A name from Scripture
Adonijah
ad-oh-NY-juh
Meaning
My lord is Yahweh
Hebrew origin · Boy · First in 2 Samuel
What it points to
Adonijah's name — 'my lord is Yahweh' — contradicted his self-exalting actions. His story warns that claiming God as Lord while pursuing our own agenda is a dangerous contradiction. True lordship requires genuine submission.
Verses · King James Version
“Then Adonijah the son of Haggith exalted himself, saying, I will be king.”
1 Kings 1:5
“And his father had not displeased him at any time in saying, Why hast thou done so?”
1 Kings 1:6