אָדוֹן

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ἢν μή τις ὥσπερ σφηκιὰν βλίττῃ με κἀρεθίζῃ → may no one squeeze me and tease me like a wasp | may no one smoke me and tease me like a wasp | but if anyone annoys me and rifles my nest, they'll find a wasp inside | still if you wake a wasps' nest then of wasps you must beware

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English (Strong)

or (shortened) adon; from an unused root (meaning to rule); sovereign, i.e. controller (human or divine): lord, master, owner. Compare also names beginning with "Adoni-".