
1b1b) master
1b1c) husband
1b1d) prophet
1b1e) governor
1b1f) prince
1b1g) king
1b2) reference to God
1b2a) Lord of lords (probably = "thy husband, Yahweh" )
1c) my lord, my master
1c1) reference to men
1c1a) master
1c1b) husband
1c1c) prophet
1c1d) prince
1c1e) king
1c1f) father
1c1g) Moses
1c1h) priest
1c1i) theophanic angel
1c1j) captain
1c1k) general recognition of superiority
1c2) reference to God
1c2a) my Lord,my Lord and my God
1c2b) Adonai (parallel with Yahweh)
Part of Speech: noun masculine
Relation: from an unused root (meaning to rule)
Usage:
This word is used 335 times:
Genesis 18:12: "I am waxed old shall I have pleasure, my lord being old"
Genesis 19:2: "And he said, Behold now, my lords, turn in, I pray you, into your servant's"
Genesis 23:6: "Hear us, my lord: thou art a mighty prince among us: in the choice of our sepulchers"
Genesis 23:11: "Nay, my lord, hear me: the field give I thee, and the cave that is therein, I give"
Genesis 23:15: " My lord, hearken unto me: the land is worth four hundred shekels of silver; what"
Genesis 24:9: "under the thigh of Abraham his master, to him concerning that matter."
Genesis 24:10: "ten camels of the camels of his master, and departed; for all"
Genesis 24:10: "of his master, and departed; for all of his master were in his hand: and he arose, and went"
Genesis 24:12: "And he said, O LORD God of my master Abraham, I pray thee, send me good speed"
Genesis 24:12: "this day, kindness unto my master Abraham."
Genesis 24:14: "that thou hast showed kindness unto my master."
Genesis 24:18: "And she said, Drink, my lord: and she hasted, and let down her pitcher upon her hand,"
Genesis 24:27: "Blessed be the LORD God of my master Abraham, who hath not"
Genesis 24:27: "who hath not my master of his mercy and his truth:"
Genesis 24:27: "I being in the way, the LORD led me to the house of my master's brethren."
Genesis 24:35: "And the LORD hath blessed my master greatly; and he is become great: and he hath given him flocks,"
Genesis 24:36: "And Sarah my master's wife bore a son to my master when she was old:"
Genesis 24:36: "wife bore a son to my master when she was old:"
Genesis 24:37: " And my master made me swear, saying, Thou shalt not take a wife to my son of the daughters"
Genesis 24:39: "And I said unto my master, Peradventure the woman will not follow"
Genesis 24:42: "and said, O LORD God of my master if now thou do"
Genesis 24:44: "whom the LORD hath appointed out for my master's son."
Genesis 24:48: "the LORD God of my master which had led me in the right"
Genesis 24:48: "way to take my master's brother's daughter unto his son."
Genesis 24:49: "kindly and truly with my master, me: and if not, tell"
Genesis 24:51: "thee, take her, and go, and let her be thy master's son's as the LORD"
Genesis 24:54: "and he said, Send me away unto my master."
Genesis 24:56: "my way; send me away to my master."
Genesis 24:65: "us? And the servant had said, It is my master: therefore she took a veil, and covered herself."
Genesis 31:35: "her father, Let it not displease my lord that I cannot"
Genesis 32:4: "them, saying, Thus shall ye speak unto my lord Esau; Thy servant Jacob"
Genesis 32:5: "and womenservants: and I have sent to tell my lord, that I may find grace in thy sight."
Genesis 32:18: "it is a present sent unto my lord Esau: also he"
Genesis 33:8: "grace in the sight of my lord."
Genesis 33:13: "And he said unto him, My lord knoweth that the children are tender, and the flocks"
Genesis 33:14: " Let my lord, I pray thee, pass over before his servant: and I will lead on softly,"
Genesis 33:14: "until I come unto my lord unto Seir."
Genesis 33:15: "let me find grace in the sight of my lord."
Genesis 39:2: "man; and he was of his master the Egyptian."
Genesis 39:3: " And his master saw that the LORD was with him, and that the LORD made all that"
Genesis 39:7: "after these things, that his master's wife cast"
Genesis 39:8: "But he refused, and said unto his master's wife, Behold, my master knoweth"
Genesis 39:8: "his master's wife, Behold, my master knoweth what is with"
Genesis 39:16: "his garment by her, until his lord came home."
Genesis 39:19: "And it came to pass, when his master heard the words of his wife, which she spoke"
Genesis 39:20: "And Joseph's master took him, and put him into the prison, a place"
Genesis 40:1: "of Egypt and his baker their lord the king of Egypt."
Genesis 40:7: "that were with him in the ward of his lord's saying, Wherefore look"
Genesis 42:10: "And they said unto him, Nay, my lord, but to buy food are thy servants come."
Genesis 42:30: "The man, who is the lord of the land, spoke roughly to us, and took us for spies"
