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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
Root Word (Etymology)
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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].
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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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 5 / 11 (Psa 104:14–Pro 23:28)

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 104:14

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 104:14 - He causeth the grass to grow for the cattle, and herb for the service of man: H120 that he may bring forth food out of the earth;

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 104:23

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 104:23 - Man H120 goeth forth unto his work and to his labour until the evening.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 105:14

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 105:14 - He suffered no man H120 to do them wrong: yea, he reproved kings for their sakes;

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 107:8

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 107:8 - Oh that men would praise the LORD for his goodness, and for his wonderful works to the children of men! H120

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 107:15

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 107:15 - Oh that men would praise the LORD for his goodness, and for his wonderful works to the children of men! H120

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 107:21

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 107:21 - Oh that men would praise the LORD for his goodness, and for his wonderful works to the children of men! H120

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 107:31

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 107:31 - Oh that men would praise the LORD for his goodness, and for his wonderful works to the children of men! H120

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 108:12

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 108:12 - Give us help from trouble: for vain is the help of man. H120

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 115:4

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 115:4 - Their idols are silver and gold, the work of men's H120 hands.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 115:16

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 115:16 - The heaven, even the heavens, are the LORD'S: but the earth hath he given to the children of men. H120

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 116:11

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 116:11 - I said in my haste, All men H120 are liars.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 118:6

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 118:6 - The LORD is on my side; I will not fear: what can man H120 do unto me?

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 118:8

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 118:8 - It is better to trust in the LORD than to put confidence in man. H120

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:134

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:134 - Deliver me from the oppression of man: H120 so will I keep thy precepts.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 124:2

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 124:2 - If it had not been the LORD who was on our side, when men H120 rose up against us:

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 135:8

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 135:8 - Who smote the firstborn of Egypt, both of man H120 and beast.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 135:15

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 135:15 - The idols of the heathen are silver and gold, the work of men's H120 hands.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 140:1

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 140:1 - [[To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David.]] Deliver me, O LORD, from the evil man: H120 preserve me from the violent man;

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 144:3

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 144:3 - LORD, what is man, H120 that thou takest knowledge of him! or the son of man, that thou makest account of him!

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 144:4

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 144:4 - Man H120 is like to vanity: his days are as a shadow that passeth away.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 145:12

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 145:12 - To make known to the sons of men H120 his mighty acts, and the glorious majesty of his kingdom.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 146:3

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 146:3 - Put not your trust in princes, nor in the son of man, H120 in whom there is no help.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 3:4

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 3:4 - So shalt thou find favour and good understanding in the sight of God and man. H120

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 3:13

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 3:13 - Happy is the man H120 that findeth wisdom, and the man H120 that getteth understanding.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 3:30

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 3:30 - Strive not with a man H120 without cause, if he have done thee no harm.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 6:12

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 6:12 - A naughty person, H120 a wicked man, walketh with a froward mouth.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 8:4

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 8:4 - Unto you, O men, I call; and my voice is to the sons of man. H120

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 8:31

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 8:31 - Rejoicing in the habitable part of his earth; and my delights were with the sons of men. H120

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 8:34

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 8:34 - Blessed is the man H120 that heareth me, watching daily at my gates, waiting at the posts of my doors.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 11:7

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 11:7 - When a wicked man H120 dieth, his expectation shall perish: and the hope of unjust men perisheth.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 12:3

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 12:3 - A man H120 shall not be established by wickedness: but the root of the righteous shall not be moved.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 12:14

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 12:14 - A man shall be satisfied with good by the fruit of his mouth: and the recompence of a man's H120 hands shall be rendered unto him.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 12:23

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 12:23 - A prudent man H120 concealeth knowledge: but the heart of fools proclaimeth foolishness.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 12:27

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 12:27 - The slothful man roasteth not that which he took in hunting: but the substance of a diligent man H120 is precious.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 15:11

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 15:11 - Hell and destruction are before the LORD: how much more then the hearts of the children of men? H120

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 15:20

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 15:20 - A wise son maketh a glad father: but a foolish man H120 despiseth his mother.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 16:1

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 16:1 - The preparations of the heart in man, H120 and the answer of the tongue, is from the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 16:9

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 16:9 - A man's H120 heart deviseth his way: but the LORD directeth his steps.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 17:18

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 17:18 - A man H120 void of understanding striketh hands, and becometh surety in the presence of his friend.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 18:16

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 18:16 - A man's H120 gift maketh room for him, and bringeth him before great men.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 19:3

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 19:3 - The foolishness of man H120 perverteth his way: and his heart fretteth against the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 19:11

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 19:11 - The discretion of a man H120 deferreth his anger; and it is his glory to pass over a transgression.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 19:22

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 19:22 - The desire of a man H120 is his kindness: and a poor man is better than a liar.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 20:6

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 20:6 - Most men H120 will proclaim every one his own goodness: but a faithful man who can find?

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 20:24

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 20:24 - Man's goings are of the LORD; how can a man H120 then understand his own way?

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 20:25

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 20:25 - It is a snare to the man H120 who devoureth that which is holy, and after vows to make enquiry.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 20:27

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 20:27 - The spirit of man H120 is the candle of the LORD, searching all the inward parts of the belly.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 21:16

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 21:16 - The man H120 that wandereth out of the way of understanding shall remain in the congregation of the dead.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 21:20

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 21:20 - There is treasure to be desired and oil in the dwelling of the wise; but a foolish man H120 spendeth it up.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 23:28

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 23:28 - She also lieth in wait as for a prey, and increaseth the transgressors among men. H120

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