My Lord Equals Man

The word Lord in the ancient world was not identical to God because it could mean master... Right. But curious is used for Adonai to avoid saying Yahweh. Out of respect for the divine name of God, the Jews in the Old Testament would substitute the Hebrew word Lord. And so you have when the Old Testament passages that mention Yahweh are quoting in the New Testament, they don't say Yahweh,. They say Lord.