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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 10 / 11 (Eze 29:8–Dan 10:18)

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 29:8

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 29:8 - Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I will bring a sword upon thee, and cut off man H120 and beast out of thee.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 29:11

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 29:11 - No foot of man H120 shall pass through it, nor foot of beast shall pass through it, neither shall it be inhabited forty years.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 29:18

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 29:18 - Son of man, H120 Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon caused his army to serve a great service against Tyrus: every head was made bald, and every shoulder was peeled: yet had he no wages, nor his army, for Tyrus, for the service that he had served against it:

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 30:2

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 30:2 - Son of man, H120 prophesy and say, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Howl ye, Woe worth 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, lo, it shall not be bound up to be healed, to put a roller to bind it, to make it strong to hold the sword.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 31:2

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 31:2 - Son of man, H120 speak unto Pharaoh king of Egypt, and to his multitude; Whom art thou like in thy greatness?

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 31:14

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 31:14 - To the end that none of all the trees by the waters exalt themselves for their height, neither shoot up their top among the thick boughs, neither their trees stand up in their height, all that drink water: for they are all delivered unto death, to the nether parts of the earth, in the midst of the children of men, H120 with them that 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 for Pharaoh king of Egypt, and say unto him, Thou art like a young lion of the nations, and thou art as a whale in the seas: and thou camest forth with thy rivers, and troubledst the waters with thy feet, and fouledst their rivers.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 32:13

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 32:13 - I will destroy also all the beasts thereof from beside the great waters; neither shall the foot of man H120 trouble them any more, nor the hoofs of beasts trouble them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 32:18

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 32:18 - Son of man, H120 wail for the multitude of Egypt, and cast them down, even her, and the daughters of the famous nations, unto the nether parts of the earth, with them that go down into the pit.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 33:2

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 33:2 - Son of man, H120 speak to the children of thy people, and say unto them, When I bring the sword upon a land, if the people of the land take a man of their coasts, and set him for their watchman:

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 33:7

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 33:7 - So thou, O son of man, H120 I have set thee a watchman unto the house of Israel; therefore thou shalt hear the word at my mouth, and warn them from me.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 33:10

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 33:10 - Therefore, O thou son of man, H120 speak unto the house of Israel; Thus ye speak, saying, If our transgressions and our sins be upon us, and we pine away in them, how should we then live?

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 33:12

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 33:12 - Therefore, thou son of man, H120 say unto the children of thy people, The righteousness of the righteous shall not deliver him in the day of his transgression: as for the wickedness of the wicked, he shall not fall thereby in the day that he turneth from his wickedness; neither shall the righteous be able to live for his righteousness in the day that he sinneth.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 33:24

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 33:24 - Son of man, H120 they that inhabit those wastes of the land of Israel speak, saying, Abraham was one, and he inherited the land: but we are many; the land is given us for inheritance.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 33:30

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 33:30 - Also, thou son of man, H120 the children of thy people still are talking against thee by the walls and in the doors of the houses, and speak one to another, every one to his brother, saying, Come, I pray you, and hear what is the word that cometh 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 unto them, Thus saith the Lord GOD unto the shepherds; Woe be to the shepherds of Israel that do feed themselves! should not the shepherds feed the flocks?

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 34:31

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 34:31 - And ye my flock, the flock of my pasture, are men, H120 and I am your God, saith the Lord GOD.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 35:2

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 35:2 - Son of man, H120 set thy face against mount Seir, and prophesy against it,

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 36:1

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 36:1 - Also, thou son of man, H120 prophesy unto the mountains of Israel, and say, Ye mountains of Israel, hear the word of the LORD:

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 36:10

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 36:10 - And I will multiply men H120 upon you, all the house of Israel, even all of it: and the cities shall be inhabited, and the wastes shall be builded:

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 36:11

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 36:11 - And I will multiply upon you man H120 and beast; and they shall increase and bring fruit: and I will settle you after your old estates, and will do better unto you than at your beginnings: and ye shall know that I am the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 36:12

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 36:12 - Yea, I will cause men H120 to walk upon you, even my people Israel; and they shall possess thee, and thou shalt be their inheritance, and thou shalt no more henceforth bereave them of men.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 36:13

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 36:13 - Thus saith the Lord GOD; Because they say unto you, Thou land devourest up men, H120 and hast bereaved thy nations;

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 36:14

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 36:14 - Therefore thou shalt devour men H120 no more, neither bereave thy nations any more, saith 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 dwelt in their own land, they defiled it by their own way and by their doings: their way was before me as the uncleanness of a removed woman.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 36:37

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 36:37 - Thus saith the Lord GOD; I will yet for this be enquired of by the house of Israel, to do it for them; I will increase them with men H120 like a flock.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 36:38

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 36:38 - As the holy flock, as the flock of Jerusalem in her solemn feasts; so shall the waste cities be filled with flocks of men: H120 and they shall know that I am the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 37:3

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 37:3 - And he said unto me, Son of man, H120 can these bones live? And I answered, O Lord GOD, thou knowest.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 37:9

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 37:9 - Then said he unto me, Prophesy unto the wind, prophesy, son of man, H120 and say to the wind, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Come from the four winds, O breath, and breathe upon these slain, that they may live.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 37:11

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 37:11 - Then he said unto me, Son of man, H120 these bones are the whole house of Israel: behold, they say, Our bones are dried, and our hope is lost: we are cut off for our parts.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 37:16

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 37:16 - Moreover, thou son of man, H120 take thee one stick, and write upon it, For Judah, and for the children of Israel his companions: then take another stick, and write upon it, For Joseph, the stick of Ephraim, and for 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 thy face against Gog, the land of Magog, the chief prince of Meshech and Tubal, and prophesy against him,

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 38:14

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 38:14 - Therefore, son of man, H120 prophesy and say unto Gog, Thus saith the Lord GOD; In that day when my people of Israel dwelleth safely, shalt thou not know it?

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 38:20

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 38:20 - So that the fishes of the sea, and the fowls of the heaven, and the beasts of the field, and all creeping things that creep upon the earth, and all the men H120 that are upon the face of the earth, shall shake at my presence, and the mountains shall be thrown down, and the steep places shall fall, and every wall shall fall to the ground.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 39:1

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 39:1 - Therefore, thou son of man, H120 prophesy against Gog, and say, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I am against thee, O Gog, the chief prince of Meshech and Tubal:

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 39:15

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 39:15 - And the passengers that pass through the land, when any seeth a man's H120 bone, then shall he set up a sign by it, till the buriers have buried it in the valley of Hamongog.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 39:17

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 39:17 - And, thou son of man, H120 thus saith the Lord GOD; Speak unto every feathered fowl, and to every beast of the field, Assemble yourselves, and come; gather yourselves on every side to my sacrifice that I do sacrifice for you, even a great sacrifice upon the mountains of Israel, that ye may eat flesh, and drink blood.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 40:4

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 40:4 - And the man said unto me, Son of man, H120 behold with thine eyes, and hear with thine ears, and set thine heart upon all that I shall shew thee; for to the intent that I might shew them unto thee art thou brought hither: declare all that thou seest to the house of Israel.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 41:19

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 41:19 - So that the face of a man H120 was toward the palm tree on the one side, and the face of a young lion toward the palm tree on the other side: it was made through all the house round about.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 43:7

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 43:7 - And he said unto me, Son of man, H120 the place of my throne, and the place of the soles of my feet, where I will dwell in the midst of the children of Israel for ever, and my holy name, shall the house of Israel no more defile, neither they, nor their kings, by their whoredom, nor by the carcases of their kings in their high places.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 43:10

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 43:10 - Thou son of man, H120 shew the house to the house of Israel, that they may be ashamed of their iniquities: and let them measure the pattern.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 43:18

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 43:18 - And he said unto me, Son of man, H120 thus saith the Lord GOD; These are the ordinances of the altar in the day when they shall make it, to offer burnt offerings thereon, and to sprinkle blood thereon.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 44:5

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 44:5 - And the LORD said unto me, Son of man, H120 mark well, and behold with thine eyes, and hear with thine ears all that I say unto thee concerning all the ordinances of the house of the LORD, and all the laws thereof; and mark well the entering in of the house, with every going forth of the sanctuary.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 44:25

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 44:25 - And they shall come at no dead person H120 to defile themselves: but for father, or for mother, or for son, or for daughter, for brother, or for sister that hath had no husband, they may defile themselves.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 47:6

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 47:6 - And he said unto me, Son of man, H120 hast thou seen this? Then he brought me, and caused me to return to the brink of the river.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDan 8:16

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 8:16 - And I heard a man's H120 voice between the banks of Ulai, which called, and said, Gabriel, make this man to understand the vision.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDan 8:17

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 8:17 - So he came near where I stood: and when he came, I was afraid, and fell upon my face: but he said unto me, Understand, O son of man: H120 for at the time of the end shall be the vision.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDan 10:16

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 10:16 - And, behold, one like the similitude of the sons of men H120 touched my lips: then I opened my mouth, and spake, and said unto him that stood before me, O my lord, by the vision my sorrows are turned upon me, and I have retained no strength.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDan 10:18

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 10:18 - Then there came again and touched me one like the appearance of a man, H120 and he strengthened me,

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