What does ἔσχατος · Ἀδάμ mean in the Bible?
ἔσχατος · Ἀδάμ is a Greek phrase meaning "last Adam".
Greek · G2078, G76
ἔσχατος Ἀδὰμ
Farthest, final (of place or time) · Adam, the first man; typically (of Jesus) man (as his representative)
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ἔσχατος G2078 farthest, final (of place or time)
Pronunciation éschatos
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Ἀδάμ G76 Adam, the first man; typically (of Jesus) man (as his representative)
Pronunciation Adám
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What does ἔσχατος Ἀδὰμ (eschatos Adam) mean in the Bible?
ἔσχατος · Ἀδάμ is a Greek phrase meaning "last Adam".
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Questions this entry answers
How many biblical occurrences are listed for G2078, G76?
G2078, G76 is connected to 52 lexical occurrence verses in the lexicon data.
Evidence Summary
Greek phrase. last Adam
Source Gloss
last Adam
Grammatical Forms
How this word appears across different grammatical cases and numbers.
This word appears as a noun across 10 case and number patterns. The form changes show how the word functions in a sentence; they do not change the basic lexical meaning by themselves.
Form patterns 10 Aligned forms 52 Case pattern Nominative (21) Number pattern Singular (22)
Nominative · Plural · Masculine Matt 19:30 · Matt 20:12 · Matt 20:16 · Mark 10:31 · Luke 13:30 9×
Nominative · Singular · Masculine Mark 9:35 · 1 Cor 15:26 · 1 Cor 15:45 · Rev 1:17 · Rev 2:8 · Rev 22:13 6×
Nominative · Plural · Neuter Matt 12:45 · Luke 11:26 · 2 Pet 2:20 3×
Nominative · Singular · Feminine Matt 27:64 · 1 John 2:18 3×
Genitive · Singular · Neuter Acts 1:8 · Acts 13:47 · Heb 1:2 3×
Genitive · Singular · Masculine 1 Pet 1:20 · Jude 1:18 2×
Genitive · Plural · Feminine 2 Pet 3:3 · Rev 21:9 2×
Genitive · Plural · Masculine Matt 20:8 1×
Dative · Singular · Feminine John 6:39 · John 6:40 · John 6:44 · John 6:54 · John 7:37 · John 11:24 · John 12:48 · 1 Cor 15:52 8×
Dative · Plural · Feminine Acts 2:17 · 2 Tim 3:1 · Jas 5:3 3×
Word Origins
ἔσχατος Ἀδὰμ is built from this root:
Cross-Language Connections
Hebrew roots and equivalents that share conceptual or etymological ground with this Greek word.
H121 Related Hebrew
Sources
MorphGNT Strong's Dictionary XML — CC0 1.0 Public Domain
Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible (morphhb/OSHB) — CC BY 4.0
Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon — CC BY 4.0
Berean Standard Bible (BSB) source-word alignment - CC0 Public Domain