Strong H138H138Hאֲדֹנִיָּ֫הוּ
Adonijah
One of the 3 senses of Strong H138
- Transliteration
- 'ădônîyâh 'ădônîyâhû
- Pronunciation
- {ad-o-nee-yaw'} ad-o-nee-yaw'-hoo
- Morphology
- Proper Name (Masculine) of a Person
Definition
A man living at the time of Divided Monarchy, only mentioned at 2Ch.17.8
Meaning of the name
Adonijah = "my lord is Jehovah"
General definition
In the biblical story
Adonijah
Levite sent by Jehoshaphat to teach the Law
Adonijah was one of the Levites King Jehoshaphat sent to teach the Book of the Law in the cities of Judah.
In the Bible
Strong H138H appears in 1 verse of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- adonijah1
First verses
- 2 Chronicles 17:8And with them he sent Levites, even Shemaiah, and Nethaniah, and Zebadiah, and Asahel, and Shemiramoth, and Jehonathan, and Adonijah, and Tobijah, and Tob–adonijah, Levites; and with them Elishama and Jehoram, priests.