אָדָם
a.dam
man
Lexicon Entry
Lexicon data from STEPBible TIPNR, Tyndale House, Cambridge. Licensed under CC BY 4.0.
What Original Readers Understood
SupportedBased on the provided data, the Hebrew word אָדָם (a.dam) has a short definition of "man." With 530 occurrences in the Bible, this term is widely used across various contexts. Its range of usage suggests that the concept of humanity is central to the biblical narrative. From this frequency and breadth of usage, we can infer that the idea of being human and what it means to be human is a significant theme. The fact that this term is not limited to a specific genre or style of writing in the Bible (e.g., poetry, prophecy, historical narrative) suggests that its meaning is multifaceted and nuanced. It may refer to an individual person, a group of people, or even humanity as a whole. The consistent usage of this term also indicates that it is a fundamental concept in the biblical worldview, warranting exploration and elaboration throughout the text. This widespread usage underscores the importance of understanding human identity, purpose, and existence within the biblical narrative. The analysis of this word reveals that the idea of being human is deeply intertwined with other key themes, such as creation, relationship, and identity.
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Occurrences in Scripture
530 total occurrences across the text — showing 50
They spoke of the God of Jerusalem as of the gods of the peoples of the earth, which are the work of men’s hands.
Nehemiah 2:10When Sanballat the Horonite, and Tobiah the servant, the Ammonite, heard of it, it grieved them exceedingly, because a man had come to seek the welfare of the children of Israel.
Nehemiah 2:12I arose in the night, I and a few men with me. I didn’t tell anyone what my God put into my heart to do for Jerusalem. There wasn’t any animal with me, except the animal that I rode on.
Nehemiah 9:29and testified against them, that you might bring them again to your law. Yet they were arrogant, and didn’t listen to your commandments, but sinned against your ordinances (which if a man does, he shall live in them), turned their backs, stiffened their neck, and would not hear.
Job 5:7but man is born to trouble, as the sparks fly upward.
Job 7:20If I have sinned, what do I do to you, you watcher of men? Why have you set me as a mark for you, so that I am a burden to myself?
Job 11:12An empty-headed man becomes wise when a man is born as a wild donkey’s colt.
Job 14:1“Man, who is born of a woman, is of few days, and full of trouble.
Job 14:10But man dies, and is laid low. Yes, man gives up the spirit, and where is he?
Job 15:7“Are you the first man who was born? Or were you brought out before the hills?
Job 16:21that he would maintain the right of a man with God, of a son of man with his neighbor!
Job 20:4Don’t you know this from old time, since man was placed on earth,
Job 20:29This is the portion of a wicked man from God, the heritage appointed to him by God.”
Job 21:4As for me, is my complaint to man? Why shouldn’t I be impatient?
Job 21:33The clods of the valley will be sweet to him. All men will draw after him, as there were innumerable before him.
Job 25:6How much less man, who is a worm, the son of man, who is a worm!”
Job 27:13“This is the portion of a wicked man with God, the heritage of oppressors, which they receive from the Almighty.
Job 28:28To man he said, ‘Behold, the fear of the Lord, that is wisdom. To depart from evil is understanding.’ ”
Job 32:21Please don’t let me respect any man’s person, neither will I give flattering titles to any man.
Job 33:17that he may withdraw man from his purpose, and hide pride from man.
Job 33:23“If there is beside him an angel, an interpreter, one among a thousand, to show to man what is right for him;
Job 34:11For the work of a man he will render to him, and cause every man to find according to his ways.
Job 34:15all flesh would perish together, and man would turn again to dust.
Job 34:29When he gives quietness, who then can condemn? When he hides his face, who then can see him? He is over a nation or a man alike,
Job 34:30that the godless man may not reign, that there be no one to ensnare the people.
Job 35:8Your wickedness may hurt a man as you are, and your righteousness may profit a son of man.
Psalms 68:18You have ascended on high. You have led away captives. You have received gifts among people, yes, among the rebellious also, that Yah God might dwell there.
Job 36:25All men have looked on it. Man sees it afar off.
Job 36:28which the skies pour down and which drop on man abundantly.
Job 37:7He seals up the hand of every man, that all men whom he has made may know it.
Job 38:26to cause it to rain on a land where there is no man, on the wilderness, in which there is no man,
Psalms 78:60so that he abandoned the tent of Shiloh, the tent which he placed among men,
Psalms 8:4what is man, that you think of him? What is the son of man, that you care for him?
Psalms 11:4Yahweh is in his holy temple. Yahweh is on his throne in heaven. His eyes observe. His eyes examine the children of men.
Psalms 12:1Help, Yahweh; for the godly man ceases. For the faithful fail from among the children of men.
Psalms 12:8The wicked walk on every side, when what is vile is exalted among the sons of men.
Psalms 14:2Yahweh looked down from heaven on the children of men, to see if there were any who understood, who sought after God.
Psalms 17:4As for the deeds of men, by the word of your lips, I have kept myself from the ways of the violent.
Psalms 21:10You will destroy their descendants from the earth, their posterity from among the children of men.
Psalms 22:6But I am a worm, and no man; a reproach of men, and despised by the people.
Psalms 31:19Oh how great is your goodness, which you have laid up for those who fear you, which you have worked for those who take refuge in you, before the sons of men!
Psalms 32:2Blessed is the man to whom Yahweh doesn’t impute iniquity, in whose spirit there is no deceit.
Psalms 33:13Yahweh looks from heaven. He sees all the sons of men.
Psalms 36:6Your righteousness is like the mountains of God. Your judgments are like a great deep. Yahweh, you preserve man and animal.
Psalms 36:7How precious is your loving kindness, God! The children of men take refuge under the shadow of your wings.
Psalms 39:5Behold, you have made my days hand widths. My lifetime is as nothing before you. Surely every man stands as a breath.”
Psalms 39:11When you rebuke and correct man for iniquity, you consume his wealth like a moth. Surely every man is but a breath.”
Exodus 33:20He said, “You cannot see my face, for man may not see me and live.”
Psalms 45:2You are the most excellent of the sons of men. Grace has anointed your lips, therefore God has blessed you forever.
Psalms 49:2both low and high, rich and poor together.