Hebrew word · Strong's H120

אָדָם

ʼâdâm · aw-dawm' · noun · “man, humanity (Adam)”

In a sentence

Adam means human being, humankind — and is also the name of the first man. It links humanity to the ground (adamah) from which we were formed and to which we return.

Adam is the name of the first man and the Hebrew word for humanity itself. Genesis ties it to adamah, the ground — pointing to humanity’s creaturely origin and the dignity of being formed by God.

Paul will later set Adam — the first head of humanity, through whom sin entered the world — against “the last Adam,” Christ, through whom righteousness and life come. The word reaches from Genesis to the gospel.

Strong's reference

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

KJV usage: [idiom] another, [phrase] hypocrite, [phrase] common sort, [idiom] low, man (mean, of low degree), person.

Reference gloss from Strong's Concordance (1890, public domain).

Key verses BSB · Public Domain (CC0)

Genesis 1:27 “So God created man in His own image; in the image of God He created him; male and female He created them.” Genesis 2:7 “Then the LORD God formed man from the dust of the ground and breathed the breath of life into his nostrils, and the man became a living being.” Romans 5:12 “Therefore, just as sin entered the world through one man, and death through sin, so also death was passed on to all men, because all sinned.”

Original BibleDawn word study. Original-language data and the public-domain Strong's (1890) gloss are referenced; see sources.