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Adam אָדָם
The first man, created by God. Adam, the first man created by God, sinned and brought death into the world, but through Christ, the last Adam, came life and resurrection.
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Where Adam appears
Genesis (16), 1 Corinthians (2), 1 Timothy (2), Deuteronomy (1), 1 Chronicles (1), Job (1), Hosea (1), Luke (1), Romans (1), Jude (1)
Key verses
- Genesis 2:19 first mention — And out of the ground the LORD God formed every beast of the field, and every fowl of the air; and brought them unto Adam to see what he would call them: and whatsoever Adam called every living creature, that was the name thereof.
- Genesis 3:8 — And they heard the voice of the LORD God walking in the garden in the cool of the day: and Adam and his wife hid themselves from the presence of the LORD God amongst the trees of the garden.
- Genesis 3:17 — And unto Adam he said, Because thou hast hearkened unto the voice of thy wife, and hast eaten of the tree, of which I commanded thee, saying, Thou shalt not eat of it: cursed is the ground for thy sake; in sorrow shalt thou eat of it all the days of thy life;
- Genesis 5:1 — This is the book of the generations of Adam. In the day that God created man, in the likeness of God made he him;
- Genesis 5:3 — And Adam lived an hundred and thirty years, and begat a son in his own likeness, after his image; and called his name Seth:
- Genesis 5:5 — And all the days that Adam lived were nine hundred and thirty years: and he died.
- Deuteronomy 32:8 — When the most High divided to the nations their inheritance, when he separated the sons of Adam, he set the bounds of the people according to the number of the children of Israel.
- Job 31:33 — If I covered my transgressions as Adam, by hiding mine iniquity in my bosom:
- Hosea 6:7 — But they like men have transgressed the covenant: there have they dealt treacherously against me.
- Romans 5:14 — Nevertheless death reigned from Adam to Moses, even over them that had not sinned after the similitude of Adam’s transgression, who is the figure of him that was to come.
- 1 Corinthians 15:45 — And so it is written, The first man Adam was made a living soul; the last Adam was made a quickening spirit.
- Jude 1:14 — And Enoch also, the seventh from Adam, prophesied of these, saying, Behold, the Lord cometh with ten thousands of his saints,
Person data: STEPBible.org TIPNR, Tyndale House Cambridge (CC BY 4.0), adapted. Verse text: King James Version.