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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

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

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

Page 4 / 11 (Job 33:23–Psa 94:11)

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 33:23 -

“If there is an angel as mediator for him,

One out of a thousand,

To declare to a man H120 what is [fn]right for him,

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 34:11 -

“For He pays a man H120 according to his work,

And makes [fn]him find it according to his way.

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 34:15 -

All flesh would breathe its last together,

And man H120 would return to dust.

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 34:29 -

So if He keeps quiet, who then can condemn?

So if He hides His face, who then can perceive Him?

He is above both nation and man H120 altogether,

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 34:30 -

So that godless men H120 would not rule

Nor be snares of the people.

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 35:8 -

“Your wickedness is for a man like yourself,

And your righteousness is for a son of man H120.

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 36:25 -

“All men H120 have beheld it;

Man H120 looks from afar.

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 36:28 -

Which the clouds pour down,

They drip upon man H120 abundantly.

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 37:7 -

“He seals the hand of every man H120,

That all men may know His work.

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 38:26 -

To bring rain on a land without [fn]people,

On a desert without a man H120 in it,

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 8:4 -

What is man that You remember him,

And the son of man H120 that You care for him?

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 11:4 -

Yahweh is in His holy temple; [fn]Yahweh’s throne is in heaven;

His eyes behold, His eyelids test the sons of men H120.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 12:1 -

For the choir director. According to the [fn]Sheminith. A Psalm of David.

Save, O Yahweh, for the holy man ceases to be,

For the faithful disappear from among the sons of men H120.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 12:8 -

The wicked strut about on every side

When [fn]vileness is exalted among the sons of men H120.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 14:2 -

Yahweh looks down from heaven upon the sons of men H120

To see if there is anyone who [fn]has insight,

Anyone who seeks after God.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 17:4 -

As for the deeds of men H120, by the word of Your lips

I have kept from the paths of the violent.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 21:10 -

Their [fn]offspring You will destroy from the earth,

And their seed from among the sons of men H120.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 22:6 -

But I am a worm and not a man,

A reproach of men H120 and despised by the people.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 31:19 -

How great is Your goodness,

Which You have stored up for those who fear You,

Which You have worked for those who take refuge in You,

Before the sons of men H120!

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 32:2 -

How blessed is the man H120 whose iniquity Yahweh will not take into account,

And in whose spirit there is no deceit!

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 33:13 -

Yahweh looks from heaven;

He sees all the sons of men H120;

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 36:6 -

Your righteousness is like the [fn]mountains of God;

Your judgments are like a great deep.

O Yahweh, You save man H120 and beast.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 36:7 -

How precious is Your lovingkindness, O God!

And the sons of men H120 take refuge in the shadow of Your wings.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 39:5 -

“Behold, You have made my days as [fn]handbreadths,

And my lifetime as nothing before You;

Surely every man H120, even standing firm, is [fn]altogether vanity. [fn]Selah.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 39:11 -

“With reproofs You chasten a man for iniquity;

You consume as a moth what is precious to him;

Surely every man H120 is vanity. Selah.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 45:2 -

You are fairer than the sons of men H120;

Grace is poured [fn]upon Your lips;

Therefore God has blessed You forever.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 49:2 -

Both [fn]low H120 and [fn]high,

Rich and poor together.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 49:12 -

But man H120 in his honor will not endure;

He is like the animals that [fn]perish.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 49:20 -

Man H120 in his honor, but who does not understand,

Is like the animals that [fn]perish.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 53:2 -

God looks down from heaven upon the sons of men H120

To see if there is anyone who has insight,

Anyone who seeks after God.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 56:11 -

In God I [fn]trust, I shall not be afraid.

What can man H120 do to me?

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 57:4 -

My soul is among lions;

I am lying down among those who breathe forth fire,

Sons of men H120 whose teeth are spears and arrows

And their tongue a sharp sword.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 58:1 -

For the choir director. [fn]Al-tashheth. Of David. A [fn]Mikhtam.

Do you indeed [fn]speak righteousness, O [fn]gods?

Do you judge [fn]with equity, O sons of men H120?

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 58:11 -

And men H120 will say, “Surely there is a [fn]reward for the righteous;

Surely there is a God who judges [fn]on earth!”

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 60:11 -

Oh give us help against the adversary,

For salvation [fn]by man H120 is worthless.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 62:9 -

Surely [fn]men H120 of low H120 degree H120 are merely vanity and [fn]men of rank are a lie;

In the balances they go up;

They are together lighter than a breath of vanity.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 64:9 -

Then all men H120 [fn]will fear,

And they [fn]will declare the work of God,

And [fn]will consider [fn]what He has done.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 66:5 -

Come and see the works of God,

Who is fearsome in His deeds toward the sons of men H120.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 68:18 -

You have ascended on high, You have led captive Your captives;

You have received gifts among men H120,

Even among the rebellious also, that Yah—God—may dwell there.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 73:5 -

They are not [fn]in trouble as other [fn]men,

And they are not stricken along with the rest of mankind H120.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 76:10 -

For the [fn]wrath of man H120 shall praise You;

With a remnant of wrath You will gird Yourself.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 78:60 -

So that He abandoned the dwelling place at Shiloh,

The tent [fn]which He caused to dwell among men H120,

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 80:17 -

Let Your hand be upon the man of Your right hand,

Upon the son of man H120 whom You made strong for Yourself.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 82:7 -

“Nevertheless you will die like men H120

And you will fall like any one of the princes.”

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 84:5 -

How blessed is the man H120 whose strength is in You,

In [fn]whose heart are the highways to Zion!

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 84:12 -

O Yahweh of hosts,

How blessed is the man H120 who trusts in You!

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 89:47 -

Remember [fn]what my span of life is;

For what vanity [fn]You have created all the sons of men H120!

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 90:3 -

You turn man back into dust

And say, “Return, O sons of men H120.”

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 94:10 -

He who [fn]disciplines the nations, will He not rebuke,

Even He who teaches man H120 knowledge?

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 94:11 -

Yahweh knows the thoughts of man H120,

[fn]That they are vanity.


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