Adonai

Lord, Master Use in the Bible: In the Old Testament Adonai occurs 434 times. There are heavy uses of Adonai in Isaiah (e.g., Adonai Yahweh). It occurs 200 times in Ezekiel alone and appears 11 times in Daniel Chapter 9. Adonai is first used in Gen 15:2 Variant spellings: None In the Septuagint: kurios - Lord, Master Meaning and Derivation: Adonai is the verbal parallel to Yahweh and Yahweh. Adonai is plural; the singular is adon. In reference to God the plural Adonai is used. When the singular adon is used, it usually refers to a human lord. Adon is used 215 times to refer to men. Occasionally in Scripture and predominantly in the Psalms, the singular adon is used to refer to God as well (cf. Exd 34:23). To avoid contravening the commandment "Thou shalt not take the name of the LORD thy God in vain" (Exd 20:7), sometimes Adonai was used as a substitute for Yahweh (YHWH). Adonai can be translated literally as, "my lords' " (both plural and possessive). Further references : "Genesis 15:02; Genesis 15:08; Genesis 18:03; Genesis 18:27; Genesis 18:30; Genesis 18:31; Genesis 18:32; Genesis 20:04; Exodus 4:10; Exodus 4:13; Exodus 5:22; Exodus 15:17; Exodus 34:9; numbers 14:17; Deuteronomy 3:24; Deuteronomy 9:26; Joshua 7:07; Joshua 7:08; Judges 6:15; Judges 6:22; Judges 13:08; Judges 16:28; 2 Samuel 7:18; 2 Samuel 7:19; 2 Samuel 7:20; 2 Samuel 7:28; 2 Samuel 7:29; 1 Kings 2:26; 1 Kings 3:10; 1 Kings 8:53; 1 Kings 22:06; 2 Kings 7:06; 2 Kings 19:23; Ezra 10:03; Nehemiah 1:11; Nehemiah 4:14; Job 28:28; Psalms 2:04; Psalms 16:02; Psalms 22:30; Psalms 35:17; Psalms 35:22; Psalms 35:23; Psalms 37:13; Psalms 38:9; Psalms 38:15; Psalms 38:22; Psalms 39:7; Psalms 40:17; Psalms 44:23 ... etc."