King James Bible
King James Version (KJV)
STRONGS NUMBER G76
Transliteration: Adam
Phonetic Spelling: (ad-am')
Part of Speech: Proper Noun, Indeclinable
Short Definition: Adam, the first man
Meaning: Adam -- the first man
Ἀδάμ, indeclinable proper name (but in Josephus, Ἄδαμος, ), אָדָם (i. e. according to Philo, de leg. alleg. 1:29, Works, i., p. 62, Mang. edition, γήϊνος; according to Eusebius, Prep. Ev. 7:8 γηγενής; according to Josephus, Antiquities 1, 1, 2 πυρρός, with which Gesenius agrees, see his Thesaurus i., p. 25);
Word Summary
Adam: Adam, the first man
Original Word: ἈδάμTransliteration: Adam
Phonetic Spelling: (ad-am')
Part of Speech: Proper Noun, Indeclinable
Short Definition: Adam, the first man
Meaning: Adam -- the first man
Strong's Concordance
Adam. Of Hebrew origin ('Adam); Adam, the first man; typically (of Jesus) man (as his representative) -- Adam.
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
STRONGS NT 76: ἈδάμἈδάμ, indeclinable proper name (but in Josephus, Ἄδαμος, ), אָדָם (i. e. according to Philo, de leg. alleg. 1:29, Works, i., p. 62, Mang. edition, γήϊνος; according to Eusebius, Prep. Ev. 7:8 γηγενής; according to Josephus, Antiquities 1, 1, 2 πυρρός, with which Gesenius agrees, see his Thesaurus i., p. 25);
1. Adam, the first man and the parent of the whole human race: Luke 3:38; Romans 5:14; 1 Corinthians 15:22, 45; 1 Timothy 2:13; Jude 1:14. In accordance with the rabbinic distinction between the former Adam (הָרִאשׁון אָדָם), the first man, the author of 'all our woe,' and the latter Adam (הָאַחֲרון אָדָם), the Messiah, the redeemer, in 1 Corinthians 15:45 Jesus Christ is called ὁ ἔσχατος Ἀδάμ (see ἔσχατος, 1) and contrasted with ὁ πρῶτος ἄνθρωπος; Romans 5:14 ὁ μέλλων namely, Ἀδάμ.
2. one of the ancestors of Jesus: Luke 3:33 WH marginal reading (cf. Ἀδμείν).