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1 Kings 1:50
“And Adonijah feared because of Solomon, and arose, and went, and caught hold on the horns of the altar.” (KJV)
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Lexical meaning
אֲדֹנִיָּהʼĂdônîyâh · ad-o-nee-yaw'
H138 · Hebrew
H138 · Hebrew
- Definition
- Adonijah, the name of three Israelites
- Derivation
- original (prolonged) אֲדֹנִיָּהוּ ; from H113 (אָדוֹן) and H3050 (יָהּ); lord (i.e. worshipper) of Jah;
- KJV renderings
- Adonijah.
- Grammar
- וַ — conjunction
- אֲדֹ֣נִיָּ֔הוּ — proper noun
- Usage
- Occurs 26 times in the Hebrew Bible.2 Samuel 3:41 Kings 1:51 Kings 1:71 Kings 1:81 Kings 1:9
Theological interpretation (AI)
The card on the left shows lexical data from published sources. Interpretation is separate: ask the Companion to explain how traditions read אֲדֹנִיָּה here.
Hebrew text: Westminster Leningrad Codex (public domain). Morphology & lemmas: Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible, CC BY 4.0 (hb.openscriptures.org). Lexicon: Strong's Hebrew Dictionary (1894, public domain; JSON edition © Open Scriptures, CC BY-SA). Verse numbers follow the Hebrew text, which occasionally differs from English Bibles.