אֲדָמָה
Transliteration
'ăḏāmâ
Pronunciation
ad-aw-maw'
Part of Speech
feminine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
From אָדַם (H119)
Dictionary Aids

TWOT Reference: 25b

Strong’s Definitions

אֲדָמָה ʼădâmâh, ad-aw-maw'; from H119; soil (from its general redness):—country, earth, ground, husband(-man) (-ry), land.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 225x

The KJV translates Strong's H127 in the following manner: land(s) (125x), earth (53x), ground (43x), country (1x), husbandman (2x), husbandry (1x).

  1. ground, land

    1. ground (as general, tilled, yielding sustenance)

    2. piece of ground, a specific plot of land

    3. earth substance (for building or constructing)

    4. ground as earth's visible surface

    5. land, territory, country

    6. whole inhabited earth

    7. city in Naphtali

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
אֲדָמָה ʼădâmâh, ad-aw-maw'; from H119; soil (from its general redness):—country, earth, ground, husband(-man) (-ry), land.
STRONGS H127: Abbreviations
אֲדָמָה 224 noun feminine ground, land (as tilled, German bebaut ? DlPr 105, but Fleisch. (MerxArchiv 1, 236 f) compare Arabic ادَهَة, skin, as smoothly covering & close-fitting; √ דם compare Arabic دَمَّ smear (spread over surface); compare also NöZMG 1886, 737) — א׳ Genesis 1:25 +; construct אַדְמַת Genesis 47:20 +; suffix אַדְמָתִי Job 31:38 + 2 times etc.; plural אֲדָמוֺת Psalm 49:12 —
1. ground (as tilled, yielding sustenance) Genesis 2:5, 9; Genesis 3:17, 23; Genesis 4:2, 3, 12; Genesis 5:29; Genesis 8:21; Genesis 19:25; Genesis 47:23; Exodus 34:26 (all J); Exodus 23:19 (E) Deuteronomy 7:13; Deuteronomy 11:17; Deuteronomy 26:2, 10, 15; Deuteronomy 28:4, 11, 18, 33, 42, 51; Deuteronomy 30:9; 2 Samuel 9:10; Isaiah 1:7; Isaiah 28:24; Isaiah 30:23 (twice in verse); Isaiah 30:24; Jeremiah 7:20; Jeremiah 14:4; Jeremiah 25:33; Haggai 1:11; Malachi 3:11; Psalm 83:11; Psalm 105:35; Proverbs 12:11; Proverbs 28:19; 1 Chronicles 27:26; Nehemiah 10:36; Nehemiah 10:38 compare figurative Job 5:6 (|| עפר); personified Job 31:38; Joel 1:10; also אִישׁ הָא׳ Genesis 9:20 (J) tiller, husbandman; meton. אֹהֵב א׳ 2 Chronicles 26:10 i.e. lover of husbandry (or do these point to earlier meaning tillage ? compare DlPr 105) אִישׁ עֹבֵד א׳ Zechariah 13:5.
†2. piece of ground, landed property Genesis 47:18, 19 (3 times in verse); Genesis 47:20, 22 (twice in verse); Genesis 47:23, 26 (all J) Psalm 49:12 (plural)
†3. earth as material substance; of which man is made Genesis 2:7 (עָפָד מִן־הָא׳); so animals Genesis 2:19 (מִן־הָא׳); altar Exodus 20:24; earthen vessels חַרְשֵׂי א׳ Isaiah 45:9; on head, sign of woe 1 Samuel 4:12; 2 Samuel 1:2; 2 Samuel 15:32; of contrition Nehemiah 9:1 (compare אֵפֶר, עָפָר; מַעֲבֵה הָא׳ 1 Kings 7:46 compare 2 Chronicles 4:17 (firmness of earth, firm earth, clay-ground, for casting-moulds; or clay-moulds (Berthau) ? or is this n.pr. ? Klo proposes בַּמְּעָרָה הָאֲדֻמָּה in the red cave); mule-loads of 2 Kings 5:17; in it lie the dead מִיְּשֵׁנֵי אַדְמַתעָֿפָר Daniel 12:2 compare Genesis 3:19, 23; Psalm 146:4.
4. ground as earth's visible surface; רֶמֶס הָא׳ Genesis 1:25; Genesis 6:20 (both P) Hosea 2:20 compare Genesis 7:8; Genesis 9:2 (J ?) Leviticus 20:25 (P) Deuteronomy 4:18; Ezekiel 38:20; also Genesis 4:10 (J) Isaiah 24:21; Amos 3:5; Zephaniah 1:2, 3; as wet with dew 2 Samuel 17:12; rain 1 Kings 17:14; 1 Kings 18:1; compare personified אֶת־פִּיהָ הָא'פָּֽצְתָה Numbers 16:30 (P) (|| ארץ Numbers 16:32), see Numbers 16:31; of particular place, spot קֹדֶשׁ א׳ Exodus 3:5 especially as abode of man Genesis 4:11; Exodus 10:6; Deuteronomy 4:10, 40; Deuteronomy 12:1; 1 Samuel 20:31; 2 Samuel 14:7; often הָא'פְּנֵי Genesis 2:6; Genesis 4:14; Genesis 6:1, 7; Genesis 7:4, 23; Genesis 8:8, 13; Exodus 32:12; Exodus 33:16; Numbers 12:3; Deuteronomy 6:15; Deuteronomy 7:6 (all J, D) 1 Samuel 20:15 + 9 times
5. land, territory, country (= ארץ) Genesis 47:19 (J) Leviticus 20:24 (J ? — || ארץ) construct before proper name מִצְרַיִם א׳ Genesis 47:20, 26; יְהוּדָה א׳ Isaiah 19:17; יִשְׂרָאֵל א׳ Ezekiel 11:17 + 16 times Ezekiel; especially of land as promised or given by י׳ to his people = Canaan Genesis 28:15; Exodus 20:12; Numbers 11:12; Numbers 32:11 (all J ?) Deuteronomy 5:16 + 16 times Deuteronomy, Joshua; 1 Kings 8:34, 40 +; Jeremiah 16:15; Jeremiah 24:10; Jeremiah 25:5; Jeremiah 35:15; Ezekiel 28:25; 2 Chronicles 6:25, 31; 7:20; 33:8; compare also Deuteronomy 12:19; Deuteronomy 21:23; Deuteronomy 29:27; 2 Kings 17:23; Isaiah 6:11; Isaiah 7:16; Isaiah 14:1 +, Ezekiel 34:13, 27 +, Nehemiah 9:25; (שְׁמֵנָה א׳), — in all with + 41 times; + Joel 2:21 (personified); הַקֹּדֶשׁ א׳ Zechariah 2:16 (compare below 4 above); hence also as Yahweh's land Deuteronomy 32:43; Isaiah 14:2; Zechariah 9:16; 2 Chronicles 7:20.
†6. whole earth, inhabited earth (seldom; compare also מְּנֵי הָא׳ below 4 above) Genesis 12:3; Genesis 28:14 (both J compare אֶרֶץ Genesis 18:18; Genesis 22:18; Genesis 26:4) Deuteronomy 14:2; Amos 3:2; Isaiah 24:21.
†7. proper name, of a location city in Naphtali (as built compare אָדָם 4 ? = ed-Dâme ?) west of L. Gennes. Joshua 19:36 see Di.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

Genesis 1:25; Genesis 1:25; Genesis 2:5; Genesis 2:6; Genesis 2:7; Genesis 2:9; Genesis 2:19; Genesis 3:17; Genesis 3:19; Genesis 3:23; Genesis 3:23; Genesis 4:2; Genesis 4:3; Genesis 4:10; Genesis 4:11; Genesis 4:12; Genesis 4:14; Genesis 5:29; Genesis 6:1; Genesis 6:7; Genesis 6:20; Genesis 7:4; Genesis 7:8; Genesis 7:23; Genesis 8:8; Genesis 8:13; Genesis 8:21; Genesis 9:2; Genesis 9:20; Genesis 12:3; Genesis 18:18; Genesis 19:25; Genesis 22:18; Genesis 26:4; Genesis 28:14; Genesis 28:15; Genesis 47:18; Genesis 47:19; Genesis 47:19; Genesis 47:20; Genesis 47:20; Genesis 47:20; Genesis 47:22; Genesis 47:23; Genesis 47:23; Genesis 47:26; Genesis 47:26

Exodus

Exodus 3:5; Exodus 10:6; Exodus 20:12; Exodus 20:24; Exodus 23:19; Exodus 32:12; Exodus 33:16; Exodus 34:26

Leviticus

Leviticus 20:24; Leviticus 20:25

Numbers

Numbers 11:12; Numbers 12:3; Numbers 16:30; Numbers 16:31; Numbers 16:32; Numbers 32:11

Deuteronomy

Deuteronomy 4:10; Deuteronomy 4:18; Deuteronomy 4:40; Deuteronomy 5:16; Deuteronomy 6:15; Deuteronomy 7:6; Deuteronomy 7:13; Deuteronomy 11:17; Deuteronomy 12:1; Deuteronomy 12:19; Deuteronomy 14:2; Deuteronomy 21:23; Deuteronomy 26:2; Deuteronomy 26:10; Deuteronomy 26:15; Deuteronomy 28:4; Deuteronomy 28:11; Deuteronomy 28:18; Deuteronomy 28:33; Deuteronomy 28:42; Deuteronomy 28:51; Deuteronomy 29:27; Deuteronomy 30:9; Deuteronomy 32:43

Joshua

Joshua 19:36

1 Samuel

1 Samuel 4:12; 1 Samuel 20:15; 1 Samuel 20:31

2 Samuel

2 Samuel 1:2; 2 Samuel 9:10; 2 Samuel 14:7; 2 Samuel 15:32; 2 Samuel 17:12

1 Kings

1 Kings 7:46; 1 Kings 8:34; 1 Kings 8:40; 1 Kings 17:14; 1 Kings 18:1

2 Kings

2 Kings 5:17; 2 Kings 17:23

1 Chronicles

1 Chronicles 27:26

2 Chronicles

2 Chronicles 4:17; 2 Chronicles 6:25; 2 Chronicles 6:31; 2 Chronicles 7:20; 2 Chronicles 7:20; 2 Chronicles 26:10; 2 Chronicles 33:8

Nehemiah

Nehemiah 9:1; Nehemiah 9:25; Nehemiah 10:36; Nehemiah 10:38

Job

Job 5:6; Job 31:38; Job 31:38

Psalms

Psalms 49:12; Psalms 49:12; Psalms 83:11; Psalms 105:35; Psalms 146:4

Proverbs

Proverbs 12:11; Proverbs 28:19

Isaiah

Isaiah 1:7; Isaiah 6:11; Isaiah 7:16; Isaiah 14:1; Isaiah 14:2; Isaiah 19:17; Isaiah 24:21; Isaiah 24:21; Isaiah 28:24; Isaiah 30:23; Isaiah 30:24; Isaiah 45:9

Jeremiah

Jeremiah 7:20; Jeremiah 14:4; Jeremiah 16:15; Jeremiah 24:10; Jeremiah 25:5; Jeremiah 25:33; Jeremiah 35:15

Ezekiel

Ezekiel 11:17; Ezekiel 28:25; Ezekiel 34:13; Ezekiel 34:27; Ezekiel 38:20

Daniel

Daniel 12:2

Hosea

Hosea 2:20

Joel

Joel 1:10; Joel 2:21

Amos

Amos 3:2; Amos 3:5

Zephaniah

Zephaniah 1:2; Zephaniah 1:3

Haggai

Haggai 1:11

Zechariah

Zechariah 9:16; Zechariah 13:5

Malachi

Malachi 3:11