BDB130 [H138]

(אֲדֹיִּנָה) אֲדֹנִיָּ֫הוּ proper name, masculine (my Lord is Yahweh, compare Phoenician אדנאשמן, אדנבעל, אדנשמש etc., in Assyrian Aduniba' al Schr^{KB II, 172})

1. fourth son of David 1Kgs 1:8 + 11 t., 1Kgs 2:13 + 5 t. (= אֲדֹנִיָּה 2Sam 3:4; 1Kgs 1:5; 1Kgs 1:7; 1Kgs 1:18; 1Kgs 2:28; 1Chr 3:2).

2. a Levite 2Chr 17:8.

3. a chief of the people Neh 10:17 (= אֲדֹנִיקָם Neh 7:18; Ezra 2:13 compare Ezra 8:13).

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