These are occasions where one human being addresses another as “lord” or “my lord” or “your lord” or “our lord.” Many, if not most, of these occur in a context where either “Lord” (ADONAI) or “LORD” (YHWH) is being used.
- 1 Pet 3:5-6 – Peter referring to Sarah in Gen 18:12 when she called Abraham “lord.”
- Gen 23 – Ephron and the other sons of Heth (Hittites) speak to Abraham as “my lord” about a gravesite for Sarah.
- In Num 11:28, Joshua addresses Moses as “my lord.”
- In Josh 13:3, Judg 16:5, and elsewhere, reference is made to the lords of the Philistines – meaning the leaders of the Philistine people.
- In 1 Sam 1:15 and 26, Hannah addresses Eli as “my lord.”
- 1 Sam 16:16 – Saul’s servants calling him “our lord.”
- 1 Kings 1:11 – Nathan speaking to Bathsheba about David as “our lord.”
- 1 Sam 24:6, 8, 10 – David speaking of Saul the king, the Lord’s anointed.
- 1 Sam 25:24, 25, 25, 26, 26, 27, 27, 28, 28, 29, 30, 31, 31, 31, 41 – Abigail speaking to David.
- 1 Sam 26:15, 15, 16 – David speaking to Abner and his men about King Saul.
- 1 Sam 26:17, 18, 19 – David speaking to King Saul.
- 1 Sam 29:2, 6 and 7 speak of “the lords” of the Philistines.
- In 1 Sam 29:4, the commanders of the Philistine’s speak of David’s unknown Israelite military commander as his “lord.”
- In 1 Sam 29:8, David speaks to King Achish as his “lord.”
- In 1 Sam 29:10, King Achish uses “lord” in the sense of a human master with David.
- 2 Sam 2:5, 7 – David speaks to the men of Jabesh-gilead about “Saul your lord.”
- 2 Sam 11:9, 11, 13 – King David is referred to as Uriah’s “lord.”
- Mark 6:21 – King Herod “gave a banquet for his lords and military commanders and…” This, of course, speaks to men who reported to him – not men to whom he reported.
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