What does אָדָם · מוּת mean in the Bible?
אָדָם · מוּת is a Hebrew phrase meaning "mortality despite exalted office".
Hebrew · H120, H4191
כְּאָדָם תְּמוּתוּן
Ruddy i.e. a human being (an individual or the species, mankind , etc.) · to die (literally or figuratively); causatively, to kill
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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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מוּת H4191 to die (literally or figuratively); causatively, to kill
Pronunciation mût
Moves from literal death to spiritual/covenantal death; God's instrument of judgment and consequence for covenant violation.
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What does כְּאָדָם תְּמוּתוּן (keadam temutun) mean in the Bible?
אָדָם · מוּת is a Hebrew phrase meaning "mortality despite exalted office".
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How many biblical occurrences are listed for H120, H4191?
H120, H4191 is connected to 1,391 lexical occurrence verses in the lexicon data.
Evidence Summary
Hebrew phrase. mortality despite exalted office
Strong's H120, H4191
Lexical occurrences 1,391 verses Source Gloss
mortality despite exalted office
Grammatical Forms
How this word appears across different grammatical cases and numbers.
Word Origins
כְּאָדָם תְּמוּתוּן is built from this root:
Sources
MorphGNT Strong's Dictionary XML — CC0 1.0 Public Domain
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