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Lexicon :: Strong's H120 - 'āḏām

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אָדָם
Transliteration
'āḏām
Pronunciation
aw-dam'
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Part of Speech
masculine noun
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TWOT Reference: 25a

Strong’s Definitions

אָדַם ʼâdam, aw-dam'; from H119; ruddy i.e. a human being (an individual or the species, mankind, etc.):—× another, hypocrite, common sort, × low, man (mean, of low degree), person.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 552x

The KJV translates Strong's H120 in the following manner: man (408x), men (121x), Adam (13x), person(s) (8x), common sort (with H7230) (1x), hypocrite (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 552x
The KJV translates Strong's H120 in the following manner: man (408x), men (121x), Adam (13x), person(s) (8x), common sort (with H7230) (1x), hypocrite (1x).

  1. man, mankind

    1. man, human being

    2. man, mankind (much more frequently intended sense in OT)

    3. Adam, first man

    4. city in Jordan valley

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
אָדַם ʼâdam, aw-dam'; from H119; ruddy i.e. a human being (an individual or the species, mankind, etc.):—× another, hypocrite, common sort, × low, man (mean, of low degree), person.
STRONGS H120: Abbreviations
אָדָם 560 noun masculine Genesis 1:27 man, mankind (Phoenician אדם, Sabean id., CISiv. 1, l. 4 and others; compare Assyrian admu, young (of bird) DlW, but NöZMG 1886, 722 identification with Arabic اٌَنَام collective creatures) — Singular absolute except construct Proverbs 6:12 compare Thes; (בְּנֵי (הָ)א׳ often = plural of א׳ Genesis 11:5 + 39 times, compare בְּנוֺת הָא׳ Genesis 6:2, 4) —
1. a man (= German Mensch) = human being Genesis 2:5, 7 (twice in verse); Genesis 2:8, 15, 16, 18 +, Genesis 16:12 (27 times J) Leviticus 5:4 || נֶמֶּשׁ Leviticus 13:2, 9 (19 times P) Nehemiah 2:10; Isaiah 13:12 (|| אֱנוֺשׁ); הַגָּדוֺל הָאָ׳ Joshua 14:15 (E); בְּלִיַּעַל אָ׳ Proverbs 6:12 (|| אִישׁ אָוֶן compare 1 Samuel 25:25 & see H1000 בליעל); = any one Leviticus 1:2; Numbers 9:6, 7; Job 20:29; Job 27:13; Proverbs 15:20; Proverbs 21:16, 20; Proverbs 24:30; Ecclesiastes 7:20 + often Wisdom Literature, Jeremiah 2:6; Jeremiah 4:25; Nehemiah 2:12, compare נֶמֶּשׁ א׳ Numbers 19:11, 13 +; seldom man opposed to woman Genesis 2:22 (twice in verse); Genesis 2:23, 25; Genesis 3:8, 12, 17, 20, 21; Ecclesiastes 7:28.
2. collective man, mankind Genesis 1:26; Genesis 9:5, 6 (3 times in verse) + (P + 28 times) Genesis 6:1, 5, 6, 7 (J E + 24 times) Deuteronomy 4:32 (D + 6 times) (on 2 Samuel 7:19 compare 1 Chronicles 17:17 see DrSm); distinctly = men + women Genesis 1:27; Genesis 5:1; Numbers 5:6; given as name Genesis 5:2; but = warriors Isaiah 22:6 רֶכֶב א׳ || (פּרשׁים ); || beasts (41 times) בְּהֵמָה Genesis 6:7; Genesis 7:23 (J ?) Exodus 8:13; Exodus 8:14; Exodus 9:9, 10 (P) Exodus 9:19, 22, 25; Exodus 12:12; Exodus 13:2, 13, 15 (all J) +; late prophets Jeremiah 21:6; Jeremiah 31:27; Jeremiah 50:3; Jeremiah 51:62; Ezekiel 14:13, 17, 19, 21; Ezekiel 25:13; Ezekiel 29:8, 11; Ezekiel 32:13 (strike out Co) Ezekiel 36:11; Jonah 3:8; Zephaniah 1:3; Haggai 1:11; Zechariah 2:8; Zechariah 8:10; || בָּקָר Ezekiel 4:15; || צֹאן, חֲמֹרִים ב׳ Numbers 31:28; || id. + מִכָּל־הַבְּהֵמָה Numbers 31:30 compare Jonah 3:7; || חַיָּה Genesis 9:5 (P) compare Ezekiel 1:5, 8, 10, 26, & description of כְּרוּבִים Ezekiel 10:8, 14, 21; compare Ezekiel 41:19; || trees Deuteronomy 20:19 (read הֶאָדָם see Di); opposed to God 1 Samuel 15:29; 1 Samuel 16:7 (twice in verse); Isaiah 31:3; Ezekiel 28:2, 9; 1 Chronicles 21:13; 1 Chronicles 29:1; 2 Chronicles 6:18; Malachi 3:8 compare Exodus 33:20; Deuteronomy 5:21; so בֶּן־א׳ Numbers 23:19 (|| אישׁ) Ezekiel 2:1, 3, 6, 8 (87 times Ezekiel, always addressed to prophet); בְּנֵי הָא׳ 1 Samuel 26:19; made in God's image Genesis 1:26, 27; Genesis 9:6 compare Ecclesiastes 7:29; as feeble, earthly, mortal Numbers 16:29 (twice in verse); Psalm 82:7; Psalm 144:3; Psalm 144:4; Job 5:7; Job 14:1, 10; compare Job 25:6 (בֶּן־א׳) Ecclesiastes 12:5; as sinful 1 Kings 8:46; 2 Chronicles 6:36; Jeremiah 10:14 compare Numbers 5:6; Job 31:33; Hosea 6:7; of men in general, other men (opposed to particular ones) Judges 16:17 (compare אַחַד הָא׳ Judges 16:7; Judges 16:11) Judges 18:7, 28; Psalm 73:5; Jeremiah 32:20 +; || אִישׁ Isaiah 2:9, 11, 17; Isaiah 5:15 compare Ezekiel 23:42 (strike out Co Vrss); בְּנֵי א׳ 2 Samuel 7:14 (|| אֲנָשִׁים) Proverbs 8:4 (|| אִישִׁים); Psalm 49:3; Psalm 62:10 (both || בְּנֵי אִישׁ) = men of low opposed to men of high degree — so often Phoenician and = vassal Sabean DHMZMG 1875, 680 compare 686; נֶפֶשׁ א׳ collective Numbers 31:35, 40, 46; 1 Chronicles 5:21; Ezekiel 27:13.
†3. proper name, masculine Adam, first man (without article, compare שָׂטָן 1 Chronicles 21:1 over ag. הַשּׂ׳ Job 1:6 etc.) Genesis 4:25 (J) [H121 Genesis 5:1, 3, 4, 5 (P) 1 Chronicles 1:1]. (Genesis 2:20; 1 Chronicles 3:17, 21 read לָא׳ see Di.)
†4. proper name, of a location city in Jordan valley (as built ?) [H121 Joshua 3:16].
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

1:26; 1:26; 1:27; 1:27; 1:27; 2:5; 2:7; 2:8; 2:15; 2:16; 2:18; 2:20; 2:22; 2:23; 2:25; 3:8; 3:12; 3:17; 3:20; 3:21; 4:25; 5:1; 5:2; 6:1; 6:2; 6:4; 6:5; 6:6; 6:7; 6:7; 7:23; 9:5; 9:5; 9:6; 9:6; 11:5; 16:12

Exodus

8:13; 8:14; 9:9; 9:10; 9:19; 9:22; 9:25; 12:12; 13:2; 13:13; 13:15; 33:20

Leviticus

1:2; 5:4; 13:2; 13:9

Numbers

5:6; 5:6; 9:6; 9:7; 16:29; 19:11; 19:13; 23:19; 31:28; 31:30; 31:35; 31:40; 31:46

Deuteronomy

4:32; 5:21; 20:19

Joshua

14:15

Judges

16:7; 16:11; 16:17; 18:7; 18:28

1 Samuel

15:29; 16:7; 25:25; 26:19

2 Samuel

7:14; 7:19

1 Kings

8:46

1 Chronicles

3:17; 3:21; 5:21; 17:17; 21:1; 21:13; 29:1

2 Chronicles

6:18; 6:36

Nehemiah

2:10; 2:12

Job

1:6; 5:7; 14:1; 14:10; 20:29; 25:6; 27:13; 31:33

Psalms

49:3; 62:10; 73:5; 82:7; 144:3; 144:4

Proverbs

6:12; 6:12; 8:4; 15:20; 21:16; 21:20; 24:30

Ecclesiastes

7:20; 7:28; 7:29; 12:5

Isaiah

2:9; 2:11; 2:17; 5:15; 13:12; 22:6; 31:3

Jeremiah

2:6; 4:25; 10:14; 21:6; 31:27; 32:20; 50:3; 51:62

Ezekiel

1:5; 1:8; 1:10; 1:26; 2:1; 2:3; 2:6; 2:8; 4:15; 10:8; 10:14; 10:21; 14:13; 14:17; 14:19; 14:21; 23:42; 25:13; 27:13; 28:2; 28:9; 29:8; 29:11; 32:13; 36:11; 41:19

Hosea

6:7

Jonah

3:7; 3:8

Zephaniah

1:3

Haggai

1:11

Zechariah

2:8; 8:10

Malachi

3:8

H120

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Strong's Number H120 matches the Hebrew אָדָם ('āḏām),
which occurs 552 times in 526 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

Page 2 / 11 (Exo 30:32–Jdg 16:17)

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 30:32

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 30:32 - Upon man's H120 flesh shall it not be poured, neither shall ye make any other like it, after the composition of it: it is holy, and it shall be holy unto you.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 33:20 - And he said, Thou canst not see my face: for there shall no man H120 see me, and live.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 1:2

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 1:2 - Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them, If any man H120 of you bring an offering unto the LORD, ye shall bring your offering of the cattle, even of the herd, and of the flock.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 5:3

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 5:3 - Or if he touch the uncleanness of man, H120 whatsoever uncleanness it be that a man shall be defiled withal, and it be hid from him; when he knoweth of it, then he shall be guilty.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 5:4

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 5:4 - Or if a soul swear, pronouncing with his lips to do evil, or to do good, whatsoever it be that a man H120 shall pronounce with an oath, and it be hid from him; when he knoweth of it, then he shall be guilty in one of these.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 6:3

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 6:3 - Or have found that which was lost, and lieth concerning it, and sweareth falsely; in any of all these that a man H120 doeth, sinning therein:

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 7:21

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 7:21 - Moreover the soul that shall touch any unclean thing, as the uncleanness of man, H120 or any unclean beast, or any abominable unclean thing, and eat of the flesh of the sacrifice of peace offerings, which pertain unto the LORD, even that soul shall be cut off from his people.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 13:2

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 13:2 - When a man H120 shall have in the skin of his flesh a rising, a scab, or bright spot, and it be in the skin of his flesh like the plague of leprosy; then he shall be brought unto Aaron the priest, or unto one of his sons the priests:

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 13:9

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 13:9 - When the plague of leprosy is in a man, H120 then he shall be brought unto the priest;

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 16:17

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 16:17 - And there shall be no man H120 in the tabernacle of the congregation when he goeth in to make an atonement in the holy place, until he come out, and have made an atonement for himself, and for his household, and for all the congregation of Israel.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 18:5

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 18:5 - Ye shall therefore keep my statutes, and my judgments: which if a man H120 do, he shall live in them: I am the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 22:5

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 22:5 - Or whosoever toucheth any creeping thing, whereby he may be made unclean, or a man H120 of whom he may take uncleanness, whatsoever uncleanness he hath;

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 24:17

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 24:17 - And he that killeth any man H120 shall surely be put to death.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 24:20

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 24:20 - Breach for breach, eye for eye, tooth for tooth: as he hath caused a blemish in a man, H120 so shall it be done to him again.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 24:21

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 24:21 - And he that killeth a beast, he shall restore it: and he that killeth a man, H120 he shall be put to death.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 27:28

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 27:28 - Notwithstanding no devoted thing, that a man shall devote unto the LORD of all that he hath, both of man H120 and beast, and of the field of his possession, shall be sold or redeemed: every devoted thing is most holy unto the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 27:29

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 27:29 - None devoted, which shall be devoted of men, H120 shall be redeemed; but shall surely be put to death.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 3:13

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 3:13 - Because all the firstborn are mine; for on the day that I smote all the firstborn in the land of Egypt I hallowed unto me all the firstborn in Israel, both man H120 and beast: mine shall they be: I am the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 5:6

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 5:6 - Speak unto the children of Israel, When a man or woman shall commit any sin that men H120 commit, to do a trespass against the LORD, and that person be guilty;

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 8:17

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 8:17 - For all the firstborn of the children of Israel are mine, both man H120 and beast: on the day that I smote every firstborn in the land of Egypt I sanctified them for myself.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 9:6

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 9:6 - And there were certain men, who were defiled by the dead body of a man, H120 that they could not keep the passover on that day: and they came before Moses and before Aaron on that day:

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 9:7

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 9:7 - And those men said unto him, We are defiled by the dead body of a man: H120 wherefore are we kept back, that we may not offer an offering of the LORD in his appointed season among the children of Israel?

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 12:3

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 12:3 - (Now the man Moses was very meek, above all the men H120 which were upon the face of the earth.)

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 16:29

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 16:29 - If these men die the common death of all men, H120 or if they be visited after the visitation of all men; H120 then the LORD hath not sent me.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 16:32

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 16:32 - And the earth opened her mouth, and swallowed them up, and their houses, and all the men H120 that appertained unto Korah, and all their goods.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 18:15

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 18:15 - Every thing that openeth the matrix in all flesh, which they bring unto the LORD, whether it be of men H120 or beasts, shall be thine: nevertheless the firstborn of man H120 shalt thou surely redeem, and the firstling of unclean beasts shalt thou redeem.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 19:11

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 19:11 - He that toucheth the dead body of any man H120 shall be unclean seven days.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 19:13

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 19:13 - Whosoever toucheth the dead body of any man H120 that is dead, and purifieth not himself, defileth the tabernacle of the LORD; and that soul shall be cut off from Israel: because the water of separation was not sprinkled upon him, he shall be unclean; his uncleanness is yet upon him.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 19:14

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 19:14 - This is the law, when a man H120 dieth in a tent: all that come into the tent, and all that is in the tent, shall be unclean seven days.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 19:16

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 19:16 - And whosoever toucheth one that is slain with a sword in the open fields, or a dead body, or a bone of a man, H120 or a grave, shall be unclean seven days.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 23:19

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 23:19 - God is not a man, that he should lie; neither the son of man, H120 that he should repent: hath he said, and shall he not do it? or hath he spoken, and shall he not make it good?

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 31:11

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 31:11 - And they took all the spoil, and all the prey, both of men H120 and of beasts.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 31:26

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 31:26 - Take the sum of the prey that was taken, both of man H120 and of beast, thou, and Eleazar the priest, and the chief fathers of the congregation:

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 31:28

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 31:28 - And levy a tribute unto the LORD of the men of war which went out to battle: one soul of five hundred, both of the persons, H120 and of the beeves, and of the asses, and of the sheep:

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 31:30

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 31:30 - And of the children of Israel's half, thou shalt take one portion of fifty, of the persons, H120 of the beeves, of the asses, and of the flocks, of all manner of beasts, and give them unto the Levites, which keep the charge of the tabernacle of the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 31:35

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 31:35 - And thirty and two thousand persons H120 in all, of women that had not known man by lying with him.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 31:40

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 31:40 - And the persons H120 were sixteen thousand; of which the LORD'S tribute was thirty and two persons.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 31:46

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 31:46 - And sixteen thousand persons;) H120

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 31:47

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 31:47 - Even of the children of Israel's half, Moses took one portion of fifty, both of man H120 and of beast, and gave them unto the Levites, which kept the charge of the tabernacle of the LORD; as the LORD commanded Moses.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 4:28

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 4:28 - And there ye shall serve gods, the work of men's H120 hands, wood and stone, which neither see, nor hear, nor eat, nor smell.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 4:32

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 4:32 - For ask now of the days that are past, which were before thee, since the day that God created man H120 upon the earth, and ask from the one side of heaven unto the other, whether there hath been any such thing as this great thing is, or hath been heard like it?

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 5:24

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 5:24 - And ye said, Behold, the LORD our God hath shewed us his glory and his greatness, and we have heard his voice out of the midst of the fire: we have seen this day that God doth talk with man, H120 and he liveth.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 8:3

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 8:3 - And he humbled thee, and suffered thee to hunger, and fed thee with manna, which thou knewest not, neither did thy fathers know; that he might make thee know that man H120 doth not live by bread only, but by every word that proceedeth out of the mouth of the LORD doth man H120 live.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 20:19

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 20:19 - When thou shalt besiege a city a long time, in making war against it to take it, thou shalt not destroy the trees thereof by forcing an axe against them: for thou mayest eat of them, and thou shalt not cut them down (for the tree of the field is man's H120 life) to employ them in the siege:

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 32:8

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 32:8 - When the most High divided to the nations their inheritance, when he separated the sons of Adam, H120 he set the bounds of the people according to the number of the children of Israel.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 11:14

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 11:14 - And all the spoil of these cities, and the cattle, the children of Israel took for a prey unto themselves; but every man H120 they smote with the edge of the sword, until they had destroyed them, neither left they any to breathe.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 14:15

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 14:15 - And the name of Hebron before was Kirjatharba; which Arba was a great man H120 among the Anakims. And the land had rest from war.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 16:7

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 16:7 - And Samson said unto her, If they bind me with seven green withs that were never dried, then shall I be weak, and be as another man. H120

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 16:11

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 16:11 - And he said unto her, If they bind me fast with new ropes that never were occupied, then shall I be weak, and be as another man. H120

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 16:17

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 16:17 - That he told her all his heart, and said unto her, There hath not come a razor upon mine head; for I have been a Nazarite unto God from my mother's womb: if I be shaven, then my strength will go from me, and I shall become weak, and be like any other man. H120

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