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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

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H120 matches the Hebrew אָדָם ('āḏām),
which occurs 552 times in 526 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

Page 5 / 11 (Psa 104:14–Pro 23:28)

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 104:14 -

[fn]He causes the grass to grow for the [fn]cattle,

And vegetation for man’s H120 [fn]cultivation,

To bring forth [fn]food from the earth,

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 104:23 -

Man H120 goes forth to his work

And to his labor until evening.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 105:14 -

He permitted no man H120 to oppress them,

And He reproved kings for their sakes:

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 107:8 -

Let them give thanks to Yahweh for His lovingkindness,

And for His wondrous deeds to the sons of men H120!

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 107:15 -

Let them give thanks to Yahweh for His lovingkindness,

And for His wondrous deeds to the sons of men H120!

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 107:21 -

Let them give thanks to Yahweh for His lovingkindness,

And for His wondrous deeds to the sons of men H120!

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 107:31 -

Let them give thanks to Yahweh for His lovingkindness,

And for His wondrous deeds to the sons of men H120!

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 108:12 -

Oh give us help against the adversary,

For salvation [fn]by man H120 is worthless.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 115:4 -

Their idols are silver and gold,

The work of man’s H120 hands.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 115:16 -

The heavens are the heavens of Yahweh,

But the earth He has given to the sons of men H120.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 116:11 -

I said in my alarm,

“All men H120 are liars.”

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 118:6 -

Yahweh is for me; I will not fear;

What can man H120 do to me?

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 118:8 -

It is better to take refuge in Yahweh

Than to trust in man H120.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:134 -

Redeem me from the oppression of man H120,

That I may keep Your precepts.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 124:2 -

“Had it not been Yahweh who was on our side

When men H120 rose up against us,

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 135:8 -

[fn]He struck the firstborn of Egypt,

From man H120 to beast.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 135:15 -

The idols of the nations are silver and gold,

The work of man’s H120 hands.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 140:1 -

For the choir director. A Psalm of David.

Rescue me, O Yahweh, from evil men;

Guard me from violent men H120

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 144:3 -

O Yahweh, what is man H120, that You know him?

Or the son of man, that You think of him?

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 144:4 -

Man H120 is like a breath;

His days are like a passing shadow.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 145:12 -

Lamedh

To make known to the sons of men H120 His mighty deeds

And the glory of the majesty of His kingdom.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 146:3 -

Do not trust in nobles,

In merely a son of man H120, in whom there is no salvation.

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 3:4 -

So you will find favor and good insight

In the eyes of God and man H120.

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 3:13 -

How blessed is the man H120 who finds wisdom

And the man H120 who obtains discernment.

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 3:30 -

Do not contend with a man H120 without cause,

If he has dealt you no [fn]harm.

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 6:12 -

A vile person H120, a wicked man,

Is the one who walks with a perverse mouth,

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 8:4 -

“To you, O men, I call,

And my voice is to the sons of men H120.

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 8:31 -

[fn]Rejoicing in the world, His earth,

My delight is in the sons of men H120.

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 8:34 -

“How blessed is the man H120 who hears me,

To watch daily at my doors,

To keep watch at my doorposts.

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 11:7 -

When a wicked man H120 dies, his hope will perish,

And the expectation of vigorous men perishes.

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 12:3 -

A man H120 will not be established by wickedness,

But the root of the righteous will not be shaken.

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 12:14 -

A man will be satisfied with good by the fruit of his mouth,

And the good deed of a man’s H120 hands will return to him.

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 12:23 -

A prudent man H120 conceals knowledge,

But the heart of fools proclaims folly.

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 12:27 -

A slack handed man does not [fn]roast his prey,

But the wealth of a man H120 is precious for the diligent.

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 15:11 -

Sheol and Abaddon lie open before Yahweh,

How much more the hearts of the sons of men H120!

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 15:20 -

A wise son makes a father glad,

But a foolish man H120 despises his mother.

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 16:1 -

The [fn]plans of the heart belong to man H120,

But the answer of the tongue is from Yahweh.

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 16:9 -

The heart of man H120 [fn]plans his way,

But Yahweh [fn]directs his steps.

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 17:18 -

A man H120 lacking a heart of wisdom strikes his [fn]hands in pledge

And becomes guarantor in the presence of his neighbor.

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 18:16 -

A man’s H120 gift makes room for him

And leads him into the presence of great men.

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 19:3 -

The folly of man H120 subverts his way,

But his heart rages against Yahweh.

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 19:11 -

A man’s H120 insight makes him slow to anger,

And it is his honor to overlook a transgression.

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 19:22 -

What is desirable in a man H120 is his lovingkindness,

And better is a poor man than a man of falsehood.

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 20:6 -

Many a man H120 will call out his own lovingkindness,

But a faithful man, who can find?

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 20:24 -

The steps of a man are from Yahweh,

How then can man H120 understand his way?

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 20:25 -

It is a trap for a man H120 to say rashly, “It is holy!”

And after the vows to make inquiry.

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 20:27 -

The [fn]breath of man H120 is the lamp of Yahweh,

Searching all the [fn]innermost parts of his body.

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 21:16 -

A man H120 who wanders from the way of insight

Will rest in the assembly of the [fn]dead.

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 21:20 -

There is desirable treasure and oil in the abode of the wise,

But a foolish man H120 swallows it up.

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 23:28 -

Surely she lies in wait as a robber,

And adds to the treacherous among men H120.


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