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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 45 times in 43 verses in 'Pro' in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 3:4

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 3:4 - et invenies gratiam et disciplinam bonam coram Deo et hominibus

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 3:13

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 3:13 - beatus homo qui invenit sapientiam et qui affluit prudentia

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 3:30

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 3:30 - ne contendas adversus hominem frustra cum ipse tibi nihil mali fecerit

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 6:12

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 6:12 - homo apostata vir inutilis graditur ore perverso

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 8:4

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 8:4 - o viri ad vos clamito et vox mea ad filios hominum

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 8:31

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 8:31 - ludens in orbe terrarum et deliciae meae esse cum filiis hominum

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 8:34

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 8:34 - beatus homo qui audit me qui vigilat ad fores meas cotidie et observat ad postes ostii mei

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 11:7

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 11:7 - mortuo homine impio nulla erit ultra spes et expectatio sollicitorum peribit

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 12:3

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 12:3 - non roborabitur homo ex impietate et radix iustorum non commovebitur

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 12:14

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 12:14 - de fructu oris sui unusquisque replebitur bonis et iuxta opera manuum suarum retribuetur ei

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 12:23

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 12:23 - homo versutus celat scientiam et cor insipientium provocabit stultitiam

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 12:27

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 12:27 - non inveniet fraudulentus lucrum et substantia hominis erit auri pretium

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 15:11

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 15:11 - infernus et perditio coram Domino quanto magis corda filiorum hominum

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 15:20

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 15:20 - filius sapiens laetificat patrem et stultus homo despicit matrem suam

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 16:1

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 16:1 - hominis est animum praeparare et Dei gubernare linguam

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 16:9

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 16:9 - cor hominis disponet viam suam sed Domini est dirigere gressus eius

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 17:18

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 17:18 - homo stultus plaudet manibus cum spoponderit pro amico suo

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 18:16

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 18:16 - donum hominis dilatat viam eius et ante principes spatium ei facit

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 19:3

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 19:3 - stultitia hominis subplantat gressus eius et contra Deum fervet animo suo

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 19:11

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 19:11 - doctrina viri per patientiam noscitur et gloria eius est iniqua praetergredi

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 19:22

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 19:22 - homo indigens misericors est et melior pauper quam vir mendax

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 20:6

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 20:6 - multi homines misericordes vocantur virum autem fidelem quis inveniet

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 20:24

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 20:24 - a Domino diriguntur gressus viri quis autem hominum intellegere potest viam suam

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 20:25

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 20:25 - ruina est hominis devorare sanctos et post vota tractare

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 20:27

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 20:27 - lucerna Domini spiraculum hominis quae investigat omnia secreta ventris

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 21:16

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 21:16 - vir qui erraverit a via doctrinae in coetu gigantum commorabitur

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 21:20

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 21:20 - thesaurus desiderabilis et oleum in habitaculo iusti et inprudens homo dissipabit illud

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 23:28

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 23:28 - insidiatur in via quasi latro et quos incautos viderit interficit

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 24:9

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 24:9 - cogitatio stulti peccatum est et abominatio hominum detractor

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 24:12

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 24:12 - si dixeris vires non suppetunt qui inspector est cordis ipse intellegit et servatorem animae tuae nihil fallit reddetque homini iuxta opera sua

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 24:30

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 24:30 - per agrum hominis pigri transivi et per vineam viri stulti

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 27:19

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 27:19 - quomodo in aquis resplendent vultus prospicientium sic corda hominum manifesta sunt prudentibus

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 27:20

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 27:20 - infernus et perditio non replentur similiter et oculi hominum insatiabiles

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 28:2

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 28:2 - propter peccata terrae multi principes eius et propter hominis sapientiam et horum scientiam quae dicuntur vita ducis longior erit

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 28:12

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 28:12 - in exultatione iustorum multa gloria regnantibus impiis ruinae hominum

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 28:14

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 28:14 - beatus homo qui semper est pavidus qui vero mentis est durae corruet in malum

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 28:17

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 28:17 - hominem qui calumniatur animae sanguinem si usque ad lacum fugerit nemo sustentet

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 28:23

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 28:23 - qui corripit hominem gratiam postea inveniet apud eum magis quam ille qui per linguae blandimenta decipit

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 28:28

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 28:28 - cum surrexerint impii abscondentur homines cum illi perierint multiplicabuntur iusti

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 29:23

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 29:23 - superbum sequitur humilitas et humilem spiritu suscipiet gloria

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 29:25

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 29:25 - qui timet hominem cito corruet qui sperat in Domino sublevabitur

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 30:2

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 30:2 - stultissimus sum virorum et sapientia hominum non est mecum

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 30:14

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 30:14 - generatio quae pro dentibus gladios habet et commandit molaribus suis ut comedat inopes de terra et pauperes ex hominibus
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