Adom אָדֹם

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Adom (Hebrew אָדֹם, Strong's H122) is a Hebrew adjective meaning “red”. It occurs 9 times in 7 verses of the Old Testament.

Definition

red, ruddy (of man, horse, heifer, garment, water, lentils)

name of a condiment

From the STEPBible Brief Lexicon of Hebrew (based on the abridged Brown-Driver-Briggs), STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.

KJV	red (6), same red (1), ruddy (1)
BSB	red (5), ruddy (1), were red (1), had red (1)

Every verse with Adom, with the English words that translate it highlighted (KJV or BSB; other translations show the KJV here).

Genesis 25:30
And Esau said to Jacob, Feed me, I pray thee, with that same red pottage; for I am faint: therefore was his name called Edom.He said to Jacob, “Let me eat some of that red stew, for I am famished.” (That is why he was also called Edom.)

Numbers 19:2
This is the ordinance of the law which the Lord hath commanded, saying, Speak unto the children of Israel, that they bring thee a red heifer without spot, wherein is no blemish, and upon which never came yoke:“This is the statute of the law that the LORD has commanded: Instruct the Israelites to bring you an unblemished red heifer that has no defect and has never been placed under a yoke.

2 Kings 3:22
And they rose up early in the morning, and the sun shone upon the water, and the Moabites saw the water on the other side as red as blood:When they got up early in the morning, the sun was shining on the water, and it looked as red as blood to the Moabites across the way.

Song of Solomon 5:10
My beloved is white and ruddy, the chiefest among ten thousand.My beloved is dazzling and ruddy, outstanding among ten thousand.

Isaiah 63:2
Wherefore art thou red in thine apparel, and thy garments like him that treadeth in the winefat?Why are Your clothes red, and Your garments like one who treads the winepress?

Zechariah 1:8
I saw by night, and behold a man riding upon a red horse, and he stood among the myrtle trees that were in the bottom; and behind him were there red horses, speckled, and white.I looked out into the night and saw a man riding on a red horse. He was standing among the myrtle trees in the hollow, and behind him were red, sorrel, and white horses.
Zechariah 6:2
In the first chariot were red horses; and in the second chariot black horses;The first chariot had red horses, the second black horses,

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).