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ADONAI

"ADONAI" is a name that signifies or is derived from: "he is my lord".

Date "ADONAI" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1832. (references)


Specialty Definition: ADONAI

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Literature

Adonai Son of the star-beam and god of light among the Rosicru cians. One of the names given by the Jews to Jehovah, for fear of breaking the command, "Thou shalt not take the name of the Lord [Jehovah] thy God in vain." Source: Brewer's Dictionary.

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Crosswords: ADONAI

Specialty definitions using "ADONAI": Adonists. (references)

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Modern Usage: ADONAI

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Lyrics

El Elon nia Adonai ("El Shaddai"; performing artist: Amy Grant)

Erkamka nai Adonai ("El Shaddai"; performing artist: Amy Grant)

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Commercial Usage: ADONAI

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Music

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Non-Fiction Usage: ADONAI

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Discrimination

El Salvador

There were no new developments in the 1999 murders of transvestite prostitutes Doris and Nestor Adonai Marenco (known as Gloria). (references)

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Usage Frequency: ADONAI

"ADONAI" is generally used as a noun (plural) -- approximately 83.33% of the time. "ADONAI" is used about 6 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)
Parts of SpeechPercentUsage per
100 Million Words
Rank in English
Noun (plural)83.33%5157,705
Noun (proper)16.67%1339,140
                    Total100.00%6N/A

Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: ADONAI

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.
 
ExpressionFrequency
per Day

adonai

71

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11

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9

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5

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4

adonai lyrics praise

4

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3

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3

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3

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2

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2

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adat adonai

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Bible Trace: ADONAI

LanguageDateSourceExodus Chapter 6, Verse 3
Greek (transliterated)250 BCSeptuagintKai wfqhn proV abraam kai isaak kai iakwb qeoV wn autwn kai to onoma mou kurioV ouk edhlwsa autoiV
Latin405VulgateQui apparui Abraham Isaac et Iacob in Deo omnipotente et nomen meum Adonai non indicavi eis
Middle English1395WyclifThat aperyde to Abraham, and to Ysaac, and to Jacob in the God Almyyti; and my name Adonay Y shewyde not to hem;
Renaissance English1526TyndaleAnd I appeared vnto Abraham, Isaac and Iacob an allmightie God: but in my name Iehouah was I not knowne vnto them.
Jacobean English1611King JamesAnd I appeared unto Abraham, unto Isaac, and unto Jacob, by the name of God Almighty, but by my name JEHOVAH was I not known to them.
Victorian English1833WebsterAnd I appeared to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob, by the name of God Almighty, but by my name JEHOVAH was I not known to them.
Basic English1964OgdenI let myself be seen by Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, as God, the Ruler of all; but they had no knowledge of my name Yahweh.

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Matched Bible Translations: ADONAI

LanguageExodus Chapter 6, Verse 3
CebuanoUg ako mipakita kang Abraham, kang Isaac, ug kang Jacob, ingon nga Dios nga Makagagahum sa ngatanan; apan mahatungod sa akong ngalan nga Jehova. ako wala nila hiilhi.
CroatianAbrahamu, Izaku i Jakovu objavljivao sam se kao El Šadaj. Ali njima se nisam oèitovao pod svojim imenom - Jahve.
DanishFor Abraham, Isak og Jakob åbenbarede jeg mig som Gud den Almægtige, men under mit Navn HERREN gav jeg mig ikke til Kende for dem.
FinnishJa minä olen ilmestynyt Aabrahamille, Iisakille ja Jaakobille `Jumalana Kaikkivaltiaana`, mutta nimelläni `Herra` en minä ole tehnyt itseäni heille tunnetuksi.
FrenchJe suis apparu à Abraham, à Isaac et à Jacob, comme le Dieu tout puissant; mais je n`ai pas été connu d`eux sous mon nom, l`Éternel.
Germanund bin erschienen Abraham, Isaak und Jakob als der allmächtige Gott; aber mein Name HERR ist ihnen nicht offenbart worden.
Indonesian-Terjemahan LamaDan lagi Aku sudah meneguhkan perjanjian-Ku dengan mereka itu, bahwa Aku akan mengaruniakan kepada mereka itu negeri Kanaan, yaitu tanah penumpangan mereka itu, tempat mereka itu dahulu orang dagang adanya.
ItalianSono apparso ad Abramo, a Isacco, a Giacobbe come Dio onnipotente, ma con il mio nome di Signore non mi son manifestato a loro.
MaoriI oku putanga ia ki a Aperahama, ki a Ihaka, ki a Hakopa, ko te Atua Kaha Rawa ahau, otiia kihai ratou i mohio ki ahau, ko IHOWA toku ingoa.
NorwegianJeg åpenbarte mig for Abraham, for Isak og for Jakob som den allmektige Gud; men ved mitt navn Herren var jeg ikke kjent av dem.
RumanianEu M`am arqtat lui Avraam, lui Isaac wi lui Iacov, ca Dumnezeul Cel Atotputernic; dar n-am fost cunoscut de el subt Numele Meu ca ,Domnul.``
SpanishYo me aparecí a Abraham, a Isaac y a Jacob como Dios Todopoderoso; pero con mi nombre Jehovah no me di a conocer a ellos.

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Anagrams: ADONAI

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "a-a-d-i-n-o"

-1 letter: danio, naiad.

-2 letters: anoa, dona, nada, naoi, nodi.

-3 letters: ado, aid, ain, ana, and, ani, din, don, ion, nod.

-4 letters: aa, ad, ai, an, do, id, in, na, no, od, on.

 Words containing the letters "a-a-d-i-n-o"
 

+2 letters: abdomina, adaption, adnation, anthodia, antidora, diaconal, diagonal, diapason, gonadial, manatoid, mandioca, paranoid, radioman.

 

+3 letters: abdominal, adaptions, adenoidal, adnations, adoration, adulation, andantino, androecia, anhedonia, antidotal, antinodal, antipodal, arachnoid, avoidance, bastinado, damnation, dealation, diaconate, diagonals, diapasons, draconian, gammadion, gradation, indagator, jaborandi, laudation, mandiocas, paranoids, radiation, trainload.

 

+4 letters: abandoning, abdication, abominated, adaptation, additional, adenoviral, adhesional, adjuration, admiration, adorations, adulations, advocating, advocation, aficionada, aficionado, ammoniated, analogized, anatomised, anatomized, andantinos, anhedonias, anodically, antipodals, antipodean, arachnoids, avoidances, baldachino, calamondin, damnations, deaeration, dealations, defamation, demoniacal, diaconates, diagonally, diaphanous, dilatation, dipsomania, divagation, endocardia, gradations, graduation, haciendado, ideational, indagation, indagators, jaborandis, jaguarondi, laudations, noncardiac, paranoidal, radiations, ritardando, staminodia, trainloads, vacationed, validation.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Alternative Orthography: ADONAI


Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

41 44 4F 4E 41 49

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

American Sign Language (origins from 1620-1817 in Italy and, especially, France) (references)

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Semaphore (1791, in France) (references)

Braille (1829, in France) (references)

Morse Code (1836) (references)

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Dancing Men (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, 1903) (references)

Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)

01000001 01000100 01001111 01001110 01000001 01001001

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#65 &#68 &#79 &#78 &#65 &#73

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

0041 0044 004F 004E 0041 0049

British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)

Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)

353849483543

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Crosswords
3. Usage: Modern
4. Usage: Commercial
5. Quotations: Non-fiction
6. Usage Frequency
7. Expressions: Internet
8. Bible Trace
9. Anagrams
10. Orthography
11. Bibliography


  

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