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# אֲדֹרָם

Biblical Hebrew · Strong's H151

**Adoram** — used 2 times in the Hebrew Bible. Below: its meanings with their sources, MACULA's glosses, and 2 verses word for word and in JPS 1917.

## Meaning

### OpenScriptures lexical index

Adoram [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1488/151/#m1)

### Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906

**The whole BDB entry:** (contr. or corrupt, cf. foregoing) same official, under David 2 S 20:24, & Rehob. 1 K 12:18 (= הֲדֹרָם 2 Ch 10:18).

Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech not compared, 2 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (3 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 0 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (2 candidates)

## Glosses

MACULA's English glosses of the word in the text, with how often each is used: Adoram (2).

## In the verses

[2 Samuel 20:24](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/2SA.20.24/) · [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/2SA.20.24/#tree)

וַאֲדֹרָ֖ם עַל־הַמַּ֑ס וִיהוֹשָׁפָ֥ט בֶּן־אֲחִיל֖וּד הַמַּזְכִּֽיר׃

*Word for word:* and Adoram \[was\].over the.forced labor and Jehoshaphat the.son of.Ahilud \[was\].the recorder

*JPS 1917:* and Adoram was over the levy; and Jehoshaphat the son of Ahilud was the recorder;

[1 Kings 12:18](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/1KI.12.18/) · [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/1KI.12.18/#tree)

וַיִּשְׁלַ֞ח הַמֶּ֣לֶךְ רְחַבְעָ֗ם אֶת־אֲדֹרָם֙ אֲשֶׁ֣ר עַל־הַמַּ֔ס וַיִּרְגְּמ֨וּ כָל־יִשְׂרָאֵ֥ל בּ֛וֹ אֶ֖בֶן וַיָּמֹ֑ת וְהַמֶּ֣לֶךְ רְחַבְעָ֗ם הִתְאַמֵּץ֙ לַעֲל֣וֹת בַּמֶּרְכָּבָ֔ה לָנ֖וּס יְרוּשָׁלִָֽם׃

*Word for word:* and he.sent the king Rehoboam (et) Adoram who \[was\].over the.forced labor and they.stoned all Israel (in) him stone\[s\] and he.died and the king Rehoboam he.proved.himself.strong to go.up in the chariot to flee Jerusalem

*JPS 1917:* Then king Rehoboam sent Adoram, who was over the levy; and all Israel stoned him with stones, so that he died. And king Rehoboam made speed to get him up to his chariot, to flee to Jerusalem.

## On Mova

- [This word in the Tanakh dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/w/151.html) on Mova free.
- [Trees and pragmatics of its meanings](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1488/151/): every English meaning parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.

Sources. The words, their counts, glosses and the word-for-word renderings: MACULA Hebrew (the Westminster Leningrad Codex; Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0). Meanings: the OpenScriptures lexical index (CC BY 4.0), Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906 and Jastrow 1903 (public domain, via Sefaria); Targum Onkelos from Sefaria (public domain). Translation: JPS 1917 (public domain, from eBible.org).