Hebrew word · H151

אֲדֹרָם

'adoram

Adoram

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;

§ Adoram = "my lord is exalted"

1) an officer of David

2) an officer of Rehoboam

Abridged from Brown, Driver and Briggs, A Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), via STEPBible.org (CC BY 4.0).

Where it appears

2 Samuel · 1

  1. 2 Samuel 20:24 וַאֲדֹרָ֖ם and Adoram

    Adoram was in charge of the forced labor; Jehoshaphat son of Ahilud was the recorder;

1 Kings · 1

  1. 1 Kings 12:18 אֲדֹרָם֙ Adoram

    Then King Rehoboam sent out Adoram, who was in charge of the forced labor, but all Israel stoned him to death. And King Rehoboam mounted his chariot in haste and escaped to Jerusalem.

Word data: STEPBible.org (CC BY 4.0), main text only.