Adam in the Bible — the Hebrew name and what it means

אָדָם

ʼÂdâm · pronounced aw-dawm' · Strong's H121, G76

The first man, formed from the dust and given the breath of life — the father of all living.

Also called

Ha-Adam הָאָדָם — “the man” — from adamah, the ground he was taken from

Gen 2:7Formed from the dust; the breath of life

Gen 2:15Placed in the garden to dress and keep it

Gen 2:19He names every living creature

Gen 2:22The rib, and the bride brought to him

Gen 3:6The fall — “she gave me of the tree”

Gen 3:9“Where art thou?”

Gen 3:21The LORD God clothes them with skins

1Cor 15:22“In Adam all die … in Messiah all made alive”

1Cor 15:45“The last Adam, a quickening spirit”

Adam is named 10 times in the Hebrew Scriptures and 7 times in the New Testament.

The word אָדָם is also the ordinary Hebrew word for “man”; these references are where it stands as his name.

Gen 3:17Gen 4:25Gen 5:1Gen 5:3Gen 5:4Gen 5:5Josh 3:161Chr 1:1Job 31:33Hos 6:7

Luke 3:38Rom 5:141Cor 15:221Cor 15:451Tim 2:131Tim 2:14Jude 1:14