Original Language Studio
Deuteronomy 3:24
“O Lord God, thou hast begun to shew thy servant thy greatness, and thy mighty hand: for what God is there in heaven or in earth, that can do according to thy works, and according to thy might?” (KJV)
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Lexical meaning
H136 · Hebrew
- Definition
- the Lord (used as a proper name of God only)
- Derivation
- an emphatic form of H113 (אָדוֹן);
- KJV renderings
- (my) Lord.
- Grammar
- אֲדֹנָ֣ — common noun, masculine, plural, construct
- י — suffix (pronominal), 1st person, common, singular
- Usage
- Occurs 445 times in the Hebrew Bible.Genesis 15:2Genesis 15:8Genesis 18:27Genesis 18:30Genesis 18:31
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 אֲדֹנָי 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.