Divine Names
Adonai
Theology Proper · 6 verses
Adonai signifies God as sovereign Lord and Master, emphasizing His absolute ownership and authority over all creation. This name expresses the creature's duty of submission and obedience to the supreme Ruler. To confess Adonai is to acknowledge God's rightful claim to total lordship over every area of life.
Scripture References
“And Abram said, Lord GOD, what wilt thou give me, seeing I go childless, and the steward of my house is this Eliezer of Damascus?”
“The LORD said unto my Lord, Sit thou at my right hand, until I make thine enemies thy footstool.”
“In the year that king Uzziah died I saw also the Lord sitting upon a throne, high and lifted up, and his train filled the temple.”
“The LORD said unto my Lord, Sit thou on my right hand, till I make thine enemies thy footstool?”
“Yet ye say, The way of the Lord is not equal. Hear now, O house of Israel; Is not my way equal? are not your ways unequal?”
“A son honoureth his father, and a servant his master: if then I be a father, where is mine honour? and if I be a master, where is my fear? saith the LORD of hosts unto you, O priests, that despise my name. And ye say, Wherein have we despised thy name?”