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Brown-Driver-Briggs /Thayer Dictionary - אֲדֹנִיָּה
אֲדֹנִיָּה
H138
Transliteration: ʼĂdônîyâh
Pronunciation: ad-o-nee-yaw'
Definition: Adonijah
Original: אדניּהוּ אדניּה Transliteration: 'ădônı̂yâh 'ădônı̂yâhû Phonetic: ad-o-nee-yaw'
BDB Definition:
Adonijah = "my lord is Jehovah"- fourth son of David and Solomon's rival for the throne
- Levite sent by Jehoshaphat to teach the Law
- a chief of the people who co-operated with Nehemiah