What does בֵּן · אָדָם mean in the Bible?
בֵּן · אָדָם is a Hebrew phrase meaning "sons of mankind, common humanity".
Hebrew · H1121, H120
בְּנֵי אָדָם
A son (as a builder of the family name), in the widest sense (of literal and figurative relationship, including grandson, subject, nation, quality or condition, etc., (like father or brother), etc.) · ruddy i.e. a human being (an individual or the species, mankind , etc.)
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בֵּן H1121 a son (as a builder of the family name), in the widest sense (of literal and figurative relationship, including grandson, subject, nation, quality or condition, etc., (like father or brother), etc.)
Pronunciation ben
Son extends metaphorically to designate relationship, condition, quality, and national identity across kinship and covenantal contexts.
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אָדָם H120 ruddy i.e. a human being (an individual or the species, mankind , etc.)
Pronunciation ʾādām
Humanity defined by earthly origin: from dust (ʾădāmâ), emphasizing creatureliness and mortality rather than divinity.
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What does בְּנֵי אָדָם (bene adam) mean in the Bible?
בֵּן · אָדָם is a Hebrew phrase meaning "sons of mankind, common humanity".
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How many biblical occurrences are listed for H1121, H120?
H1121, H120 is connected to 5,494 lexical occurrence verses in the lexicon data.
Evidence Summary
Hebrew phrase. sons of mankind, common humanity
Strong's H1121, H120
Lexical occurrences 5,494 verses Source Gloss
sons of mankind, common humanity
Grammatical Forms
How this word appears across different grammatical cases and numbers.
Word Origins
בְּנֵי אָדָם is built from this root:
Sources
MorphGNT Strong's Dictionary XML — CC0 1.0 Public Domain
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