# H113 אָדוֹן

אָדוֹן (ʼâdôwn), Strong’s H113: sovereign, i.e. controller (human or divine) KJV: lord, master, owner. Compare also names beginning with 'Adoni-'.. Occurs 328 times.

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*ʼâdôwn* — sovereign, i.e. controller (human or divine)

KJV: lord, master, owner. Compare also names beginning with 'Adoni-'.

Occurs 328 times.

## Brown–Driver–Briggs
- אָדוֹן n.m. lord (אֲדֹנִי, אֲדֹנַי, אֲדֹנָי are variations of Mass. pointing to distinguish divine reference fr. human. Pl., with few exc. an intens. pl. of rank; word takes sf. as pl. in all other pers.; so doubtless here. Orig. reading prob. in all cases אֲדֹנַי; אֲדֹנִי now found in J 51 t.)

## Where it occurs
- [Genesis 18:3](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/genesis/18?v=3) — and said, “My lord, if now I have found favor in your sight, please don’t go away from your servant.
- [Genesis 18:12](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/genesis/18?v=12) — Sarah laughed within herself, saying, “After I have grown old will I have pleasure, my lord being old also?”
- [Genesis 19:2](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/genesis/19?v=2) — and he said, “See now, my lords, please come into your servant’s house, stay all night, wash your feet, and you can…
- [Genesis 23:6](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/genesis/23?v=6) — “Hear us, my lord. You are a prince of God among us. Bury your dead in the best of our tombs. None of us will withhold…
- [Genesis 23:11](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/genesis/23?v=11) — “No, my lord, hear me. I give you the field, and I give you the cave that is in it. In the presence of the children of…
- [Genesis 23:15](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/genesis/23?v=15) — “My lord, listen to me. What is a piece of land worth four hundred shekels of silver between me and you? Therefore bury…
- [Genesis 24:9](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/genesis/24?v=9) — The servant put his hand under the thigh of Abraham his master, and swore to him concerning this matter.
- [Genesis 24:10](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/genesis/24?v=10) — The servant took ten of his master’s camels, and departed, having a variety of good things of his master’s with him. He…
- [Genesis 24:12](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/genesis/24?v=12) — He said, “LORD, the God of my master Abraham, please give me success today, and show kindness to my master Abraham.
- [Genesis 24:14](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/genesis/24?v=14) — Let it happen, that the young lady to whom I will say, ‘Please let down your pitcher, that I may drink,’ then she says…