127. adamah

Strong's Lexicon

adamah: Ground, land, earth, soil

Original Word: אֲדָמָה
Part of Speech: Noun Feminine
Transliteration: adamah
Pronunciation: ah-dah-MAH
Phonetic Spelling: (ad-aw-maw')
Definition: Ground, land, earth, soil
Meaning: soil

Word Origin: Derived from אָדָם (adam), meaning "man" or "mankind," which is related to the concept of being made from the earth or ground.

Corresponding Greek / Hebrew Entries: - G1093 (γῆ, gē): Often translated as "earth" or "land," used in the New Testament to refer to the physical earth or land.

Usage: The Hebrew word "adamah" primarily refers to the ground or soil, emphasizing the material from which humans were created. It is often used in the context of agriculture, land ownership, and the physical earth. The term underscores the connection between humanity and the earth, as seen in the creation narrative where man is formed from the dust of the ground (Genesis 2:7).

Cultural and Historical Background: In ancient Israelite culture, the land was a vital aspect of life, providing sustenance and identity. The Promised Land was central to God's covenant with Israel, and the fertility of the land was often seen as a sign of divine blessing. The concept of "adamah" also reflects the agrarian lifestyle of the Israelites, where the ground was tilled and cultivated for survival.

NAS Exhaustive Concordance

Word Origin
from the same as adam
Definition
ground, land
NASB Translation
country (1), dirt (1), dust (3), earth (32), farming* (1), fields (1), ground (64), land (112), lands (2), soil (7).

Brown-Driver-Briggs

אֲדָמָה₂₂₄ noun feminine ground, land (as tilled, German bebaut ? Dl^{Pr 105}, but Fleisch. (Merx^{Archiv 1, 236 f}) compare Arabic , skin, as smoothly covering & close-fitting; √ דם compare Arabic smear (spread over surface); compare also Nö^{ZMG 1886, 737}) — ׳א Genesis 1:25 +; construct אַדְמַת Genesis 47:20 +; suffix אַדְמָתִי Job 31:38 2t. 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 א2Chronicles 26:10 i.e. lover of husbandry (or do these point to earlier meaning tillage ? compare Dl^{Pr 105}) ׳אִישׁ עֹבֵד א Zechariah 13:5.

2 piece of ground, landed property Genesis 47:18,19 (3 t. 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 מִןהָֿא); so animals Genesis 2:19 (׳מִןהָֿא); 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 אֶתמִּֿיהָ ׳מָּֽצְתָה הָא 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 ׳מְּנֵי הָא 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 9t.

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 16t. 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 16t. Deuteronomy, Joshua; 1 Kings 8:34,40 +; Jeremiah 16:15; Jeremiah 24:10; Jeremiah 25:5; Jeremiah 35:15; Ezekiel 28:25; 2Chronicles 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 t.; + 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; 2Chronicles 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.

Strong's Exhaustive Concordance

country, earth, ground, husbandman ry, land

From 'adam; soil (from its general redness) -- country, earth, ground, husband(-man) (-ry), land.

see HEBREW 'adam

Forms and Transliterations

אֲדָמָ֑ה אֲדָמָ֖ה אֲדָמָ֤ה אֲדָמָֽה׃ אֲדָמָה֙ אֲדָמָה֮ אֲדָמֽוֹת׃ אַ֠דְמָתֶךָ אַ֭דְמָתוֹ אַדְמַ֖ת אַדְמַ֣ת אַדְמַ֤ת אַדְמַ֥ת אַדְמַ֨ת אַדְמַתְכֶ֑ם אַדְמַתְכֶ֔ם אַדְמַתְכֶ֖ם אַדְמַתְכֶ֗ם אַדְמַתְכֶֽם׃ אַדְמַת־ אַדְמָ֣תְךָ֔ אַדְמָֽתְךָ֙ אַדְמָת֖וֹ אַדְמָתְךָ֖ אַדְמָתְךָ֮ אַדְמָתִ֔י אַדְמָתִ֣י אַדְמָתִי֙ אַדְמָתֵ֔נוּ אַדְמָתֵ֖נוּ אַדְמָתֵ֗נוּ אַדְמָתֶ֑ךָ אַדְמָתֶֽךָ׃ אַדְמָתָ֑ם אַדְמָתָ֔ם אַדְמָתָ֖הּ אַדְמָתָ֖ם אַדְמָתָ֛ם אַדְמָתָֽם׃ אַדְמָתָם֒ אַדְמָתָם֙ אַדְמָתֽוֹ׃ אַדְמָתוֹ֙ אדמה אדמה׃ אדמות׃ אדמת אדמת־ אדמתה אדמתו אדמתו׃ אדמתי אדמתך אדמתך׃ אדמתכם אדמתכם׃ אדמתם אדמתם׃ אדמתנו בָּאֲדָמָ֑ה בָּאֲדָמָה֙ באדמה הָ֣אֲדָמָ֔ה הָֽאֲדָמָ֑ה הָֽאֲדָמָ֔ה הָֽאֲדָמָ֖ה הָֽאֲדָמָ֗ה הָֽאֲדָמָ֛ה הָֽאֲדָמָֽה׃ הָֽאֲדָמָה֙ הָאֲדָמָ֑ה הָאֲדָמָ֔ה הָאֲדָמָ֖ה הָאֲדָמָ֗ה הָאֲדָמָ֡ה הָאֲדָמָ֣ה ׀ הָאֲדָמָ֤ה הָאֲדָמָ֨ה הָאֲדָמָֽה׃ הָאֲדָמָה֙ הָאָ֡רֶץ האדמה האדמה׃ הארץ וְאַדְמָתְךָ֖ וְאַדְמָתֵ֙נוּ֙ וְאַדְמָתֵֽנוּ׃ וְהָ֣אֲדָמָ֔ה וְהָאֲדָמָ֖ה וַאֲדָמָ֖ה וַאֲדָמָ֣ה וּ֝מֵאֲדָמָ֗ה ואדמה ואדמתך ואדמתנו ואדמתנו׃ והאדמה ומאדמה לְאַדְמַ֣ת לְאַדְמַ֥ת לְאַדְמָת֑וֹ לָאֲדָמָֽה׃ לאדמה׃ לאדמת לאדמתו ’ă·ḏā·māh ’ă·ḏā·mō·wṯ ’aḏ·mā·ṯāh ’aḏ·mā·ṯām ’aḏ·mā·ṯe·ḵā ’aḏ·mā·ṯə·ḵā ’aḏ·mā·ṯê·nū ’aḏ·mā·ṯî ’aḏ·mā·ṯōw ’aḏ·maṯ ’aḏ·maṯ- ’aḏ·maṯ·ḵem ’ăḏāmāh ’ăḏāmōwṯ ’aḏmaṯ ’aḏmaṯ- ’aḏmāṯāh ’aḏmāṯām ’aḏmāṯeḵā ’aḏmāṯəḵā ’aḏmāṯênū ’aḏmāṯî ’aḏmaṯḵem ’aḏmāṯōw adaMah adaMot adMat admaTah admaTam admatChem adMatecha admaTenu admaTi admaTo bā’ăḏāmāh bā·’ă·ḏā·māh baadaMah hā’ăḏāmāh hā’āreṣ hā·’ă·ḏā·māh hā·’ā·reṣ haadaMah haAretz lā’ăḏāmāh lā·’ă·ḏā·māh laadaMah lə’aḏmaṯ lə’aḏmāṯōw lə·’aḏ·mā·ṯōw lə·’aḏ·maṯ leadMat leadmaTo ū·mê·’ă·ḏā·māh ūmê’ăḏāmāh umeadaMah vaadaMah veadmateCha veadmaTenu vehaadaMah wa’ăḏāmāh wa·’ă·ḏā·māh wə’aḏmāṯəḵā wə’aḏmāṯênū wə·’aḏ·mā·ṯə·ḵā wə·’aḏ·mā·ṯê·nū wə·hā·’ă·ḏā·māh wəhā’ăḏāmāh

Englishman's Concordance

Genesis 1:25
HEB: כָּל־ רֶ֥מֶשׂ הָֽאֲדָמָ֖ה לְמִינֵ֑הוּ וַיַּ֥רְא
NAS: that creeps on the ground after its kind;
KJV: and every thing that creepeth upon the earth after his kind:
INT: and everything creeps the ground kind saw

Genesis 2:5
HEB: לַֽעֲבֹ֖ד אֶת־ הָֽאֲדָמָֽה׃
NAS: man to cultivate the ground.
KJV: a man to till the ground.
INT: no to cultivate the ground

Genesis 2:6
HEB: כָּל־ פְּנֵֽי־ הָֽאֲדָמָֽה׃
NAS: the whole surface of the ground.
KJV: the whole face of the ground.
INT: the whole surface of the ground

Genesis 2:7
HEB: עָפָר֙ מִן־ הָ֣אֲדָמָ֔ה וַיִּפַּ֥ח בְּאַפָּ֖יו
NAS: of dust from the ground, and breathed
KJV: of the ground, and breathed
INT: of dust of the ground and breathed his nostrils

Genesis 2:9
HEB: אֱלֹהִים֙ מִן־ הָ֣אֲדָמָ֔ה כָּל־ עֵ֛ץ
NAS: Out of the ground the LORD God
KJV: And out of the ground made the LORD
INT: God and out of the ground every tree

Genesis 2:19
HEB: אֱלֹהִ֜ים מִן־ הָֽאֲדָמָ֗ה כָּל־ חַיַּ֤ת
NAS: Out of the ground the LORD God
KJV: And out of the ground the LORD God
INT: God Out of the ground every A living

Genesis 3:17
HEB: מִמֶּ֑נּוּ אֲרוּרָ֤ה הָֽאֲדָמָה֙ בַּֽעֲבוּרֶ֔ךָ בְּעִצָּבוֹן֙
NAS: from it'; Cursed is the ground because
KJV: of it: cursed [is] the ground for thy sake; in sorrow
INT: at Cursed is the ground because toil

Genesis 3:19
HEB: שֽׁוּבְךָ֙ אֶל־ הָ֣אֲדָמָ֔ה כִּ֥י מִמֶּ֖נָּה
NAS: you return to the ground, Because
KJV: thou return unto the ground; for out of it wast thou taken:
INT: return to the ground Because at

Genesis 3:23
HEB: לַֽעֲבֹד֙ אֶת־ הָ֣אֲדָמָ֔ה אֲשֶׁ֥ר לֻקַּ֖ח
NAS: to cultivate the ground from which
KJV: to till the ground from whence he was taken.
INT: of Eden to cultivate the ground which was taken

Genesis 4:2
HEB: הָיָ֖ה עֹבֵ֥ד אֲדָמָֽה׃
NAS: but Cain was a tiller of the ground.
KJV: but Cain was a tiller of the ground.
INT: become was a tiller of the ground

Genesis 4:3
HEB: קַ֜יִן מִפְּרִ֧י הָֽאֲדָמָ֛ה מִנְחָ֖ה לַֽיהוָֽה׃
NAS: of the fruit of the ground.
KJV: of the fruit of the ground an offering
INT: Cain of the fruit of the ground an offering to the LORD

Genesis 4:10
HEB: אֵלַ֖י מִן־ הָֽאֲדָמָֽה׃
NAS: blood is crying to Me from the ground.
KJV: blood crieth unto me from the ground.
INT: about from the ground

Genesis 4:11
HEB: אָ֑תָּה מִן־ הָֽאֲדָמָה֙ אֲשֶׁ֣ר פָּצְתָ֣ה
NAS: you are cursed from the ground, which
KJV: And now [art] thou cursed from the earth, which hath opened
INT: you from the ground which has opened

Genesis 4:12
HEB: תַֽעֲבֹד֙ אֶת־ הָ֣אֲדָמָ֔ה לֹֽא־ תֹסֵ֥ף
NAS: you cultivate the ground, it will no
KJV: thou tillest the ground, it shall not henceforth
INT: When cultivate the ground will no longer

Genesis 4:14
HEB: מֵעַל֙ פְּנֵ֣י הָֽאֲדָמָ֔ה וּמִפָּנֶ֖יךָ אֶסָּתֵ֑ר
NAS: from the face of the ground; and from Your face
KJV: from the face of the earth; and from
INT: and from the face of the ground your face will be hidden

Genesis 5:29
HEB: יָדֵ֔ינוּ מִן־ הָ֣אֲדָמָ֔ה אֲשֶׁ֥ר אֵֽרְרָ֖הּ
NAS: of our hands [arising] from the ground which
KJV: because of the ground which the LORD
INT: of our hands because the ground which has cursed

Genesis 6:1
HEB: עַל־ פְּנֵ֣י הָֽאֲדָמָ֑ה וּבָנ֖וֹת יֻלְּד֥וּ
NAS: on the face of the land, and daughters
KJV: the face of the earth, and daughters
INT: on the face of the land and daughters were born

Genesis 6:7
HEB: מֵעַל֙ פְּנֵ֣י הָֽאֲדָמָ֔ה מֵֽאָדָם֙ עַד־
NAS: from the face of the land, from man
KJV: from the face of the earth; both man,
INT: from the face of the land man and

Genesis 6:20
HEB: מִכֹּ֛ל רֶ֥מֶשׂ הָֽאֲדָמָ֖ה לְמִינֵ֑הוּ שְׁנַ֧יִם
NAS: creeping thing of the ground after its kind,
KJV: of every creeping thing of the earth after his kind,
INT: of every creeping of the ground kind two

Genesis 7:4
HEB: מֵעַ֖ל פְּנֵ֥י הָֽאֲדָמָֽה׃
NAS: out from the face of the land every
KJV: from off the face of the earth.
INT: out the face of the land

Genesis 7:8
HEB: רֹמֵ֖שׂ עַל־ הָֽאֲדָמָֽה׃
NAS: that creeps on the ground,
KJV: and of every thing that creepeth upon the earth,
INT: creeps on the ground

Genesis 7:23
HEB: עַל־ פְּנֵ֣י הָֽאֲדָמָ֗ה מֵאָדָ֤ם עַד־
NAS: that was upon the face of the land, from man
KJV: which was upon the face of the ground, both man,
INT: was upon the face of the land man against

Genesis 8:8
HEB: מֵעַ֖ל פְּנֵ֥י הָֽאֲדָמָֽה׃
NAS: was abated from the face of the land;
KJV: from off the face of the ground;
INT: from the face of the land

Genesis 8:13
HEB: חָֽרְב֖וּ פְּנֵ֥י הָֽאֲדָמָֽה׃
NAS: the surface of the ground was dried
KJV: and, behold, the face of the ground was dry.
INT: was dried the surface of the ground

Genesis 8:21
HEB: ע֤וֹד אֶת־ הָֽאֲדָמָה֙ בַּעֲב֣וּר הָֽאָדָ֔ם
NAS: curse the ground on account
KJV: curse the ground any more for man's
INT: curse again the ground account of man

225 Occurrences

Strong's Hebrew 127
225 Occurrences

’ă·ḏā·māh — 11 Occ.
’ă·ḏā·mō·wṯ — 1 Occ.
’aḏ·maṯ — 25 Occ.
’aḏ·mā·ṯāh — 1 Occ.
’aḏ·mā·ṯām — 17 Occ.
’aḏ·maṯ·ḵem — 6 Occ.
’aḏ·mā·ṯə·ḵā — 12 Occ.
’aḏ·mā·ṯê·nū — 4 Occ.
’aḏ·mā·ṯî — 3 Occ.
’aḏ·mā·ṯōw — 12 Occ.
bā·’ă·ḏā·māh — 2 Occ.
hā·’ă·ḏā·māh — 113 Occ.
hā·’ā·reṣ — 1 Occ.
lā·’ă·ḏā·māh — 1 Occ.
lə·’aḏ·maṯ — 2 Occ.
lə·’aḏ·mā·ṯōw — 1 Occ.
ū·mê·’ă·ḏā·māh — 1 Occ.
wa·’ă·ḏā·māh — 6 Occ.
wə·’aḏ·mā·ṯə·ḵā — 1 Occ.
wə·’aḏ·mā·ṯê·nū — 2 Occ.
wə·hā·’ă·ḏā·māh — 3 Occ.