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Concordances
Nave Topical Bible
• Adoni-Zedek
• Adoni-Bezek
Dictionaries
Easton's Bible Dictionary
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Fausset Bible Dictionary
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• Adoni-Bezek
Holman Bible Dictionary
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Hitchcock Bible Names
• Adoni-Zedek
• Adoni-Bezek
Hastings' BibleDictionary
• Adonis
• Adoni-Zedek
• Adoni-Bezek
Hawker's Poor Man's Dictionary
• Adoni-Bezek
Smith Bible Dictionary
• Adoni-bezek
Webster Dictionary
• Adonis
Watson's Theological Dictionary
• Adonis
Encyclopedias
1911 Encyclopedia Britannica
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• Adonis (Mythology)
• Adonis (Plant)
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia
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McClintock and Strong's Bible Encyclopedia
• Adoni-Bezek
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The Jewish Encyclopedia
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• Adonis (Baal of the Phenicians)
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Lexicons
• אֲדֹנִי בֶזֶק
• אֲדֹנִי־צֶדֶק

(1):

(n.) A youth beloved by Venus for his beauty. He was killed in the chase by a wild boar.

(2):

(n.) A preeminently beautiful young man; a dandy.

(3):

(n.) A genus of plants of the family Ranunculaceae, containing the pheasant's eye (Adonis autumnalis); - named from Adonis, whose blood was fabled to have stained the flower.