אָדָם
ʼâdâm · aw-dawm'
ruddy i.e. a human being (an individual or the species, mankind, etc.)
Lexicon
Derivation: from H119 (אָדַם);
ruddy i.e. a human being (an individual or the species, mankind, etc.)
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: [idiom] another, [phrase] hypocrite, [phrase] common sort, [idiom] low, man (mean, of low degree), person.
Letters
- אAlef1
Picture: ox head
- Concrete
- ox · bull · cattle
- Extended
- strength · leader · first · the one in front
- דDalet4
Picture: tent door hanging down
- Concrete
- door · curtain · entrance
- Extended
- a way in or out · moving back and forth · a path · hanging
- מMem40
Picture: waves of water
- Concrete
- water · sea · blood · liquid
- Extended
- chaos · mighty and uncontrollable · the masses · from / out of
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
strength, the leader › the doorway, the way in › water, chaos, the mighty deep
Strength, the leader of the doorway, the way in of water, chaos, the mighty deep.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of אָדָם above is the attested meaning; this pictographic reading is a tradition about how the sign-shapes may have been heard. Both can be held at once, they are answering different questions.
Usage
551 occurrences · 551 OT · 0 NT · 110 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- of man144 · 38%
- of men53 · 14%
- man43 · 11%
- of a man18 · 5%
- a man14 · 4%
- men12 · 3%
- the man8 · 2%
- both man7 · 2%
- and adam6 · 2%
- among men6 · 2%
- a man's6 · 2%
- is the man6 · 2%
- upon man6 · 2%
- for man5 · 1%
- every man5 · 1%
- of men's5 · 1%
- without man5 · 1%
- in man4 · 1%
- both of man4 · 1%
- all men3 · 1%
- unto man3 · 1%
- which if a man3 · 1%
- persons3 · 1%
- of all men3 · 1%
- and man3 · 1%
Where it is used, by book.
Inflected forms found in the text.
Counts are computed from the tagged Hebrew and Greek text aligned to the King James Version, not from an estimate.