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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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Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H120 matches the Hebrew אָדָם ('āḏām),
which occurs 27 times in 27 verses in 'Isa' in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 2:9

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 2:9 - So the common man H120 has been humbled
And the man of importance has been abased,
But do not forgive them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 2:11

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 2:11 - The [fn]proud look of man H120 will be abased
And the loftiness of man will be humbled,
And the LORD alone will be exalted in that day.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 2:17

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 2:17 - The pride of man H120 will be humbled
And the loftiness of men will be abased;
And the LORD alone will be exalted in that day,

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 2:20

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 2:20 - In that day men H120 will cast away to the moles and the bats
Their idols of silver and their idols of gold,
Which they made for themselves to worship,

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 2:22

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 2:22 - [fn]Stop regarding man, H120 whose breath of life is in his nostrils;
For [fn]why should he be esteemed?

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 5:15

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 5:15 - So the common man H120 will be humbled and the man of importance abased,
The eyes of the proud also will be abased.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 6:11

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 6:11 - Then I said, “Lord, how long?” And He answered,
“Until cities are devastated and without inhabitant,
Houses are without people H120
And the land is utterly desolate,

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 6:12

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 6:12 - “The LORD has removed men H120 far away,
And the [fn]forsaken places are many in the midst of the land.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 13:12

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 13:12 - I will make mortal man [fn]scarcer than pure gold
And mankind H120 than the gold of Ophir.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 17:7

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 17:7 - In that day man H120 will have regard for his Maker
And his eyes will look to the Holy One of Israel.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 22:6

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 22:6 - Elam took up the quiver
With the chariots, [fn]infantry H120 and horsemen;
And Kir uncovered the shield.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 29:19

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 29:19 - The afflicted also will increase their gladness in the LORD,
And the needy of mankind H120 will rejoice in the Holy One of Israel.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 29:21

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 29:21 - Who [fn]cause a person H120 to be indicted by a word,
And ensnare him who adjudicates at the gate,
And [fn]defraud the one in the right with [fn]meaningless arguments.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 31:3

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 31:3 - Now the Egyptians are men H120 and not God,
And their horses are flesh and not spirit;
So the LORD will stretch out His hand,
And he who helps will stumble
And he who is helped will fall,
And all of them will come to an end together.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 31:8

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 31:8 - And the Assyrian will fall by a sword not of man,
And a sword not of man H120 will devour him.
So he will [fn]not escape the sword,
And his young men will become forced laborers.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 37:19

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 37:19 - and have cast their gods into the fire, for they were not gods but the work of men’s H120 hands, wood and stone. So they have destroyed them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 38:11

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 38:11 - I said, “I will not see the LORD,
The LORD in the land of the living;
I will look on man H120 no more among the inhabitants of the world.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 43:4

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 43:4 - “Since you are precious in My sight,
Since you are honored and I love you,
I will give other men H120 in your place and other peoples in exchange for your life.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 44:11

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 44:11 - Behold, all his companions will be put to shame, for the craftsmen themselves are mere men. H120 Let them all assemble themselves, let them stand up, let them tremble, let them together be put to shame.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 44:13

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 44:13 - Another shapes wood, he extends a measuring line; he outlines it with red chalk. He works it with planes and outlines it with a compass, and makes it like the form of a man, like the beauty of man, H120 so that it may sit in a house.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 44:15

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 44:15 - Then it becomes something for a man H120 to burn, so he takes one of them and warms himself; he also makes a fire to bake bread. He also makes a god and worships it; he makes it a graven image and falls down before it.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 45:12

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 45:12 - “It is I who made the earth, and created man H120 upon it.
I stretched out the heavens with My hands
And I [fn]ordained all their host.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 47:3

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 47:3 - “Your nakedness will be uncovered,
Your shame also will be exposed;
I will take vengeance and will not [fn]spare a man.” H120

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 51:12

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 51:12 - “I, even I, am He who comforts you.
Who are you that you are afraid of man who dies
And of the son of man H120 who is made like grass,

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 52:14

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 52:14 - Just as many were astonished at you, My people,
So His appearance was marred more than any man
And His form more than the sons of men. H120

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 56:2

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 56:2 - “How blessed is the man who does this,
And the son of man H120 who takes hold of it;
Who keeps from profaning the sabbath,
And keeps his hand from doing any evil.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 58:5

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 58:5 - “Is it a fast like this which I choose, a day for a man H120 to humble himself?
Is it for bowing [fn]one’s head like a reed
And for spreading out sackcloth and ashes as a bed?
Will you call this a fast, even an acceptable day to the LORD?
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