Word Study · Strong's H138 · Hebrew
אֲדֹנִיָּה
Adoniah
ad-o-nee-yaw'
Strong's 1890 spelling: ʼĂdônîyâh
“Adonijah, the name of three Israelites”
Strong's Dictionary · 1890 · public domain
Adonijah, the name of three Israelites
Rendered in the KJV as
Adonijah.
- 26occurrencesin the Old Testament
- 5 of 39Old Testament bookswhere the word stands
- 19inflected formsdistinct spellings
Across 26 occurrences
The word itself
Inflected forms · 19
- אֲדֹנִיָּֽהוּ׃3
- אֲדֹנִיָּ֥ה2
- אֲדֹנִיָּ֗הוּ2
- אֲדֹנִיָּ֣הוּ2
- אֲדֹ֣נִיָּ֔הוּ2
- לַאֲדֹנִיָּ֑הוּ2
- אֲדֹנִיָּ֣ה1
- אֲדֹנִיָּ֖ה1
- אֲדֹנִיָּ֔ה1
- אֲדֹנִיָּֽה׃1
- אֲדֹנִיָּ֖הוּ1
- אֲדֹנִיָּ֙הוּ֙1
and 7 more spellings in the ledger below.
How it is rendered · 5
- Adonijah19
- and Adonijah3
- to Adonijah2
- [belonged] to Adonijah1
- for Adonijah1
The sense the word carries at each spot — how the translators read it there, not a fixed translation.
How it parses · 3
- proper noun (a name)19
- preposition + proper noun (a name)4
- conjunction (“and”) + proper noun (a name)3
Show the grammar codes as tagged
- HNpm · 19
- HR/Npm · 4
- HC/Npm · 3
All 26, in canonical order
The ledger of occurrences
Where this word lives
- 1 Kings22 of 26 · 85%
- 2 Samuel1 of 26 · 4%
- 1 Chronicles1 of 26 · 4%
- 2 Chronicles1 of 26 · 4%
- Nehemiah1 of 26 · 4%
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2 Samuel1 occurrence
1 Kings22 occurrences
- 1 Kings 1:5וַאֲדֹנִיָּ֧הvaadoniyahconjunction (“and”) + proper noun (a name)At that time Adonijah, David’s son by Haggith, began to exalt himself, saying, “I will be king!” And he acquired chariots and horsemen and fifty men to run ahead of him.here: and Adonijah
- 1 Kings 1:7אֲדֹנִיָּֽה׃ʾadoniyahproper noun (a name)So Adonijah conferred with Joab son of Zeruiah and with Abiathar the priest, who supported him.here: Adonijah
- 1 Kings 1:8אֲדֹנִיָּֽהוּ׃ʾadoniyahuproper noun (a name)But Zadok the priest, Benaiah son of Jehoiada, Nathan the prophet, Shimei, Rei, and David’s mighty men would not join Adonijah.here: Adonijah
- 1 Kings 1:9אֲדֹנִיָּ֗הוּʾadoniyahuproper noun (a name)And Adonijah sacrificed sheep, oxen, and fattened calves near the stone of Zoheleth, which is next to En-rogel. He invited all his royal brothers and all the men of Judah who were servants of the king.here: Adonijah
- 1 Kings 1:11אֲדֹנִיָּ֣הוּʾadoniyahuproper noun (a name)Then Nathan said to Bathsheba the mother of Solomon, “Have you not heard that Adonijah son of Haggith has become king, and our lord David does not know it?here: Adonijah
- 1 Kings 1:13אֲדֹנִיָֽהוּ׃ʾadoniyahuproper noun (a name)Go at once to King David and say, ‘My lord the king, did you not swear to your maidservant, “Surely your son Solomon will reign after me, and he will sit on my throne”? Why then has Adonijah become king?’here: Adonijah
- 1 Kings 1:18אֲדֹנִיָּ֖הʾadoniyahproper noun (a name)But now, behold, Adonijah has become king, and you, my lord the king, did not know it.here: Adonijah
- 1 Kings 1:24אֲדֹנִיָּ֖הוּʾadoniyahuproper noun (a name)“My lord the king,” said Nathan, “did you say, ‘Adonijah will reign after me, and he will sit on my throne’?here: Adonijah
- 1 Kings 1:25אֲדֹנִיָּֽהוּ׃ʾadoniyahuproper noun (a name)For today he has gone down and sacrificed an abundance of oxen, fattened calves, and sheep, and has invited all the sons of the king, the commanders of the army, and Abiathar the priest. And behold, they are eating and drinking before him, saying, ‘Long live King Adonijah!’here: Adonijah
- 1 Kings 1:41אֲדֹנִיָּ֗הוּʾadoniyahuproper noun (a name)Now Adonijah and all his guests were finishing their feast when they heard the sound of the ram’s horn. “Why is the city in such a loud uproar?” asked Joab.here: Adonijah
- 1 Kings 1:42אֲדֹנִיָּ֙הוּ֙ʾadoniyahuproper noun (a name)As he was speaking, suddenly Jonathan the son of Abiathar the priest arrived. “Come in,” said Adonijah, “for you are a man of valor. You must be bringing good news.”here: Adonijah
- 1 Kings 1:43לַאֲדֹנִיָּ֑הוּlaadoniyahupreposition + proper noun (a name)“Not at all,” Jonathan replied. “Our lord King David has made Solomon king.here: to Adonijah
- 1 Kings 1:49לַאֲדֹנִיָּ֑הוּlaadoniyahupreposition + proper noun (a name)At this, all the guests of Adonijah arose in terror and scattered.here: [belonged] to Adonijah
- 1 Kings 1:50וַאֲדֹ֣נִיָּ֔הוּvaadoniyahuconjunction (“and”) + proper noun (a name)But Adonijah, in fear of Solomon, got up and went to take hold of the horns of the altar.here: and Adonijah
- 1 Kings 1:51אֲדֹ֣נִיָּ֔הוּʾadoniyahuproper noun (a name)It was reported to Solomon: “Behold, Adonijah fears King Solomon, and he has taken hold of the horns of the altar, saying, ‘Let King Solomon first swear to me not to put his servant to the sword.’”here: Adonijah
- 1 Kings 2:13אֲדֹנִיָּ֣הוּʾadoniyahuproper noun (a name)Now Adonijah son of Haggith went to Bathsheba the mother of Solomon, and she asked, “Do you come in peace?” “Yes, in peace,” he replied.here: Adonijah
- 1 Kings 2:19אֲדֹנִיָּ֑הוּʾadoniyahuproper noun (a name)So Bathsheba went to King Solomon to speak to him for Adonijah. The king stood up to greet her, bowed to her, and sat down on his throne. Then the king had a throne brought for his mother, who sat down at his right hand.here: Adonijah
- 1 Kings 2:21לַאֲדֹנִיָּ֥הוּlaadoniyahupreposition + proper noun (a name)So Bathsheba said, “Let Abishag the Shunammite be given to your brother Adonijah as his wife.”here: to Adonijah
- 1 Kings 2:22לַאֲדֹ֣נִיָּ֔הוּlaadoniyahupreposition + proper noun (a name)King Solomon answered his mother, “Why do you request Abishag the Shunammite for Adonijah? Since he is my older brother, you might as well request the kingdom for him and for Abiathar the priest and for Joab son of Zeruiah!”here: for Adonijah
- 1 Kings 2:23אֲדֹ֣נִיָּ֔הוּʾadoniyahuproper noun (a name)Then King Solomon swore by the LORD: “May God punish me, and ever so severely, if Adonijah has not made this request at the expense of his life.here: Adonijah
- 1 Kings 2:24אֲדֹנִיָּֽהוּ׃ʾadoniyahuproper noun (a name)And now, as surely as the LORD lives—the One who established me, who set me on the throne of my father David, and who founded for me a dynasty as He promised—surely Adonijah shall be put to death today!”here: Adonijah
- 1 Kings 2:28אֲדֹנִיָּ֔הʾadoniyahproper noun (a name)When the news reached Joab, who had conspired with Adonijah but not with Absalom, he fled to the tent of the LORD and took hold of the horns of the altar.here: Adonijah