Strong's #138: 'Adoniyah (pronounced ad-o-nee-yaw')

original (prolonged) dAdoniyahuw {ad-o-nee- yaw'-hoo}; from 113 and 3050; lord (i.e. worshipper) of Jah; Adonijah, the name of three Israelites:--Adonijah.

Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon:

ּּ / ּ

'ădônı̂yâh / 'ădônı̂yâhû

Adonijah = "my lord is Jehovah"

1) fourth son of David and Solomon' s rival for the throne

2) Levite sent by Jehoshaphat to teach the Law

3) a chief of the people who co-operated with Nehemiah

Part of Speech: noun proper masculine

Relation: from H113 and H3050

Usage:

This word is used 26 times:

 

2 Samuel 3:4: "And the fourth, Adonijah the son of Haggith; and the fifth, Shephatiah the son of Abital;"
1 Kings 1:5: " Then Adonijah of Haggith exalted himself, saying, I will be king: and he prepared"
1 Kings 1:7: "Abiathar the priest: and they following Adonijah helped"
1 Kings 1:8: "were not with Adonijah."
1 Kings 1:9: " And Adonijah sheep and oxen and fat cattle by the stone of Zoheleth,"
1 Kings 1:11: "Hast thou not heard that Adonijah the son of Haggith doth reign, and David"
1 Kings 1:13: "upon my throne? why then doth Adonijah reign?"
1 Kings 1:18: "And now, Adonijah reigneth; and now, my lord the king, thou knowest"
1 Kings 1:24: "O king, hast thou said, Adonijah shall reign after me, and he shall sit"
1 Kings 1:25: "him, and say, God save king Adonijah."
1 Kings 1:41: " And Adonijah the guests that were with him heard it as they had made an end"
1 Kings 1:42: "of Abiathar the priest came: and Adonijah said unto him, Come in; for thou"
1 Kings 1:43: "And Jonathan and said to Adonijah, Verily our lord king David"
1 Kings 1:49: "And all that were with Adonijah were afraid, and rose up, and went every man"
1 Kings 1:50: " And Adonijah because of Solomon, and arose, and went, and caught hold"
1 Kings 1:51: "saying, Behold, Adonijah feareth king Solomon:"
1 Kings 2:13: " And Adonijah of Haggith came to Bath-sheba the mother of Solomon."
1 Kings 2:19: "Solomon, to speak unto him for Adonijah. And the king rose up to meet her, and bowed himself"
1 Kings 2:21: "Abishag the Shunammite be given to Adonijah thy brother to wife."
1 Kings 2:22: "Abishag the Shunammite for Adonijah? ask for him the kingdom also; for"
1 Kings 2:23: "to me, and more also, if Adonijah have not spoken this word"
1 Kings 2:24: "me a house, as he promised, Adonijah shall be put to death this day."
1 Kings 2:28: "Joab had turned after Adonijah, though he turned not after Absalom."
1 Chronicles 3:2: "king of Geshur: the fourth, Adonijah the son of Haggith:"
2 Chronicles 17:8: "and Asahel, and Shemiramoth, and Jehonathan, and Adonijah, and Tobijah, and Tob-adonijah, Levites; and with"
Nehemiah 10:16: " Adonijah, Adin,"