# H137 אֲדֹנִי־בֶזֶק

אֲדֹנִי־בֶזֶק (ʼĂdônîy-Bezeq), Strong’s H137: Adoni-Bezek; a Canaanitish king KJV: Adonibezek.. Occurs 6 times.

Source: https://besorah.bible/word/H137 — Besorah, the whole Bible in Hebrew, Greek and English. Texts and licences: https://besorah.bible/about/credits.html

*ʼĂdônîy-Bezeq* — Adoni-Bezek; a Canaanitish king

KJV: Adonibezek.

Built from [אָדוֹן ʼâdôwn](https://besorah.bible/word/H113) (sovereign, i.e. controller) + [בֶּזֶק Bezeq](https://besorah.bible/word/H966) (Bezek, a place in Palestine) — means “lord of Bezek”

Occurs 6 times.

## Brown–Driver–Briggs
- אֲדֹנִי־בֶ֫זֶק n.pr.m. (or title) king of Can. city Bezek Ju 1:7; without Maqq. v 5, 6.

## Where it occurs
- [Judges 1:5](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/judges/1?v=5) — They found Adoni-Bezek in Bezek, and they fought against him. They struck the Canaanites and the Perizzites.
- [Judges 1:6](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/judges/1?v=6) — But Adoni-Bezek fled. They pursued him, caught him, and cut off his thumbs and his big toes.
- [Judges 1:7](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/judges/1?v=7) — Adoni-Bezek said, “Seventy kings, having their thumbs and their big toes cut off, scavenged under my table. As I have…