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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 11 / 11 (Hos 9:12–Mal 3:8)

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Unchecked Copy BoxHos 9:12

Unchecked Copy BoxHos 9:12 - Though they bring up their children,
Yet I will bereave them [fn]until not a man H120 is left.
Yes, woe to them indeed when I depart from them!

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Unchecked Copy BoxHos 11:4

Unchecked Copy BoxHos 11:4 - I led them with cords of a man, H120 with bonds of love,
And I became to them as one who lifts the yoke from their jaws;
And I bent down and fed them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxHos 13:2

Unchecked Copy BoxHos 13:2 - And now they sin more and more,
And make for themselves molten images,
Idols [fn]skillfully made from their silver,
All of them the work of craftsmen.
They say of them, “Let the [fn]men H120 who sacrifice kiss the calves!”

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Unchecked Copy BoxJoe 1:12

Unchecked Copy BoxJoe 1:12 - The vine dries up
And the fig tree [fn]fails;
The pomegranate, the palm also, and the [fn]apple tree,
All the trees of the field dry up.
Indeed, rejoicing dries up
From the sons of men. H120

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Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 4:13

Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 4:13 - For behold, He who forms mountains and creates the wind
And declares to man H120 what are His thoughts,
He who makes dawn into darkness
And treads on the high places of the earth,
The LORD God of hosts is His name.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJon 3:7

Unchecked Copy BoxJon 3:7 - He issued a proclamation and it said, “In Nineveh by the decree of the king and his nobles: Do not let man, H120 beast, herd, or flock taste a thing. Do not let them eat or drink water.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJon 3:8

Unchecked Copy BoxJon 3:8 - “But both man H120 and beast must be covered with sackcloth; and let [fn]men call on God earnestly that each may turn from his wicked way and from the violence which is in [fn]his hands.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJon 4:11

Unchecked Copy BoxJon 4:11 - “Should I not have compassion on Nineveh, the great city in which there are more than 120,000 persons H120 who do not know the difference between their right and left hand, as well as many animals?”

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Unchecked Copy BoxMic 2:12

Unchecked Copy BoxMic 2:12 - “I will surely assemble all of you, Jacob,
I will surely gather the remnant of Israel.
I will put them together like sheep in the fold;
Like a flock in the midst of its pasture
They will be noisy with men. H120

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Unchecked Copy BoxMic 5:5

Unchecked Copy BoxMic 5:5 - This One will be our peace.
When the Assyrian invades our land,
When he tramples on our [fn]citadels,
Then we will raise against him
Seven shepherds and eight leaders of men. H120

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Unchecked Copy BoxMic 5:7

Unchecked Copy BoxMic 5:7 - Then the remnant of Jacob
Will be among many peoples
Like dew from the LORD,
Like showers on vegetation
Which do not wait for man
Or delay for the sons of men. H120

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Unchecked Copy BoxMic 6:8

Unchecked Copy BoxMic 6:8 - He has told you, O man, H120 what is good;
And what does the LORD require of you
But to do justice, to love [fn]kindness,
And to walk [fn]humbly with your God?

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Unchecked Copy BoxMic 7:2

Unchecked Copy BoxMic 7:2 - The [fn]godly person has perished from the land,
And there is no upright person among men. H120
All of them lie in wait for bloodshed;
Each of them hunts the other with a net.

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Unchecked Copy BoxHab 1:14

Unchecked Copy BoxHab 1:14 - Why have You made men H120 like the fish of the sea,
Like creeping things without a ruler over them?

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Unchecked Copy BoxHab 2:8

Unchecked Copy BoxHab 2:8 - “Because you have looted many nations,
All the remainder of the peoples will loot you—
Because of human H120 bloodshed and violence [fn]done to the land,
To the town and all its inhabitants.

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Unchecked Copy BoxHab 2:17

Unchecked Copy BoxHab 2:17 - “For the violence [fn]done to Lebanon will [fn]overwhelm you,
And the devastation of its beasts [fn]by which you terrified them,
Because of human H120 bloodshed and violence [fn]done to the land,
To the town and all its inhabitants.

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Unchecked Copy BoxZep 1:3

Unchecked Copy BoxZep 1:3 - “I will remove man H120 and beast;
I will remove the birds of the sky
And the fish of the sea,
And the [fn]ruins along with the wicked;
And I will cut off man H120 from the face of the [fn]earth,” declares the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy BoxZep 1:17

Unchecked Copy BoxZep 1:17 - I will bring distress on men H120
So that they will walk like the blind,
Because they have sinned against the LORD;
And their blood will be poured out like dust
And their flesh like dung.

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Unchecked Copy BoxHag 1:11

Unchecked Copy BoxHag 1:11 - “I called for a drought on the land, on the mountains, on the grain, on the new wine, on the oil, on what the ground produces, on men, H120 on cattle, and on all the labor of [fn]your hands.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxZec 2:4

Unchecked Copy BoxZec 2:4 - and said to him, “Run, speak to that young man, saying, ‘Jerusalem will be inhabited [fn]without walls because of the multitude of men H120 and cattle within it.

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Unchecked Copy BoxZec 8:10

Unchecked Copy BoxZec 8:10 - ‘For before those days there was no wage for man H120 or any wage for animal; and for him who went out or came in there was no [fn]peace because of [fn]his enemies, and I set all men H120 one against another.

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Unchecked Copy BoxZec 9:1

Unchecked Copy BoxZec 9:1 - The [fn]burden of the word of the LORD is against the land of Hadrach, with Damascus as its resting place (for the eyes of men, H120 especially of all the tribes of Israel, are toward the LORD),

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Unchecked Copy BoxZec 11:6

Unchecked Copy BoxZec 11:6 - “For I will no longer have pity on the inhabitants of the land,” declares the LORD; “but behold, I will cause the men H120 to [fn]fall, each into another’s [fn]power and into the [fn]power of his king; and they will strike the land, and I will not deliver them from their [fn]power.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxZec 12:1

Unchecked Copy BoxZec 12:1 - The [fn]burden of the word of the LORD concerning Israel. Thus declares the LORD who stretches out the heavens, lays the foundation of the earth, and forms the spirit of man H120 within him,

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Unchecked Copy BoxZec 13:5

Unchecked Copy BoxZec 13:5 - but he will say, ‘I am not a prophet; I am a tiller of the ground, for a man H120 [fn]sold me as a slave in my youth.’

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Unchecked Copy BoxMal 3:8

Unchecked Copy BoxMal 3:8 - “Will a man H120 [fn]rob God? Yet you are robbing Me! But you say, ‘How have we robbed You?’ In tithes and [fn]offerings.

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