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Lexicon :: Strong's H120 - 'āḏām

Aa
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 10 / 11 (Eze 29:8–Dan 10:18)

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 29:8

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 29:8 - ‘Therefore thus says the Lord GOD, “Behold, I will bring upon you a sword and I will cut off from you man H120 and beast.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 29:11

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 29:11 - “A man’s H120 foot will not pass through it, and the foot of a beast will not pass through it, and it will not be inhabited for forty years.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 29:18

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 29:18 - “Son of man, H120 Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon made his army labor [fn]hard against Tyre; every head was made bald and every shoulder was rubbed bare. But he and his army had no wages from Tyre for the labor that he had [fn]performed against it.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 30:2

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 30:2 - “Son of man, H120 prophesy and say, ‘Thus says the Lord [fn]GOD,
“Wail, ‘Alas for the day!’

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 30:21

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 30:21 - “Son of man, H120 I have broken the arm of Pharaoh king of Egypt; and, behold, it has not been bound up [fn]for healing [fn]or wrapped with a bandage, that it may be strong to hold the sword.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 31:2

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 31:2 - “Son of man, H120 say to Pharaoh king of Egypt and to his hordes,
‘Whom are you like in your greatness?

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 31:14

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 31:14 - so that all the trees by the waters may not be exalted in their stature, nor set their top among the [fn]clouds, nor their [fn]well-watered mighty ones stand erect in their height. For they have all been given over to death, to the earth beneath, among the sons of men, H120 with those who go down to the pit.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 32:2

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 32:2 - “Son of man, H120 take up a lamentation over Pharaoh king of Egypt and say to him,
‘You [fn]compared yourself to a young lion of the nations,
Yet you are like the monster in the seas;
And you burst forth in your rivers
And muddied the waters with your feet
And [fn]fouled their rivers.’”

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 32:13

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 32:13 - “I will also destroy all its cattle from beside many waters;
And the foot of man H120 will not muddy them anymore
And the hoofs of beasts will not muddy them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 32:18

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 32:18 - “Son of man, H120 wail for the hordes of Egypt and bring it down, her and the daughters of the powerful nations, to the nether world, with those who go down to the pit;

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 33:2

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 33:2 - “Son of man, H120 speak to the sons of your people and say to them, ‘If I bring a sword upon a land, and the people of the land take one man from among them and make him their watchman,

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 33:7

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 33:7 - “Now as for you, son of man, H120 I have [fn]appointed you a watchman for the house of Israel; so you will hear a [fn]message from My mouth and give them warning from Me.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 33:10

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 33:10 - “Now as for you, son of man, H120 say to the house of Israel, ‘Thus you have spoken, saying, “Surely our transgressions and our sins are upon us, and we are rotting away in them; how then can we [fn]survive?”’

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 33:12

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 33:12 - “And you, son of man, H120 say to [fn]your fellow citizens, ‘The righteousness of a righteous man will not deliver him in the day of his transgression, and as for the wickedness of the wicked, he will not stumble because of it in the day when he turns from his wickedness; whereas a righteous man will not be able to live [fn]by his righteousness on the day when he commits sin.’

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 33:24

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 33:24 - “Son of man, H120 they who live in these waste places in the land of Israel are saying, ‘Abraham was only one, yet he possessed the land; so to us who are many the land has been given as a possession.’

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 33:30

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 33:30 - “But as for you, son of man, H120 [fn]your fellow citizens who talk about you by the walls and in the doorways of the houses, speak to one another, each to his brother, saying, ‘Come now and hear what the [fn]message is which comes forth from the LORD.’

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 34:2

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 34:2 - “Son of man, H120 prophesy against the shepherds of Israel. Prophesy and say to [fn]those shepherds, ‘Thus says the Lord [fn]GOD, “Woe, shepherds of Israel who have been [fn]feeding themselves! Should not the shepherds [fn]feed the flock?

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 34:31

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 34:31 - “As for you, My sheep, the sheep of My pasture, you are men, H120 and I am your God,” declares the Lord GOD.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 35:2

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 35:2 - “Son of man, H120 set your face against Mount Seir, and prophesy against it

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 36:1

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 36:1 - “And you, son of man, H120 prophesy to the mountains of Israel and say, ‘O mountains of Israel, hear the word of the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 36:10

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 36:10 - ‘I will multiply men H120 on you, all the house of Israel, all of it; and the cities will be inhabited and the waste places will be rebuilt.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 36:11

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 36:11 - ‘I will multiply on you man H120 and beast; and they will increase and be fruitful; and I will cause you to be inhabited as you were formerly and will [fn]treat you better than at the first. Thus you will know that I am the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 36:12

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 36:12 - ‘Yes, I will cause men H120—My people Israel—to walk on you and possess you, so that you will become their inheritance and never again bereave them of children.’

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 36:13

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 36:13 - “Thus says the Lord GOD, ‘Because they say to you, “You are a devourer of men H120 and have bereaved your [fn]nation of children,”

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 36:14

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 36:14 - therefore you will no longer devour men H120 and no longer bereave your nation of children,’ declares the Lord GOD.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 36:17

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 36:17 - “Son of man, H120 when the house of Israel was living in their own land, they defiled it by their ways and their deeds; their way before Me was like the uncleanness of a woman in her impurity.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 36:37

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 36:37 - ‘Thus says the Lord GOD, “This also I will let the house of Israel ask Me to do for them: I will increase their men H120 like a flock.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 36:38

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 36:38 - “Like the flock [fn]for sacrifices, like the flock at Jerusalem during her appointed feasts, so will the waste cities be filled with flocks of men. H120 Then they will know that I am the LORD.”’”

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 37:3

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 37:3 - He said to me, “Son of man, H120 can these bones live?” And I answered, “O Lord [fn]GOD, You know.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 37:9

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 37:9 - Then He said to me, “Prophesy to the breath, prophesy, son of man, H120 and say to the breath, ‘Thus says the Lord GOD, “Come from the four winds, O breath, and breathe on these slain, that they come to life.”’”

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 37:11

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 37:11 - Then He said to me, “Son of man, H120 these bones are the whole house of Israel; behold, they say, ‘Our bones are dried up and our hope has perished. We are [fn]completely cut off.’

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 37:16

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 37:16 - “And you, son of man, H120 take for yourself one stick and write on it, ‘For Judah and for the sons of Israel, his companions’; then take another stick and write on it, ‘For Joseph, the stick of Ephraim and all the house of Israel, his companions.’

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 38:2

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 38:2 - “Son of man, H120 set your face toward Gog of the land of Magog, the [fn]prince of Rosh, Meshech and Tubal, and prophesy against him

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 38:14

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 38:14 - “Therefore prophesy, son of man, H120 and say to Gog, ‘Thus says the Lord GOD, “On that day when My people Israel are living securely, will you not know it?

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 38:20

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 38:20 - “The fish of the sea, the birds of the heavens, the beasts of the field, all the creeping things that creep on the earth, and all the men H120 who are on the face of the earth will shake at My presence; the mountains also will be thrown down, the steep pathways will [fn]collapse and every wall will fall to the ground.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 39:1

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 39:1 - “And you, son of man, H120 prophesy against Gog and say, ‘Thus says the Lord [fn]GOD, “Behold, I am against you, O Gog, [fn]prince of Rosh, Meshech and Tubal;

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 39:15

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 39:15 - “As those who pass through the land pass through and anyone sees a man’s H120 bone, then he will [fn]set up a marker by it until the buriers have buried it in the valley of [fn]Hamon-gog.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 39:17

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 39:17 - “As for you, son of man, H120 thus says the Lord GOD, ‘Speak to every [fn]kind of bird and to every beast of the field, “Assemble and come, gather from every side to My sacrifice which I am going to sacrifice for you, as a great sacrifice on the mountains of Israel, that you may eat flesh and drink blood.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 40:4

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 40:4 - The man said to me, “Son of man, H120 see with your eyes, hear with your ears, and give attention to all that I am going to show you; for you have been brought here in order to show it to you. Declare to the house of Israel all that you see.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 41:19

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 41:19 - a man’s H120 face toward the palm tree on one side and a young lion’s face toward the palm tree on the other side; they were [fn]carved on all the house all around.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 43:7

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 43:7 - He said to me, “Son of man, H120 this is the place of My throne and the place of the soles of My feet, where I will dwell among the sons of Israel forever. And the house of Israel will not again defile My holy name, neither they nor their kings, by their harlotry and by the [fn]corpses of their kings [fn]when they die,

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 43:10

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 43:10 - “As for you, son of man, H120 [fn]describe the [fn]temple to the house of Israel, that they may be ashamed of their iniquities; and let them measure the [fn]plan.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 43:18

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 43:18 - And He said to me, “Son of man, H120 thus says the Lord [fn]GOD, ‘These are the statutes for the altar on the day it is built, to offer burnt offerings on it and to sprinkle blood on it.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 44:5

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 44:5 - The LORD said to me, “Son of man, H120 [fn]mark well, see with your eyes and hear with your ears all that I say to you concerning all the statutes of the house of the LORD and concerning all its laws; and [fn]mark well the entrance of the house, with all exits of the sanctuary.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 44:25

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 44:25 - “[fn]They shall not go to a dead person H120 to defile themselves; however, for father, for mother, for son, for daughter, for brother, or for a sister who has not had a husband, they may defile themselves.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 47:6

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 47:6 - He said to me, “Son of man, H120 have you seen this?” Then he brought me [fn]back to the bank of the river.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDan 8:16

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 8:16 - And I heard the voice of a man H120 between the banks of Ulai, and he called out and said, “Gabriel, give this man an understanding of the vision.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxDan 8:17

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 8:17 - So he came near to where I was standing, and when he came I was frightened and fell on my face; but he said to me, “Son of man, H120 understand that the vision pertains to the time of the end.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxDan 10:16

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 10:16 - And behold, [fn]one who resembled a human H120 being H120 was touching my lips; then I opened my mouth and spoke and said to him who was standing before me, “O my lord, as a result of the vision [fn]anguish has come upon me, and I have retained no strength.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDan 10:18

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 10:18 - Then this one with human H120 appearance touched me again and strengthened me.

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