THE WORD "ADONAI" MEANING ...
Posted by Wayne on July 21, 2026, 11:04 am, in reply to "
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THE WORD ADONAI IS SIMPLY THE WORD FOR “LORD.” LORD IS DEFINED IN ENGLISH AS “SOMEONE OR SOMETHING HAVING POWER, AUTHORITY, OR INFLUENCE; A MASTER OR RULER.” IN PSALM 37:13, ADONAI IS TRANSLATED “THE LORD”: “BUT THE LORD LAUGHS AT THE WICKED, FOR HE KNOWS THEIR DAY IS COMING.” THE WORD IS RENDERED THE SAME WAY IN AMOS 7:7: “THIS IS WHAT HE SHOWED ME: THE LORD WAS STANDING BY A WALL THAT HAD BEEN BUILT TRUE TO PLUMB, WITH A PLUMB LINE IN HIS HAND.” ZECHARIAH 9:4 IS YET ANOTHER EXAMPLE: “BUT THE LORD WILL TAKE AWAY HER POSSESSIONS AND DESTROY HER POWER ON THE SEA, AND SHE WILL BE CONSUMED BY FIRE.” AS CAN BE SEEN BY ITS USAGE THROUGHOUT THE OLD TESTAMENT, ADONAI IS SIMPLY A TERM OF RESPECT THAT IS IN KEEPING WITH THE ENGLISH DEFINITION AND USAGE OF THE WORD LORD.
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