(1.) Heb. Jehovah, has been rendered in the English Bible LORD, printed in small capitals. This is the proper name of the God of the Hebrews. The form "Jehovah" is retained only in Ex. 6:3; Psa 83:18; Isa 12:2; 26:4, both in the Authorized and the Revised Version. View
 (2.) Heb. 'adon, means one possessed of absolute control. It denotes a master, as of slaves (Gen 24:14,27), or a ruler of his subjects (45:8), or a husband, as lord of his wife (18:12). View
 (4.) Heb. ba'al, a master, as having domination. This word is applied to human relations, as that of husband, to persons skilled in some art or profession, and to heathen deities. "The men of Shechem," literally "the baals of Shechem" (Jdg 9:2,3). These were the Israelite inhabitants who had reduced the Canaanites to a condition of vassalage (Jos 16:10; 17:13). View
 (5.) Heb. seren, applied exclusively to the "lords of the Philistines" (Jdg 3:3). The LXX. render it by satrapies. At this period the Philistines were not, as at a later period (1Sa 21:10), under a kingly government. (See Jos 13:3; 1Sa 6:18.) There were five such lordships, viz., Gath, Ashdod, Gaza, Ashkelon, and Ekron. View