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Adam

אָדָם · a.dam · H0121GἈδάμ · Adam · G00761 other spelling“earthy; red” Hitchcock's 186927 mentions in 10 books, most in Genesis (16)
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Who he was

Adam was the first man, created by God on the sixth day of creation (Genesis 1:26–27). He was formed from the dust of the ground, and God breathed life into him, making him a living being (Genesis 2:7). God placed Adam in the Garden of Eden to tend and keep it, and He created Eve, the first woman, from Adam's rib as a companion for him (Genesis 2:15–25).

God allowed Adam to eat from any tree in the garden except the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, warning that eating from this tree would lead to death (Genesis 2:16–17). However, Adam and Eve were tempted by the serpent and disobeyed God, eating the forbidden fruit (Genesis 3:1–6). As a consequence, they were expelled from the Garden of Eden and subjected to death, pain, and hardship (Genesis 3:16–24).

After the fall, Adam and Eve had several children, including Cain, Abel, and Seth (Gen.4.1-2, 25). Adam lived for 930 years and died (Genesis 5:5), but his legacy as the first man and the progenitor of the human race continued throughout the Bible.

In the New Testament, Adam is contrasted with Christ, who is referred to as the "last Adam" (1 Corinthians 15:45). While Adam's disobedience brought sin and death into the world, Christ's obedience and sacrifice brought righteousness and life (Romans 5:12–21). The apostle Paul teaches that all people die because of their connection to Adam, but those who are in Christ will be made alive at the resurrection (1 Corinthians 15:22).

Adam's creation, fall, and redemption through Christ are central themes in the biblical narrative, highlighting God's plan to restore humanity's relationship with Him and the ultimate victory over sin and death through Jesus Christ.

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Family

SiblingsEveSpouseEveChildrenCain, Abel, Seth
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Every mention

27 references, counted from STEPBible, Tyndale House Cambridge · CC BY 4.0 · verse text: World English Bible (public domain)
GenesisChapter 2: 4 mentionsChapter 3: 5 mentionsChapter 4: 2 mentionsChapter 5: 5 mentions16 mentions
Genesis 2:19Out of the ground Yahweh God formed every animal of the field, and every bird of the sky, and brought them to the man to see what he would call them. Whatever the man called every living…Genesis 2:20The man gave names to all livestock, and to the birds of the sky, and to every animal of the field; but for man there was not found a helper comparable to him.Genesis 2:21Yahweh God caused the man to fall into a deep sleep. As the man slept, he took one of his ribs, and closed up the flesh in its place.Genesis 2:23The man said, “This is now bone of my bones, and flesh of my flesh. She will be called ‘woman,’ because she was taken out of Man.”Genesis 3:8They heard Yahweh God’s voice walking in the garden in the cool of the day, and the man and his wife hid themselves from the presence of Yahweh God among the trees of the garden.Genesis 3:9Yahweh God called to the man, and said to him, “Where are you?”Genesis 3:17To Adam he said, “Because you have listened to your wife’s voice, and have eaten from the tree, about which I commanded you, saying, ‘You shall not eat of it,’ the ground is cursed for…Genesis 3:20The man called his wife Eve because she would be the mother of all the living.Genesis 3:21Yahweh God made garments of animal skins for Adam and for his wife, and clothed them.Genesis 4:1The man knew Eve his wife. She conceived, and gave birth to Cain, and said, “I have gotten a man with Yahweh’s help.”Genesis 4:25Adam knew his wife again. She gave birth to a son, and named him Seth, saying, “for God has given me another child instead of Abel, for Cain killed him.”Genesis 5:1This is the book of the generations of Adam. In the day that God created man, he made him in God’s likeness.Genesis 5:2He created them male and female, and blessed them. On the day they were created, he named them Adam.Genesis 5:3Adam lived one hundred thirty years, and became the father of a son in his own likeness, after his image, and named him Seth.Genesis 5:4The days of Adam after he became the father of Seth were eight hundred years, and he became the father of other sons and daughters.Genesis 5:5All the days that Adam lived were nine hundred thirty years, then he died.
DeuteronomyChapter 32: 1 mention1 mention
1 ChroniclesChapter 1: 1 mention1 mention
JobChapter 31: 1 mention1 mention
HoseaChapter 6: 1 mention1 mention
LukeChapter 3: 1 mention1 mention
RomansChapter 5: 1 mention1 mention
1 CorinthiansChapter 15: 2 mentions2 mentions
1 TimothyChapter 2: 2 mentions2 mentions
JudeChapter 1: 1 mention1 mention

What the dictionary says

Red, a Babylonian word, the generic name for man, having the same meaning in the Hebrew and the Assyrian languages.

Easton's Bible Dictionary (1897)
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