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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].
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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 1 / 11 (Gen 1:26–Exo 13:15)

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 1:26

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 1:26 - And God said, Let us make man in our image, like us: and let him have rule over the fish of the sea and over the birds of the air and over the cattle and over all the earth and over every living thing which goes flat on the earth.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 1:27 - And God made man in his image, in the image of God he made him: male and female he made them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 2:5 - In the day when the Lord God made earth and heaven there were no plants of the field on the earth, and no grass had come up: for the Lord God had not sent rain on the earth and there was no man to do work on the land.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 2:7

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 2:7 - And the Lord God made man from the dust of the earth, breathing into him the breath of life: and man became a living soul.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 2:8

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 2:8 - And the Lord God made a garden in the east, in Eden; and there he put the man whom he had made.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 2:15

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 2:15 - And the Lord God took the man and put him in the garden of Eden to do work in it and take care of it.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 2:16

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 2:16 - And the Lord God gave the man orders, saying, You may freely take of the fruit of every tree of the garden:

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 2:18

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 2:18 - And the Lord God said, It is not good for the man to be by himself: I will make one like himself as a help to him

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 2:19

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 2:19 - And from the earth the Lord God made every beast of the field and every bird of the air, and took them to the man to see what names he would give them: and whatever name he gave to any living thing, that was its name.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 2:20 - And the man gave names to all cattle and to the birds of the air and to every beast of the field; but Adam had no one like himself as a help.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 2:21

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 2:21 - And the Lord God sent a deep sleep on the man, and took one of the bones from his side while he was sleeping, joining up the flesh again in its place:

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 2:22

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 2:22 - And the bone which the Lord God had taken from the man he made into a woman, and took her to the man.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 2:23

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 2:23 - And the man said, This is now bone of my bone and flesh of my flesh: let her name be Woman because she was taken out of Man.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 2:25

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 2:25 - And the man and his wife were without clothing, and they had no sense of shame.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 3:8

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 3:8 - And there came to them the sound of the Lord God walking in the garden in the evening wind: and the man and his wife went to a secret place among the trees of the garden, away from the eyes of the Lord God.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 3:9

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 3:9 - And the voice of the Lord God came to the man, saying, Where are you?

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 3:12

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 3:12 - And the man said, The woman whom you gave to be with me, she gave me the fruit of the tree and I took it.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 3:20

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 3:20 - And the man gave his wife the name of Eve because she was the mother of all who have life.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 3:21

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 3:21 - And the Lord God made for Adam and for his wife coats of skins for their clothing.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 3:22

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 3:22 - And the Lord God said, Now the man has become like one of us, having knowledge of good and evil; and now if he puts out his hand and takes of the fruit of the tree of life, he will go on living for ever.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 3:24

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 3:24 - So he sent the man out; and at the east of the garden of Eden he put winged ones and a flaming sword turning every way to keep the way to the tree of life.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 4:1

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 4:1 - And the man had connection with Eve his wife, and she became with child and gave birth to Cain, and said, I have got a man from the Lord.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 5:1

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 5:1 - This is the book of the generations of Adam. In the day when God made man, he made him in the image of God;

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 5:2

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 5:2 - Male and female he made them, naming them Man, and giving them his blessing on the day when they were made.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 6:1

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 6:1 - And after a time, when men were increasing on the earth, and had daughters,

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 6:2

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 6:2 - The sons of God saw that the daughters of men were fair; and they took wives for themselves from those who were pleasing to them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 6:3

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 6:3 - And the Lord said, My spirit will not be in man for ever, for he is only flesh; so the days of his life will be a hundred and twenty years.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 6:4

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 6:4 - There were men of great strength and size on the earth in those days; and after that, when the sons of God had connection with the daughters of men, they gave birth to children: these were the great men of old days, the men of great name.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 6:5 - And the Lord saw that the sin of man was great on the earth, and that all the thoughts of his heart were evil.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 6:6

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 6:6 - And the Lord had sorrow because he had made man on the earth, and grief was in his heart.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 6:7

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 6:7 - And the Lord said, I will take away man, whom I have made, from the face of the earth, even man and beast and that which goes on the earth and every bird of the air; for I have sorrow for having made them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 7:21

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 7:21 - And destruction came on every living thing moving on the earth, birds and cattle and beasts and everything which went on the earth, and every man.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 7:23

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 7:23 - Every living thing on the face of all the earth, man and cattle and things moving on the face of the earth, and birds of the air, came to destruction: only Noah and those who were with him in the ark, were kept from death.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 8:21

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 8:21 - And when the sweet smell came up to the Lord, he said in his heart, I will not again put a curse on the earth because of man, for the thoughts of man's heart are evil from his earliest days; never again will I send destruction on all living things as I have done.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 9:5

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 9:5 - And for your blood, which is your life, will I take payment; from every beast I will take it, and from every man will I take payment for the blood of his brother-man.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 9:6

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 9:6 - Whoever takes a man's life, by man will his life be taken; because God made man in his image.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 11:5

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 11:5 - And the Lord came down to see the town and the tower which the children of men were building.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 16:12

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 16:12 - And he will be like a mountain ass among men; his hand will be against every man and every man's hand against him, and he will keep his place against all his brothers.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 4:11 - And the Lord said to him, Who has made man's mouth? who takes away a man's voice or hearing, or makes him seeing or blind? Is it not I, the Lord?

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 8:17 - And they did so; and Aaron, stretching out the rod in his hand, gave a touch to the dust of the earth, and insects came on man and on beast; all the dust of the earth was changed into insects through all the land of Egypt.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 8:18 - And the wonder-workers with their secret arts, attempting to make insects, were unable to do so: and there were insects on man and on beast.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 9:9

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 9:9 - And it will become small dust over all the land of Egypt, and will be a skin-disease bursting out in wounds on man and beast through all the land of Egypt.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 9:10 - So they took some dust from the fire, and placing themselves before Pharaoh, Moses sent it out in a shower up to heaven; and it became a skin-disease bursting out on man and on beast.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 9:19 - Then send quickly and get in your cattle and all you have from the fields; for if any man or beast in the field has not been put under cover, the ice-storm will come down on them with destruction.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 9:22

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 9:22 - And the Lord said to Moses, Now let your hand be stretched out to heaven so that there may be an ice-storm on all the land of Egypt, on man and on beast and on every plant of the field through all the land of Egypt.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 9:25

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 9:25 - And through all the land of Egypt the ice-storm came down on everything which was in the fields, on man and on beast; and every green plant was crushed and every tree of the field broken.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 12:12 - For on that night I will go through the land of Egypt, sending death on every first male child, of man and of beast, and judging all the gods of Egypt: I am the Lord.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 13:2

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 13:2 - Let the first male child of every mother among the children of Israel be kept holy for me, even the first male birth among man or beast; for it is mine.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 13:13

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 13:13 - And for the young of an ass you may give a lamb in payment, or if you will not make payment for it, its neck is to be broken; but for all the first sons among your children, let payment be made.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 13:15

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 13:15 - And when Pharaoh made his heart hard and would not let us go, the Lord sent death on all the first sons in Egypt, of man and of beast: and so every first male who comes to birth is offered to the Lord; but for all the first of my sons I give a price.

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