אֱנוֹשׁ enosh

Hebrew word for “human” · Strong’s H582 · used 565 times in 530 verses

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Meaning

1) man, mortal man, person, mankind;

How it is translated

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

• men 419
• people 91
• humankind 18
• person 15
• husbands 4
• man 4
• among the men 3
• like men 2
• one of the men 1
• among the people 1
• among men 1
• ¿ a person 1

Where it is used

Also in 20 more books.

Chapters where it is used most

Joshua 2 (10), Jeremiah 41 (10), Nehemiah 7 (9), Judges 8 (8), Judges 9 (8), 1 Samuel 23 (8), Genesis 19 (7), 2 Samuel 2 (7), Genesis 43 (6), Numbers 31 (6)

Forms

• אנשׁי 170
• האנשׁים 121
• אנשׁים 109
• אנושׁ 33
• ואנשׁיו 25
• ואנשׁי 18
• והאנשׁים 16
• אנשׁיו 10
• ואנשׁים 10
• לאנשׁים 8

Words used with it

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

• מִלְחָמָה milchamah “battle” 45
• הָלַךְ halakh “to go” 66
• דָּוִד david “David” 57
• עִיר ir “city” 57
• עִם im “with” 49
• יָצָא yatsa “to come out” 50
• יָשַׁב yashav “to dwell” 47
• אֵת et “with” 43
• אֵלֶּה elleh “these” 41
• הֵמָּה hemmah “they(masc.)” 36
• שָׁלַח shalach “to send” 40
• מִן־ min “from” 42

Key verses

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

• Genesis 32:28 — And he said, Thy name shall be called no more Jacob, but Israel: for as a prince hast thou power with God and with men, and hast prevailed.
• Exodus 18:21 — Moreover thou shalt provide out of all the people able men, such as fear God, men of truth, hating covetousness; and place such over them, to be rulers of…
• Joshua 2:9 — And she said unto the men, I know that the LORD hath given you the land, and that your terror is fallen upon us, and that all the inhabitants of the land faint…
• 1 Chronicles 25:1 — Moreover David and the captains of the host separated to the service of the sons of Asaph, and of Heman, and of Jeduthun, who should prophesy with harps, with…
• 2 Chronicles 14:11 — And Asa cried unto the LORD his God, and said, LORD, it is nothing with thee to help, whether with many, or with them that have no power: help us, O LORD our…
• Job 33:27 — He looketh upon men, and if any say, I have sinned, and perverted that which was right, and it profited me not;
• Psalms 55:23 — But thou, O God, shalt bring them down into the pit of destruction: bloody and deceitful men shall not live out half their days; but I will trust in thee.
• Isaiah 2:11 — The lofty looks of man shall be humbled, and the haughtiness of men shall be bowed down, and the LORD alone shall be exalted in that day.
• Isaiah 29:13 — Wherefore the Lord said, Forasmuch as this people draw near me with their mouth, and with their lips do honour me, but have removed their heart far from me,…
• Isaiah 51:12 — I, even I, am he that comforteth you: who art thou, that thou shouldest be afraid of a man that shall die, and of the son of man which shall be made as grass;
• Jeremiah 20:10 — For I heard the defaming of many, fear on every side. Report, say they, and we will report it. All my familiars watched for my halting, saying, Peradventure he…
• Ezekiel 14:3 — Son of man, these men have set up their idols in their heart, and put the stumblingblock of their iniquity before their face: should I be enquired of at all by…

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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.