אָדוֹן
ʾādôn
lord
Strong's H113NounHebrewTWOT 27b

אָדוֹן (ʾādôn) is a Hebrew noun meaning lord. It appears 329 times in 25 books of the Hebrew Bible (Strong's H113).

Same Hebrew root (TWOT 27b)

Range of meaning (TWOT 27b)lord; sovereign, controller; master, owner
Full entry: Brown-Driver-Briggs and Strong's

אָדוֹן noun, masculine: lord

Strong's H113 אָדוֹן: sovereign, i.e. controller (human or divine)
KJV:lord, master, owner. Compare also names beginning with 'Adoni-'.

Strong's H136 אֲדֹנָי: the Lord (used as a proper name of God only)
KJV:(my) Lord.

Meanings: Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906) and Strong's Hebrew Dictionary (1890), public domain, via the Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible Project (CC BY 4.0). TWOT numbers for reference only.

Root family 27: אדן ʾdn — firm, strong, strongly, exceedingly, make firm, fasten, determine, command, rule, be under, low, inferior, put under command, rule over

See it in Scripture

Genesis 18:3Exodus 23:17Numbers 11:28

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