אֲדֹנָי

1. singular lord, master (1) reference to men:
\ \ \ (a) superintendent of household, or of affairs 1 Mos 45,8; 1 Mos 45,9 (E) = Sl 105,21
\ \ \ (b) master Sl 12,5
\ \ \ (c) king Jer 22,18; Jer 34,5 (2) reference to God, הָאָדוֺן יהוה the Lord Yahweh (see יהוה) 2 Mos 23,17; 2 Mos 34,23 (Cov't codes); אֲרוֺן כָּלהָֿאָרֶץ Lord of the whole earth Jos 3,11; Jos 3,13 (J) Sl 97,5; Zak 4,14; Zak 6,5; Mik 4,13 צֻבָאוֺת ׳י ׳הָא, earlier Es 1,24; Es 3,1; Es 10,33; Es 19,4 (אֲדֹנָי Es 10,16 in common MT; not Massora, doubtless scribal error); ׳הָא Mal 3,1 אָדוֺן Sl 114,7.

2. plural lords, kings 5 Mos 10,17 = Sl 136,3; Es 26,13 elsewhere intensive plural of rank, lord, master, (1) reference to men:
\ \ \ (a) proprietor of hill Samaria 1 Kong 16,24
\ \ \ (b) master 1 Mos 40,7 (E) 2 Mos 21,4 (twice in verse); 2 Mos 21,6; 2 Mos 21,8; 2 Mos 21,32 (Cov't code) 1 Mos 24,9 + (J, 11 t.) 5 Mos 23,16; Dom 19,11; Dom 19,12 + 13 t. Samuel & Kings; Job 3,19; Sl 123,2; Ord 25,13; Ord 27,18; Ord 30,10; Es 24,2; Amos 4,1; Sef 1,9; Mal 1,6 (twice in verse);
\ \ \ (c) husband Dom 19,26; Dom 19,27; Sl 45,12
\ \ \ (d) prophet 2 Kong 2,3; 2 Kong 2,5; 2 Kong 2,16
\ \ \ (e) governor Neh 3,5
\ \ \ (f) prince 1 Mos 42,10; 1 Mos 42,30; 1 Mos 42,33 (E) 1 Mos 44,8 (J) 1 Sam 29,10
\ \ \ (g) king 1 Mos 40,1 (E) Dom 3,25 + 40 t. Samuel & Kings; Chronicles only in sources 1 Kron 12,19 compare 1 Sam 29,4; 2 Kron 13,6; 2 Kron 18,16 = 1 Kong 22,17; Es 19,4; Es 22,18; Es 36,12; Es 37,4; Es 37,6; Jer 27,4 (2) reference to God Mal 1,6 אֲדֹנֵי הָאֲדֹנִים Lord of lords 5 Mos 10,17 = Sl 136,3 אֲדֹנֵינוּ Sl 135,5; Sl 147,5; Neh 8,10 אֲדֹנֵינוּ ׳י Sl 8,2; Sl 8,10; Neh 10,30 ׳אֲדֹנַיִח י Es 51,22 (probably = thy husband, Yahweh); אֲדֹנָיו Hos 12,15 (possibly error for אֲדֹנָי).

3. suffix 1 singular (אֲדֹנַי) אֲדֹנִי (1) reference to men: my lord, my master, (a) master 2 Mos 21,5 (Cov't code) 1 Mos 24,12 +, 1 Mos 44,5 (J, 20 t.) 1 Sam 30,13; 1 Sam 30,15; 2 Kong 5,3; 2 Kong 5,20; 2 Kong 5,22; 2 Kong 6,15
\ \ \ (b) husband 1 Mos 18,12 (J);
\ \ \ (c) prophet 1 Kong 18,7; 1 Kong 18,13; 2 Kong 2,19; 2 Kong 4,16; 2 Kong 4,28; 2 Kong 6,5; 2 Kong 8,5
\ \ \ (d) prince 1 Mos 42,10 (E), 1 Mos 23,6; 1 Mos 23,11; 1 Mos 23,15 (P), 1 Mos 43,20; 1 Mos 44,18 +, 1 Mos 47,18, + (J, 12 t.); Dom 4,18
\ \ \ (e) king 1 Sam 22,12 + (Samuel & Kings 75 t.);
\ \ \ (f) father 1 Mos 31,35 (E);
\ \ \ (g) Moses 2 Mos 32,22; 4 Mos 11,28; 4 Mos 12,11; 4 Mos 32,26; 4 Mos 32,27 (J); 4 Mos 36,2 (twice in verse) (P);
\ \ \ (h) priest 1 Sam 1,15; 1 Sam 1,26 (twice in verse);
\ \ \ (i) theophanic angel Jos 5,14; Dom 6,13
\ \ \ (j) captain 2 Sam 11,11
\ \ \ (k) general recognition of superiority 1 Mos 24,18; 1 Mos 32,5 + 1 Mos 33,8 +; 1 Mos 44,7 + (J, 13 t.), Rut 2,13; 1 Sam 25,24 + (15 t.); (2) reference to God: אֲדֹנָי
\ \ a. my Lord 1 Mos 20,4 (? E) 2 Mos 15,17 (Samaritan יהוה) elsewhere in Hexateuch, J; 1 Mos 18,3(?); 1 Mos 18,27; 1 Mos 18,30; 1 Mos 18,31; 1 Mos 18,32; 1 Mos 19,2; 1 Mos 19,18(?) 2 Mos 4,10; 2 Mos 4,13; 2 Mos 5,22; 2 Mos 34,9; 4 Mos 14,17; Jos 7,8 also Dom 6,15; Dom 13,8 not Samuel; 1 Kong 22,6; 2 Kong 19,23 not Chron. except memorials Ezr 10,3 (reference to Ezra) Neh 1,11; Neh 4,8 Wisdom Literature only Job 28,28 (doubtless scribal error for יהוֺה of many MSS.); not Hosea; Es 37,24; Es 38,14; Es 38,16 (historical part); exile Es 49,14 (compare Es 51,22); Mik 1,2; Sl 16,2 + (47 t., chiefly this sense, except below
\ \ b.; compare אֱלֹהַי וַאדֹנָי my Lord and my God Sl 35,23 (writers that use אֱלֹהִים seldom use אֲדֹנָי);
\ \ b. Adonay proper name of God, parallel with Yahweh, substitution for it often by scribal error, & eventually supplanting it. In earlier Es 3,17 + (19 t. seeming to belong here), Amos 7,7; Amos 7,8; Amos 9,1; Ezk 18,25; Ezk 18,29; Ezk 33,17; Ezk 33,20; Ezk 21,14 (probably ׳אֲדֹנָי י as in usual phrase); Zak 9,4; Mal 1,12; Mal 1,14; Klg 1,14 + (14 t.) Sl 2,4; Sl 37,13; Sl 78,65; Sl 90,17 (? יהוה) Sl 110,5 (Dalman puts most of these below
\ \ \ (a); — many cases are doubtful); 1 Kong 3,10; 1 Kong 3,15 (Masoretic אדני for יהוה compare Dalm 2 Kong 7,6 Dalm rightly questions; he reads יהוה). The phrases אֲדֹנָי אֱלֹהַי Sl 38,16; Sl 86,12, Adonay my God; אֲדֹנָי הָאֱלֹהִים Dan 9,3, אֱלֹהֵינוּ ׳א Dan 9,9; Dan 9,15, הָאֵל ׳א Dan 9,4 favour taking ׳א Dan 1,2; Dan 9,7; Dan 9,8 (יהוה ?) vDan 9,16 vDan 9,17 vDan 9,19 vDan 9,19 vDan 9,19 as the divine name.

4. אֲדֹנָי יהוה
\ \ \ (a) my Lord Yahweh (see יהוה) 1 Mos 15,2; 1 Mos 15,8 (JE) Jos 7,7 (J, ᵐ5 omit ׳י) 5 Mos 3,24; 5 Mos 9,26; Dom 6,22; Dom 16,28; 2 Sam 7,1 (6 t.) 1 Kong 2,26; 1 Kong 8,53 probably Amos 3,7; Amos 3,8; Amos 7,2; Amos 7,4; Amos 7,5; Amos 9,8; Jer 1,6; Jer 4,10; Jer 14,13; Jer 32,17; Jer 32,25; Ezk 4,14; Ezk 8,1; Ezk 9,6; Ezk 11,13; Ezk 20,49; Ezk 37,3 (׳יָדַע כִּי אֲני א ׳י) Ezk 13,9; Ezk 23,49; Ezk 24,24; Ezk 28,24; Ezk 29,16 inappropriate in mouth of God; strike out אֲדֹנָי (Co) or read אֱלֹהֵיכֶם ׳י (Dalm); Mik 1,2; Sef 1,7; Ob 1,1; Zak 9,14; Sl 71,5; Sl 71,16; Sl 73,28
\ \ \ (b) apparently proper name Adonay Yahweh Es 25,8; Jer 44,26 exile Es 40,10 + (10 t., but Es 61,1; Es 61,11 read יהוה, ᵐ5);
\ \ \ (c) uncertain whether
\ \ \ (a) or
\ \ \ (b) in prophetic formula אָמַר ׳י ׳א Es 7,7; Es 28,16; Es 30,15; Es 49,22; Es 51,4; Es 65,13; Jer 7,20; Amos 1,8; Amos 3,11; Amos 5,3; Amos 7,6; Ob 1,1 Ezekiel (131 t.); ׳י ׳נְאֻם א Es 56,8; Jer 2,22; Amos 3,13; Amos 4,5; Amos 8,3; Amos 8,9; Amos 8,11 Ezekiel (80 t.); ׳י ׳דְּבַראֿ Ezk 6,3; Ezk 25,3; Ezk 36,4 ׳י ׳נִשְׁבַּע א Amos 4,2; Amos 6,8 ׳י ׳כֹּה הִרְאַנִי א Amos 7,1; Amos 7,4; Amos 8,1.

5. יהוה אֲדֹנָי Yahweh my Lord Sl 68,21; Sl 109,21; Sl 140,8; Sl 141,8; Hab 3,9.

6. אֲדֹנָי יהוה צְבָאוֺת
\ \ \ (a) my Lord Yahweh ‚. (see צבאות) Sl 69,7; Amos 9,5; Es 10,23; Es 22,5; Es 22,12; Es 28,22 compare ׳אֱלֹהֵי הַצְבָאוֺת א ׳י, Yahweh, the God of Hosts my Lord Amos 5,16
\ \ \ (b) a divine name, Adonay, Yahweh ‚. Jer 46,10 (twice in verse); Jer 50,25
\ \ \ (c) uncertain are ׳צ ׳י ׳כֹּה אָמַר א Es 10,24; Es 22,14; Es 22,15 ׳נְאֻם א ׳צ ׳י Es 3,15; Jer 2,19; Jer 49,5; Jer 50,31.