Hebrew Word Study · Strong’s H137
אֲדֹנִי־בֶ֫זֶק
a.do.ni-ve.zeq · “Adoni-bezek”
Used 6 times across 1 book
Definition
A man living before Israel's Monarchy, first mentioned at Jdg.1.5
§ Adoni-Bezek = "my lord is Besek"
king of the Canaanite city of Bezek, killed by Israelites
§ Adoni-Bezek = "my lord is Besek"
king of the Canaanite city of Bezek, killed by Israelites
Where it appears
Judges6
In the text
Judges 1:5And they found Adoni–bezek in Bezek: and they fought against him, and they slew the Canaanites and the Perizzites.Judges 1:6But Adoni–bezek fled; and they pursued after him, and caught him, and cut off his thumbs and his great toes.Judges 1:7And Adoni–bezek said, Threescore and ten kings, having their thumbs and their great toes cut off, gathered their meat under my table: as I have done, so God hath requited me. And they brought him to Jerusalem, and there he died.
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