Ἀδάμ
Adam
Adam
Lexicon Entry
Lexicon data from STEPBible TIPNR, Tyndale House, Cambridge. Licensed under CC BY 4.0.
What Original Readers Understood
Supported# Adam (Ἀδάμ) The Greek word *Adam* appears 11 times in the New Testament as the transliteration of the Hebrew name referring to the first human being in biblical narrative. As a proper noun, it functions primarily as a personal name rather than a common word with variable meaning. The term carries the same reference across its occurrences: the foundational human figure in creation accounts and genealogical records. The limited frequency of this name in Greek texts (11 occurrences) suggests it appears primarily in genealogies, theological references to human origins, and passages discussing the relationship between the first human and subsequent humanity. Its consistent use as a proper noun means it does not exhibit the semantic range typical of common Greek words, but rather maintains a fixed referential function throughout its biblical occurrences. The significance of *Adam* in the New Testament lies in its role as a point of reference for understanding human nature, sin, and redemption within Christian theology. However, based solely on the lexical data provided, we can only confirm that this term designates a specific historical or narrative figure whose name appears consistently across New Testament texts. The theological implications of this name would require examination of its actual usage contexts, which extend beyond what the lexicon entry itself provides.
Source data & methodology
Occurrences in Scripture
11 total occurrences across the text
if like Adam I have covered my transgressions, by hiding my iniquity in my heart,
Hosea 6:7But they, like Adam, have broken the covenant. They were unfaithful to me, there.
Genesis 2:20The man gave names to all livestock, and to the birds of the sky, and to every animal of the field; but for man there was not found a helper comparable to him.
Genesis 3:17To Adam he said, “Because you have listened to your wife’s voice, and ate from the tree, about which I commanded you, saying, ‘You shall not eat of it,’ the ground is cursed for your sake. You will eat from it with much labor all the days of your life.
Genesis 3:21Yahweh God made garments of animal skins for Adam and for his wife, and clothed them.
Genesis 4:25Adam knew his wife again. She gave birth to a son, and named him Seth, saying, “for God has given me another child instead of Abel, for Cain killed him.”
Genesis 5:1This is the book of the generations of Adam. In the day that God created man, he made him in God’s likeness.
Genesis 5:3Adam lived one hundred thirty years, and became the father of a son in his own likeness, after his image, and named him Seth.
Genesis 5:4The days of Adam after he became the father of Seth were eight hundred years, and he became the father of other sons and daughters.
Genesis 5:5All the days that Adam lived were nine hundred thirty years, then he died.
1 Chronicles 1:1Adam, Seth, Enosh,