Hebrew word · H141
אֲדֹנִירָם
va'adoniram
Adoniram
A personal name, 'my lord is exalted' (ʾādôn 'lord' + rûm 'be high'). Shorter forms are Adoram (2 Sam 20:24; 1 Kgs 12:18) and Hadoram (2 Chr 10:18). He is called son of Abda (1 Kgs 4:6).
Appears 2 times in 2 verses of the Hebrew Old Testament. ·
What it means
A man living at the time of United Monarchy, first mentioned at 2Sa.20.24;
son of: Abda (H5653); also called Adoniram at 1Ki.4.6; 5.14; Hadoram at 2Ch.10.18;
Another name of a.do.ram (אֲדֹרָם "Adoram" H0151)
§ Adoniram = "my lord is exalted"
one of Solomon's officers
Abridged from Brown, Driver and Briggs, A Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), via STEPBible.org (CC BY 4.0).
In depth
From the study of 1 Kings 5:14
- Range of meaning
A personal name, 'my lord is exalted' (ʾādôn 'lord' + rûm 'be high'). Shorter forms are Adoram (2 Sam 20:24; 1 Kgs 12:18) and Hadoram (2 Chr 10:18). He is called son of Abda (1 Kgs 4:6).
- Against the English
KJV, WEB and YLT keep Adoniram here and Adoram elsewhere. Some modern versions standardize the spelling in footnotes.
- Used elsewhere in the period
He appears in David's cabinet list (2 Sam 20:24), Solomon's (1 Kgs 4:6), and at Rehoboam's accession (1 Kgs 12:18). Later Greek manuscripts often standardize the name to Adoniram.
Where it appears
1 Kings · 2
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1 Kings 4:6 וַאֲדֹנִירָ֥ם and Adoniram
Ahishar was in charge of the palace; and Adoniram son of Abda was in charge of the forced labor.
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1 Kings 5:14 וַאֲדֹנִירָ֖ם and Adoniram
He sent them to Lebanon in monthly shifts of 10,000 men, so that they would spend one month in Lebanon and two months at home. And Adoniram was in charge of the forced labor.
Here: 'And Adoniram'. The name means 'my lord is exalted'. He is listed among Solomon's chief officials (4:6). Under the shorter form Adoram he held the same post under David (2 Sam 20:24) and was stoned to death under Rehoboam (1 Kgs 12:18).
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