Adam אָדֹם
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| אָדֹם | |
|---|---|
| Transliteration | adam |
| Strong's number | H119 |
| Language | Hebrew |
| Part of speech | verb |
| Gloss | to redden |
| Occurrences | 10 in 10 verses |
| Most frequent in | Exodus (6) |
Adam (Hebrew אָדֹם, Strong's H119) is a Hebrew verb meaning “to redden”. It occurs 10 times in 10 verses of the Old Testament.
Definition
1) to be red, red
1a) (Qal) ruddy (of Nazarites)
1b) (Pual)
1b1) to be rubbed red
1b2) dyed red
1b3) reddened
1c) (Hiphil)
1c1) to cause to show red
1c2) to glare
1c3) to emit (show) redness
1d) (Hithpael)
1d1) to redden
1d2) to grow red
1d3) to look red
1a) (Qal) ruddy (of Nazarites)
1b) (Pual)
1b1) to be rubbed red
1b2) dyed red
1b3) reddened
1c) (Hiphil)
1c1) to cause to show red
1c2) to glare
1c3) to emit (show) redness
1d) (Hithpael)
1d1) to redden
1d2) to grow red
1d3) to look red
From the STEPBible Brief Lexicon of Hebrew (based on the abridged Brown-Driver-Briggs), STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.
Translated as
| KJV | red (9), ruddy (1) |
|---|---|
| BSB | dyed red (6), it is red (1), they are as red (1), were more ruddy (1), are red (1) |
Verses
Every verse with Adam, with the English words that translate it highlighted (KJV or BSB; other translations show the KJV here).
Exodus
- Exodus 25:5And rams’ skins dyed red, and badgers’ skins, and shittim wood,ram skins dyed red and fine leather; acacia wood;
- Exodus 26:14And thou shalt make a covering for the tent of rams’ skins dyed red, and a covering above of badgers’ skins.Also make a covering for the tent out of ram skins dyed red, and over that a covering of fine leather.
- Exodus 35:7And rams’ skins dyed red, and badgers’ skins, and shittim wood,ram skins dyed red and fine leather; acacia wood;
- Exodus 35:23And every man, with whom was found blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine linen, and goats’ hair, and red skins of rams, and badgers’ skins, brought them.Everyone who had blue, purple, or scarlet yarn, or fine linen, goat hair, ram skins dyed red, or articles of fine leather, brought them.
- Exodus 36:19And he made a covering for the tent of rams’ skins dyed red, and a covering of badgers’ skins above that.Additionally, he made for the tent a covering of ram skins dyed red, and over that a covering of fine leather.
- Exodus 39:34And the covering of rams’ skins dyed red, and the covering of badgers’ skins, and the vail of the covering,the covering of ram skins dyed red, the covering of fine leather, and the veil of the covering;
Proverbs
- Proverbs 23:31Look not thou upon the wine when it is red, when it giveth his colour in the cup, when it moveth itself aright.Do not gaze at wine while it is red, when it sparkles in the cup and goes down smoothly.
Isaiah
- Isaiah 1:18Come now, and let us reason together, saith the Lord: though your sins be as scarlet, they shall be as white as snow; though they be red like crimson, they shall be as wool.“Come now, let us reason together,” says the LORD. “Though your sins are like scarlet, they will be as white as snow; though they are as red as crimson, they will become like wool.
Lamentations
- Lamentations 4:7Her Nazarites were purer than snow, they were whiter than milk, they were more ruddy in body than rubies, their polishing was of sapphire:Her dignitaries were brighter than snow, whiter than milk; their bodies were more ruddy than rubies, their appearance like sapphires.
Nahum
- Nahum 2:3The shield of his mighty men is made red, the valiant men are in scarlet: the chariots shall be with flaming torches in the day of his preparation, and the fir trees shall be terribly shaken.The shields of his mighty men are red; the valiant warriors are dressed in scarlet. The fittings of the chariots flash like fire on the day they are prepared, and the spears of cypress have been brandished.
Notes
- Definition and verse list from STEPBible's tagged Hebrew Old Testament (TAHOT) and Greek New Testament (TAGNT) and Brief Lexicons, STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.
- English renderings from the public-domain KJV with Strong's numbers (eBible.org) and the Berean Standard Bible interlinear (public domain).