אָדֹם adam

Hebrew word for “to redden” · Strong’s H119 · used 10 times in 10 verses

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Meaning

1) to be red, red; 1a) (Qal) ruddy (of Nazarites);

How it is translated

Glosses given for adam in context, with how often each is used:

• dyed red 7
• red 2
• will be red 1

Where it is used

Chapters where it is used most

Exodus 35 (2), Exodus 25 (1), Exodus 26 (1), Exodus 36 (1), Exodus 39 (1), Proverbs 23 (1), Isaiah 1 (1), Lamentations 4 (1), Nahum 2 (1)

Forms

• מאדמים 5
• המאדמים 1
• יתאדם 1
• יאדימו 1
• אדמו 1
• מאדם 1

Words used with it

Words that share verses with adam more often than their overall frequency would suggest:

• תַּחַשׁ tachash “leather” 6
• עוֹר or “skin” 6
• אַיִל ayil “ram” 6
• מִכְסֶה mikhseh “covering” 3
• שֶׁלֶג sheleg “snow” 2
• שִׁטָּה shittah “acacia” 2
• שָׁנִי shani “scarlet” 2
• תּוֹלֵעָה toleah “worm” 2
• מַעַל maal “above” 2
• עֵץ ets “tree” 2
• אֹהֶל ohel “tent” 2
• הָלַךְ halakh “to go” 2

Key verses

The verses using adam that are most connected by cross-references (King James Version):

• Exodus 25:5 — And rams’ skins dyed red, and badgers’ skins, and shittim wood,
• Exodus 26:14 — And thou shalt make a covering for the tent of rams’ skins dyed red, and a covering above of badgers’ skins.
• Exodus 35:7 — And rams’ skins dyed red, and badgers’ skins, and shittim wood,
• Exodus 35:23 — And 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.
• Exodus 36:19 — And he made a covering for the tent of rams’ skins dyed red, and a covering of badgers’ skins above that.
• Exodus 39:34 — And the covering of rams’ skins dyed red, and the covering of badgers’ skins, and the vail of the covering,
• Proverbs 23:31 — Look not thou upon the wine when it is red, when it giveth his colour in the cup, when it moveth itself aright.
• Isaiah 1:18 — Come 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…
• Lamentations 4:7 — Her Nazarites were purer than snow, they were whiter than milk, they were more ruddy in body than rubies, their polishing was of sapphire:
• Nahum 2:3 — The 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…

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Hebrew and Greek text, tagging, glosses and lexicon definitions: STEPBible.org, Tyndale House Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG; CC BY 4.0), adapted. Counts follow King James verse numbering; a word counts each time it is written.