אֲדֹנָי

adonai

ah-doe-NIGH

Lord, my lord, master

Where it comes from

Adonai means master, and it is what readers say aloud when the text has the divine name. Every time the King James prints LORD in small capitals, a Hebrew reader is saying this word instead. Reverence built into the reading itself.

Every place it appears

Strong's H136. It stands in 430 verses of the Hebrew Old Testament. See them →

Genesis 15:2

And Abram said, LORD God, what wilt thou give me, seeing I go childless, and the steward of my house is this Eliezer of Damascus?

This is day 136 of XA Daily, a free study app with a Hebrew word each morning, readings for morning and night, and the whole King James Bible. No account, nothing tracked.