Strong’s H119 · Hebrew
אָדַם
ʼâdam
aw-dam'
Definition
flush or turn rosy
Etymology
to show blood (in the face), i.e.
Where the KJV renders it
- be (dyed
- made) red (ruddy)
Every distinct English word the King James Version uses to translate this Hebrew term. The variety shows what readers in English receive across many different surface words — the same underlying word, scattered across the English Bible under different names.
What the first audience heard
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