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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 30 times in 29 verses in 'Jer' in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 2:6

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 2:6 - They did not ask, ‘Where is the LORD, who brought us up out of Egypt and led us through the barren wilderness, through a land of deserts and ravines, a land of drought and utter darkness, a land where no one travels and no one lives?’

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 4:25

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 4:25 - I looked, and there were no people; every bird in the sky had flown away.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 7:20

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 7:20 - “ ‘Therefore this is what the Sovereign LORD says: My anger and my wrath will be poured out on this place—on man and beast, on the trees of the field and on the crops of your land—and it will burn and not be quenched.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 9:22

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 9:22 - Say, “This is what the LORD declares: “ ‘Dead bodies will lie like dung on the open field, like cut grain behind the reaper, with no one to gather them.’ ”

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 10:14

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 10:14 - Everyone is senseless and without knowledge; every goldsmith is shamed by his idols. The images he makes are a fraud; they have no breath in them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 10:23

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 10:23 - LORD, I know that people’s lives are not their own; it is not for them to direct their steps.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 16:20

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 16:20 - Do people make their own gods? Yes, but they are not gods!”

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 17:5

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 17:5 - This is what the LORD says: “Cursed is the one who trusts in man, who draws strength from mere flesh and whose heart turns away from the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 21:6

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 21:6 - I will strike down those who live in this city—both man and beast—and they will die of a terrible plague.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 27:5

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 27:5 - With my great power and outstretched arm I made the earth and its people and the animals that are on it, and I give it to anyone I please.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 31:27

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 31:27 - “The days are coming,” declares the LORD, “when I will plant the kingdoms of Israel and Judah with the offspring of people and of animals.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 31:30

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 31:30 - Instead, everyone will die for their own sin; whoever eats sour grapes—their own teeth will be set on edge.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 32:19

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 32:19 - great are your purposes and mighty are your deeds. Your eyes are open to the ways of all mankind; you reward each person according to their conduct and as their deeds deserve.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 32:20

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 32:20 - You performed signs and wonders in Egypt and have continued them to this day, in Israel and among all mankind, and have gained the renown that is still yours.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 32:43

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 32:43 - Once more fields will be bought in this land of which you say, ‘It is a desolate waste, without people or animals, for it has been given into the hands of the Babylonians.’

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 33:5

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 33:5 - in the fight with the Babylonians[fn]: ‘They will be filled with the dead bodies of the people I will slay in my anger and wrath. I will hide my face from this city because of all its wickedness.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 33:10

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 33:10 - “This is what the LORD says: ‘You say about this place, “It is a desolate waste, without people or animals.” Yet in the towns of Judah and the streets of Jerusalem that are deserted, inhabited by neither people nor animals, there will be heard once more

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 33:12

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 33:12 - “This is what the LORD Almighty says: ‘In this place, desolate and without people or animals—in all its towns there will again be pastures for shepherds to rest their flocks.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 36:29

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 36:29 - Also tell Jehoiakim king of Judah, ‘This is what the LORD says: You burned that scroll and said, “Why did you write on it that the king of Babylon would certainly come and destroy this land and wipe from it both man and beast?”

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 47:2

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 47:2 - This is what the LORD says: “See how the waters are rising in the north; they will become an overflowing torrent. They will overflow the land and everything in it, the towns and those who live in them. The people will cry out; all who dwell in the land will wail

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 49:15

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 49:15 - “Now I will make you small among the nations, despised by mankind.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 49:18

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 49:18 - As Sodom and Gomorrah were overthrown, along with their neighboring towns,”

says the LORD,

“so no one will live there; no people will dwell in it.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 49:33

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 49:33 - “Hazor will become a haunt of jackals, a desolate place forever. No one will live there; no people will dwell in it.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 50:3

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 50:3 - A nation from the north will attack her and lay waste her land. No one will live in it; both people and animals will flee away.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 50:40

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 50:40 - As I overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah along with their neighboring towns,”

declares the LORD,

“so no one will live there; no people will dwell in it.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 51:14

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 51:14 - The LORD Almighty has sworn by himself: I will surely fill you with troops, as with a swarm of locusts, and they will shout in triumph over you.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 51:17

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 51:17 - “Everyone is senseless and without knowledge; every goldsmith is shamed by his idols. The images he makes are a fraud; they have no breath in them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 51:43

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 51:43 - Her towns will be desolate, a dry and desert land, a land where no one lives, through which no one travels.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 51:62

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 51:62 - Then say, ‘LORD, you have said you will destroy this place, so that neither people nor animals will live in it; it will be desolate forever.’
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