Strong H138H138Iאֲדֹנִיָּ֫הוּ
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 Exile and Return, only mentioned at Neh.10.16
Meaning of the name
Adonijah = "my lord is Jehovah"
General definition
In the biblical story
Adonijah
Levite who sealed the covenant with Nehemiah
Adonijah was one of the Levites who sealed the covenant led by Nehemiah to follow the Law of God.
In the Bible
Strong H138I appears in 1 verse of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- adonijah1
First verses
- Nehemiah 10:16Adonijah, Bigvai, Adin,