# H140 אֲדֹנִיקָם

אֲדֹנִיקָם (ʼĂdônîyqâm), Strong’s H140: Adonikam, the name of one or two Israelites KJV: Adonikam.. Occurs 3 times.

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*ʼĂdônîyqâm* — Adonikam, the name of one or two Israelites

KJV: Adonikam.

Built from [אָדוֹן ʼâdôwn](https://besorah.bible/word/H113) (sovereign, i.e. controller) + [קוּם qûwm](https://besorah.bible/word/H6965) (to rise) — means “lord of rising (i.e. high)”

Occurs 3 times.

## Brown–Driver–Briggs
- אֲדֹנִיקָם n.pr.m. (my lord has risen) head of family

## Where it occurs
- [Ezra 2:13](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/ezra/2?v=13) — The children of Adonikam, six hundred sixty-six.
- [Ezra 8:13](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/ezra/8?v=13) — Of the sons of Adonikam, who were the last, their names are: Eliphelet, Jeuel, and Shemaiah; and with them sixty males.
- [Nehemiah 7:18](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/nehemiah/7?v=18) — The children of Adonikam: six hundred sixty-seven.