Definition

Adonikam, the name of one or two Israelites

Etymology

from H113 (אָדוֹן) and H6965 (קוּם); lord of rising (i.e. high);

Where the KJV renders it

• Adonikam

Every distinct English word the King James Version uses to translate this Hebrew term. The variety shows what readers in English receive across many different surface words — the same underlying word, scattered across the English Bible under different names.

What the first audience heard

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