{"def":{"short":"sovereign, i.e., controller (human or divine)","long":["firm, strong, lord, master",["lord, master",["reference to men",["superintendent of household, of affairs","master","king"],"reference to God",["the Lord God","Lord of the whole earth"]],"lords, kings",["reference to men",["proprietor of hill of Samaria","master","husband","prophet","governor","prince","king"],"reference to God",["Lord of lords"]],"my lord, my master",["reference to men",["master","husband","prophet","prince","king","father","Moses","priest","theophanic angel","captain","general recognition of superiority"],"reference to God",["my Lord, my Lord and my God","Adonai (parallel with Jehovah)"]]]]},"deriv":"or (shortened) אָדֹן; from an unused root (meaning to rule)","pronun":{"ipa":"ʔɔːˈd̪on̪","ipa_mod":"ʔɑːˈdo̞wn","sbl":"ʾādôn","dic":"aw-DONE","dic_mod":"ah-DONE"},"comment":"Compare also names beginning with 'Adoni-'."}