Lexical 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). |