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ˈæd əmadam

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. Adamnoun

    (Old Testament) in Judeo-Christian mythology; the first man and the husband of Eve and the progenitor of the human race

  2. Adam, Robert Adamnoun

    Scottish architect who designed many public buildings in England and Scotland (1728-1792)

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    street names for methylenedioxymethamphetamine

Wiktionary

  1. Adamnoun

    The first man in the Bible and the Qur'an, said to be the progenitor of the human race.

  2. Adamnoun

    A male given name.

  3. Adamnoun

    Original sin or human frailty.

  4. Adamnoun

    (with second or last) Jesus Christ, whose sacrifice, in Christian theology, makes possible the forgiveness of Adam's original sin.

  5. Etymology: Adam, Adamus, from Ἀδάμ, Ἄδαμος, from אדם, from אדמה.

Wikipedia

  1. Adam

    Adam is the name given in Genesis 1-5 to the first human. Beyond its use as the name of the first man, adam is also used in the Bible as a pronoun, individually as "a human" and in a collective sense as "mankind". Genesis 1 tells of God's creation of the world and its creatures, including adam, meaning humankind; in Genesis 2 God forms "Adam", this time meaning a single male human, out of "the dust of the ground", places him in the Garden of Eden, and forms a woman as his helpmate; in Genesis 3 Adam and the woman eat the fruit of the tree of knowledge and God condemns Adam to labour on the earth for his food and to return to it on his death; Genesis 4 deals with the birth of Adam's sons, and Genesis 5 lists his descendants from Seth to Noah. The Genesis creation myth was adopted by both Christianity and Islam, and the name of Adam accordingly appears in the Christian scriptures and in the Quran. He also features in subsequent folkloric and mystical elaborations later Judaism, Christianity, and gnosticism.

ChatGPT

  1. Adam

    A general definition for the name Adam is that it is a common masculine given name in many cultures. It traces its origins to Hebrew and Arabic, where it is believed to mean "man" or "earthly." In religious contexts, Adam is often recognized as the first man created by God in the biblical creation story. It is also a name with historical significance, being used by various prominent figures throughout different periods in history.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Adamnoun

    the name given in the Bible to the first man, the progenitor of the human race

  2. Adamnoun

    "Original sin;" human frailty

Wikidata

  1. Adam

    Adam is a figure in the Book of Genesis, the Quran and the Kitáb-i-Íqán. According to the creation myth of Abrahamic religions, he is the first human. In the Genesis creation narratives, he was created by Yahweh-Elohim, though the term "adam" can refer to both the first individual person, as well as to the general creation of humankind. Christian churches differ on how they view Adam's subsequent behavior, and to the consequences that those actions had on the rest of humanity. Christian and Jewish teachings sometimes hold Adam and Eve to a different level of responsibility for the Fall, though Islamic teaching holds both equally responsible. In addition, Islam holds that Adam was eventually forgiven, while Christianity holds that redemption occurred only later through the sacrifice of Jesus Christ. Bahá'í Faith, Islam and some Christian denominations consider Adam to be the first Prophet.

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary

  1. Adam

    ad′am, n. the first man: unregenerate human nature: a gaoler.—n. Ad′amite, one descended from Adam: one of a 2d-century heretical sect in Northern Africa, and in the 15th in Germany, whose members, claiming the primitive innocence of Eden, went about naked.—adjs. Adamit′ic, -al.—n. Ad′amitism.

The Nuttall Encyclopedia

  1. Adam

    the first father, according to the Bible, of the human race.

Editors Contribution

  1. Adam

    Man of red earth, man of red clay, man of God


    Submitted by anonymous on March 3, 2020  

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Who Was Who?

  1. Adam

    Ancestor, explorer, gardener, and inaugurator of history. Biographers differ as to his parentage. Born first Saturday of year 1. Little is known of his childhood. Education: Self-educated. Entered the gardening and orchard business when a young man. Was a strong anti-polygamist. Married Eve, a close relative. Children, Cain and Abel. Was prosperous for some years, but eventually fell prey to his wife's fruitful ambitions. Lost favor of the proprietor of the garden, and failed in business. A. started a number of things which have not been perfected. Diet: Fond of apples. Recreation: Chess, agriculture. Address: Eden, General Delivery. Clubs: Member of all exclusive clubs.

Surnames Frequency by Census Records

  1. ADAM

    According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Adam is ranked #2654 in terms of the most common surnames in America.

    The Adam surname appeared 13,574 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 5 would have the surname Adam.

    72.5% or 9,852 total occurrences were White.
    17% or 2,320 total occurrences were Black.
    4.4% or 605 total occurrences were of Hispanic origin.
    3.5% or 478 total occurrences were Asian.
    1.9% or 262 total occurrences were of two or more races.
    0.4% or 57 total occurrences were American Indian or Alaskan Native.

British National Corpus

  1. Spoken Corpus Frequency

    Rank popularity for the word 'adam' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #2868

  2. Written Corpus Frequency

    Rank popularity for the word 'adam' in Written Corpus Frequency: #3484

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of adam in Chaldean Numerology is: 1

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of adam in Pythagorean Numerology is: 1

Examples of adam in a Sentence

  1. President Trump:

    This isnt the first time that happened, you saw it right after I did my testimony, and they said, Oh, Donald Trump Jr. had the Wikileaks information, because presumably, Adam Schiff leaked it right after my testimony to them, and conveniently took out the one before the four, turning the 14th into the 4th, meaning I had it six days before the world saw it, as opposed to four days after the entire world saw it.

  2. Kathleen Behrens:

    The Commissioner (Adam Silver) has acknowledged that we need to do more in this issue in terms of discipline going forward, mostly in terms of due process and not really relying on the criminal justice system.

  3. Jonathan Barnett:

    We want to make a statement. This is an inquisition, and we just feel like they are trying to dig up anything they can but that it's one-sided, we don't understand Liz Cheney and Adam. There's just a lot of frustration with the January 6 committee and we don't think there's any representation on the Republican side. We'd like to see [ House Minority Leader Kevin ] McCarthy take care of these issues, but it's something we feel we need to talk about.

  4. Matt Winans:

    Adam Burbach wanted to know exactly what we did bring it back, both [ Tab and Surge ] are retro, both have cemented themselves as pop culture icons, both have that intrinsic cult following.

  5. President Trump:

    Little Adam Schiff, who is desperate to run for higher office, is one of the biggest liars and leakers in Washington, adam leaves closed committee hearings to illegally leak confidential information. Must be stopped!

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