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אָדָם H120

H120 is the Hebrew word אָדָם, transliterated ʼâdâm and said aw-dawm'. The King James Version most often renders it man.

Word: אָדָםTransliteration: ʼâdâmSaid: aw-dawm'Language: HebrewIn the KJV: 479 verses

What it means

ruddy i.e. a human being (an individual or the species, mankind, etc.).

Where it comes from

from H119 (אָדַם).

How the King James Version translates it

Across 437 tagged occurrences, counted from this edition's word index.

man 293×men 66×man's 14×adam 12×every man 9×no man 8×men's 8×both man 7×if a man 6×both of man 5×without man 5×persons 4×

Strong's own list of renderings: [idiom] another, [phrase] hypocrite, [phrase] common sort, [idiom] low, man (mean, of low degree), person.

Verses using אָדָם

The first 40 of 479 verses, quoted in full.

Genesis 1:26 · KJV

And God said, Let us make man in our image, after our likeness: and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over the cattle, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth.

Genesis 1:27 · KJV

So God created man in his own image, in the image of God created he him; male and female created he them.

Genesis 2:5 · KJV

And every plant of the field before it was in the earth, and every herb of the field before it grew: for the LORD God had not caused it to rain upon the earth, and there was not a man to till the ground.

Genesis 2:7 · KJV

And the LORD God formed man of the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living soul.

Genesis 2:8 · KJV

And the LORD God planted a garden eastward in Eden; and there he put the man whom he had formed.

Genesis 2:15 · KJV

And the LORD God took the man, and put him into the garden of Eden to dress it and to keep it.

Genesis 2:16 · KJV

And the LORD God commanded the man, saying, Of every tree of the garden thou mayest freely eat:

Genesis 2:18 · KJV

And the LORD God said, It is not good that the man should be alone; I will make him an help meet for him.

Genesis 2:19 · KJV

And out of the ground the LORD God formed every beast of the field, and every fowl of the air; and brought them unto Adam to see what he would call them: and whatsoever Adam called every living creature, that was the name thereof.

Genesis 2:20 · KJV

And Adam gave names to all cattle, and to the fowl of the air, and to every beast of the field; but for Adam there was not found an help meet for him.

Genesis 2:22 · KJV

And the rib, which the LORD God had taken from man, made he a woman, and brought her unto the man.

Genesis 2:23 · KJV

And Adam said, This is now bone of my bones, and flesh of my flesh: she shall be called Woman, because she was taken out of Man.

Genesis 2:25 · KJV

And they were both naked, the man and his wife, and were not ashamed.

Genesis 3:8 · KJV

And they heard the voice of the LORD God walking in the garden in the cool of the day: and Adam and his wife hid themselves from the presence of the LORD God amongst the trees of the garden.

Genesis 3:9 · KJV

And the LORD God called unto Adam, and said unto him, Where art thou?

Genesis 3:12 · KJV

And the man said, The woman whom thou gavest to be with me, she gave me of the tree, and I did eat.

Genesis 3:20 · KJV

And Adam called his wife’s name Eve; because she was the mother of all living.

Genesis 3:21 · KJV

Unto Adam also and to his wife did the LORD God make coats of skins, and clothed them.

Genesis 3:22 · KJV

And the LORD God said, Behold, the man is become as one of us, to know good and evil: and now, lest he put forth his hand, and take also of the tree of life, and eat, and live for ever:

Genesis 3:24 · KJV

So he drove out the man; and he placed at the east of the garden of Eden Cherubims, and a flaming sword which turned every way, to keep the way of the tree of life.

Genesis 4:1 · KJV

And Adam knew Eve his wife; and she conceived, and bare Cain, and said, I have gotten a man from the LORD.

Genesis 4:25 · KJV

And Adam knew his wife again; and she bare a son, and called his name Seth: For God, said she, hath appointed me another seed instead of Abel, whom Cain slew.

Genesis 5:1 · KJV

This is the book of the generations of Adam. In the day that God created man, in the likeness of God made he him;

Genesis 5:2 · KJV

Male and female created he them; and blessed them, and called their name Adam, in the day when they were created.

Genesis 6:1 · KJV

And it came to pass, when men began to multiply on the face of the earth, and daughters were born unto them,

Genesis 6:2 · KJV

That the sons of God saw the daughters of men that they were fair; and they took them wives of all which they chose.

Genesis 6:3 · KJV

And the LORD said, My spirit shall not always strive with man, for that he also is flesh: yet his days shall be an hundred and twenty years.

Genesis 6:4 · KJV

There were giants in the earth in those days; and also after that, when the sons of God came in unto the daughters of men, and they bare children to them, the same became mighty men which were of old, men of renown.

Genesis 6:5 · KJV

And God saw that the wickedness of man was great in the earth, and that every imagination of the thoughts of his heart was only evil continually.

Genesis 6:6 · KJV

And it repented the LORD that he had made man on the earth, and it grieved him at his heart.

Genesis 6:7 · KJV

And the LORD said, I will destroy man whom I have created from the face of the earth; both man, and beast, and the creeping thing, and the fowls of the air; for it repenteth me that I have made them.

Genesis 7:23 · KJV

And every living substance was destroyed which was upon the face of the ground, both man, and cattle, and the creeping things, and the fowl of the heaven; and they were destroyed from the earth: and Noah only remained alive, and they that were with him in the ark.

Genesis 8:21 · KJV

And the LORD smelled a sweet savour; and the LORD said in his heart, I will not again curse the ground any more for man’s sake; for the imagination of man’s heart is evil from his youth; neither will I again smite any more every thing living, as I have done.

Genesis 9:5 · KJV

And surely your blood of your lives will I require; at the hand of every beast will I require it, and at the hand of man; at the hand of every man’s brother will I require the life of man.

Genesis 9:6 · KJV

Whoso sheddeth man’s blood, by man shall his blood be shed: for in the image of God made he man.

Genesis 11:5 · KJV

And the LORD came down to see the city and the tower, which the children of men builded.

Genesis 16:12 · KJV

And he will be a wild man; his hand will be against every man, and every man’s hand against him; and he shall dwell in the presence of all his brethren.

Exodus 4:11 · KJV

And the LORD said unto him, Who hath made man’s mouth? or who maketh the dumb, or deaf, or the seeing, or the blind? have not I the LORD?

Exodus 8:17 · KJV

And they did so; for Aaron stretched out his hand with his rod, and smote the dust of the earth, and it became lice in man, and in beast; all the dust of the land became lice throughout all the land of Egypt.

Exodus 8:18 · KJV

And the magicians did so with their enchantments to bring forth lice, but they could not: so there were lice upon man, and upon beast.

Common questions

What does Strong's H120 mean?

H120 is the Hebrew word אָדָם (ʼâdâm), meaning ruddy i.e. a human being (an individual or the species, mankind, etc.).

How is H120 translated in the King James Version?

The King James translators rendered it man (293 times), men (66 times), man's (14 times), adam (12 times), every man (9 times), among others.

How many times does H120 appear in the Bible?

אָדָם (ʼâdâm) is tagged in 479 verses of the King James Version in this edition's word index.

Where does H120 come from?

Strong's gives its derivation as: from H119 (אָדַם).

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