Adon literally means “lord.” Adon has an uncertain etymology, although it is generally believed to be derived from the Ugaritic ad, “father.”
The pluralization of Adoni “my lord” is Adonai “my lords.” Otto Eissfeldt theorizes that Adonai is a post positive element attested to in Ugaritic writing. He points to the myth of the struggle between Baal and Yam as evidence. Some theorize that Adonai was originally an epithet of the God Yahweh depicted as the chief antagonist of “the Ba`als” in the Tanakh. Only later did the epithet come to be used as an euphemism to avoid invoking the deity’s proper name, Yahweh.
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Keywords: Adon, Adonai, Adoni, Lord, My Lord
Bible reference(s): Genesis 18:3, Genesis 23:6, Genesis 23:11, Genesis 23:15, Genesis 24:18, Genesis 31:35, Genesis 32:4, Genesis 32:5, Genesis 32:18, Genesis 33:8, Genesis 33:13, Genesis 33:14, Genesis 33:15, Genesis 42:10, Genesis 43:20, Genesis 44:5, Genesis 44:7, Genesis 44:16, Genesis 44:18, Genesis 44:19, Genesis 44:20, Genesis 44:22, Genesis 44:24, Genesis 44:33, Genesis 47:18, Genesis 47:25, Exodus 4:10, Exodus 4:13, Exodus 32:22, Numbers 11:28, Numbers 12:11, Numbers 32:25, Numbers 32:27, Numbers 36:2, Joshua 5:14, Judges 4:18, Ruth 2:13, 1 Samuel 1:15, 1 Samuel 1:26, 1 Samuel 22:12, 1 Samuel 24:6, 1 Samuel 24:8, 1 Samuel 24:10, 1 Samuel 25:24, 1 Samuel 25:25, 1 Samuel 25:26, 1 Samuel 25:27, 1 Samuel 25:28, 1 Samuel 25:29, 1 Samuel 25:30, 1 Samuel 25:31, 1 Samuel 25:41, 1 Samuel 26:17, 1 Samuel 26:18, 1 Samuel 26:19, 1 Samuel 29:8, 2 Samuel 1:10, 2 Samuel 3:21, 2 Samuel 4:8, 2 Samuel 9:11, 2 Samuel 11:11, 2 Samuel 13:32, 2 Samuel 13:33, 2 Samuel 14:9, 2 Samuel 14:12, 2 Samuel 14:15, 2 Samuel 14:17, 2 Samuel 14:18, 2 Samuel 14:19, 2 Samuel 14:20, 2 Samuel 14:22, 2 Samuel 15:15, 2 Samuel 15:21, 2 Samuel 16:4, 2 Samuel 16:9, 2 Samuel 18:28, 2 Samuel 18:31, 2 Samuel 18:32, 2 Samuel 19:19, 2 Samuel 19:20, 2 Samuel 19:26, 2 Samuel 19:27, 2 Samuel 19:28, 2 Samuel 19:30, 2 Samuel 19:35, 2 Samuel 19:37, 2 Samuel 24:3, 2 Samuel 24:21, 2 Samuel 24:22, 1 Kings 1:2, 1 Kings 1:13, 1 Kings 1:17, 1 Kings 1:18, 1 Kings 1:20, 1 Kings 1:21, 1 Kings 1:24, 1 Kings 1:27, 1 Kings 1:31, 1 Kings 1:36, 1 Kings 1:37, 1 Kings 2:38, 1 Kings 3:17, 1 Kings 3:26, 1 Kings 18:7, 1 Kings 18:10, 1 Kings 18:13, 1 Kings 20:4, 1 Kings 20:9, 2 Kings 2:19, 2 Kings 4:16, 2 Kings 4:28, 2 Kings 5:3, 2 Kings 6:12, 2 Kings 6:26, 2 Kings 8:5, 2 Kings 8:12, 1 Chronicles 21:3, 1 Chronicles 21:23, 2 Chronicles 2:14, 2 Chronicles 2:15, Ezra 10:3, Psalms 16:2, Psalms 35:23, Psalms 109:21, Psalms 110:1, Psalms 140:7, Isaiah 49:14, Jeremiah 37:20, Jeremiah 38:9, Daniel 1:10, Daniel 4:19, Daniel 4:24, Daniel 10:16, Daniel 10:17, Daniel 10:19, Daniel 12:8, Zechariah 1:9, Zechariah 4:4, Zechariah 4:5, Zechariah 4:13, Zechariah 6:4
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