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:
2 Samuel 11:9: "with all the servants of his lord, and went not down to his house."
2 Samuel 11:11: "and Judah, abide and my lord Joab, and the servants of my lord, are encamped"
2 Samuel 11:11: "and my lord Joab, and the servants of my lord, are encamped in the open fields;"
2 Samuel 11:13: "on his bed with the servants of his lord, but went not down to his house."
2 Samuel 12:8: "And I gave thee thy master's house, and thy master's wives into thy bosom, and gave"
2 Samuel 12:8: "thee thy master's house, and thy master's wives into thy bosom, and gave"
2 Samuel 13:32: "answered and said, Let not my lord suppose that they have slain all"
2 Samuel 13:33: "Now therefore let not my lord the king take the thing to his heart,"
2 Samuel 14:9: "said unto the king, My lord, O king, the iniquity me, and on"
2 Samuel 14:12: "speak one word unto my lord And he said, Say on."
2 Samuel 14:15: "this thing unto my lord the king, it is because the people have made me afraid:"
2 Samuel 14:17: "Then thine handmaid said, The word of my lord the king shall now be comfortable:"
2 Samuel 14:17: "as an angel of God, so is my lord the king to discern good and bad:"
2 Samuel 14:18: "shall ask thee. And the woman said, Let my lord the king now speak."
2 Samuel 14:19: "and said, As thy soul liveth, my lord the king, none can turn to the right"
2 Samuel 14:19: "to the right hand or to the left from aught that my lord the king hath spoken:"
2 Samuel 14:20: "this thing: and my lord is wise, according to the wisdom of an angel of God,"
2 Samuel 14:22: "I have found grace in thy sight, my lord, O king, in that the king hath fulfilled"
2 Samuel 15:15: "Behold, thy servants are ready to do whatsoever my lord the king shall appoint."
2 Samuel 15:21: "and said, As the LORD liveth, and as my lord liveth, surely"
2 Samuel 15:21: "surely in what place my lord the king shall be, whether"
2 Samuel 16:3: "And the king said, And where is thy master's son? And Ziba said unto"
2 Samuel 16:4: "thee that I may find grace in thy sight, my lord, O king."
2 Samuel 16:9: "dog curse my lord the king? let me go over, I pray thee, and take off"
2 Samuel 18:28: "lifted up their hand against my lord the king."
2 Samuel 18:31: "and Cushi said, Tidings, my lord the king: the LORD hath avenged"
2 Samuel 18:32: "And Cushi The enemies of my lord the king, and all that rise"
2 Samuel 19:19: "unto the king, Let not my lord impute iniquity unto me, neither"
2 Samuel 19:19: "did perversely the day that my lord the king went out of Jerusalem,"
2 Samuel 19:20: "of Joseph to go down to meet my lord the king."
2 Samuel 19:26: "And he answered, My lord, O king, my servant deceived me: for thy servant said,"
2 Samuel 19:27: "And he hath slandered thy servant unto my lord the king; but my lord the king is as an angel"
2 Samuel 19:27: "unto my lord the king; but my lord the king is as an angel do"
2 Samuel 19:28: "but dead men my lord the king: yet didst thou set"
2 Samuel 19:30: "all, as my lord the king is come again in peace"
2 Samuel 19:35: "yet a burden unto my lord the king?"
2 Samuel 19:37: "Chimham; let him go over with my lord the king; and do to him what"
2 Samuel 20:6: "take thou thy lord's servants, and pursue after him, lest"
2 Samuel 24:3: "how many soever they be a hundredfold, and that the eyes of my lord the king may see"
2 Samuel 24:3: "and that the eyes of my lord the king may see it: but why doth my lord the king delight"
2 Samuel 24:21: "And Araunah said, Wherefore is my lord the king come to his servant?"
2 Samuel 24:22: "said unto David, Let my lord the king take and offer up"
1 Kings 1:2: "Wherefore his servants said unto him, Let there be sought for my lord the king a young virgin: and let her stand"
1 Kings 1:2: "and let her cherish him, and let her lie in thy bosom, that my lord the king may get heat."
1 Kings 1:11: "of Haggith doth reign, and David our lord knoweth it not?"
1 Kings 1:13: "unto him, Didst not my lord, O king, swear unto thine handmaid, saying,"
1 Kings 1:17: "And she said unto him, My lord, thou swarest by the LORD thy God unto thine handmaid, saying, Assuredly"
1 Kings 1:18: "Adonijah reigneth; and now, my lord the king, thou knowest"
1 Kings 1:20: "And thou, my lord, O king, the eyes of all Israel are upon thee, that thou shouldest tell"
1 Kings 1:20: "shall sit on the throne of my lord the king after"
