King James Bible
King James Version (KJV)
STRONGS NUMBER H138
Transliteration: Adoniyyahu
Phonetic Spelling: (ad-o-nee-yaw')
Part of Speech: Proper Name Masculine
Short Definition: "my Lord is Yahweh", the name of several Israelites
Meaning: Adonijah -- "my Lord is Yahweh", the name of several Israelites
Word Summary
Adoniyyahu: "my Lord is Yahweh", the name of several Israelites
Original Word: אֲדֹנִיָּהTransliteration: Adoniyyahu
Phonetic Spelling: (ad-o-nee-yaw')
Part of Speech: Proper Name Masculine
Short Definition: "my Lord is Yahweh", the name of several Israelites
Meaning: Adonijah -- "my Lord is Yahweh", the name of several Israelites
Strong's Concordance
Adonijah Original (prolonged) dadoniyahuw {ad-o-nee- yaw'-hoo}; from 'adown and Yahh; lord (i.e. Worshipper) of Jah; Adonijah, the name of three Israelites -- Adonijah.
see HEBREW 'adown
see HEBREW Yahh
Brown-Driver-Briggs
H138. Adoniyyahu
אֲדֹנִיָּ֫הוּ (אֲדֹיִּנָה) proper name, masculine (my Lord is Yahweh, compare Phoenician אדנשמש אדנבעל, אדנאשמן, etc., in Assyrian Aduniba' al SchrKB II, 172)
1 fourth son of David 1 Kings 1:8 11t., 2:13 5t. (= אֲדֹנִיָּה 2 Samuel 3:4; 1 Kings 1:5, 7, 18; 2:28; 1 Chronicles 3:2).
2 a Levite2 Chronicles 17:8.
3 a chief of the people Nehemiah 10:17 (= אֲדֹנִיקָם 7:18; Ezra 2:13; compare 8:13).