Strong's Hebrew · H119

H119 ʼâdam

אָדַם

aw-dam'

to redden

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ʼâdam appears 10 times in Scripture, in Exodus, Proverbs, Isaiah, Lamentations and Nahum. In the Doxa app, open any verse that uses it, keep your notes on it, and ask Doxa Engage how it connects to what God has said to you.

Definition

to show blood (in the face), i.e. flush or turn rosy

In the King James Version

be (dyed, made) red (ruddy).

Appears 10 times in Scripture

Exodus 35:23

“Everyone who had blue, purple, or scarlet yarn, or fine linen, goat hair, ram skins dyed red, or articles of fine leather, brought them.”

Nahum 2:3

“The shields of his mighty men are red; the valiant warriors are dressed in scarlet. The fittings of the chariots flash like fire on the day they are prepared, and the spears of cypress have been brandished.”

Exodus 36:19

“Additionally, he made for the tent a covering of ram skins dyed red, and over that a covering of fine leather.”

Exodus 39:34

“the covering of ram skins dyed red, the covering of fine leather, and the veil of the covering;”

Proverbs 23:31

“Do not gaze at wine while it is red, when it sparkles in the cup and goes down smoothly.”

Exodus 25:5

“ram skins dyed red and fine leather; acacia wood;”

Isaiah 1:18

““Come now, let us reason together,” says the LORD. “Though your sins are like scarlet, they will be as white as snow; though they are as red as crimson, they will become like wool.”

Exodus 35:7

“ram skins dyed red and fine leather; acacia wood;”

Lamentations 4:7

“Her dignitaries were brighter than snow, whiter than milk; their bodies were more ruddy than rubies, their appearance like sapphires.”

Exodus 26:14

“Also make a covering for the tent out of ram skins dyed red, and over that a covering of fine leather.”

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Word study: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (James Strong, 1890, public domain), with glosses and editions from STEP Bible (www.STEPBible.org); Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible Project (CC BY 4.0); Strong's Greek Dictionary in XML by Ulrik Sandborg-Petersen (CC0). Sources and changes Verse mappings: Berean Standard Bible interlinear tables (public domain).

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