What does אֲדָמָה · γῆ mean in the Bible?
אֲדָמָה · γῆ is a Hebrew phrase meaning "soil or cultivated land".
Hebrew · H127, G1093
אֲדָמָה
Soil (from its general redness) · earth: soil
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אֲדָמָה H127 soil (from its general redness)
Pronunciation ʾădāmāh
Soil as livelihood foundation: ranges from physical earth tilled by humans to covenantal promised land
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γῆ G1093 earth: soil
Pronunciation gē
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What does אֲדָמָה (adamah) mean in the Bible?
אֲדָמָה · γῆ is a Hebrew phrase meaning "soil or cultivated land".
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How many biblical occurrences are listed for H127, G1093?
H127, G1093 is connected to 225 lexical occurrence verses in the lexicon data.
Evidence Summary
Hebrew phrase. soil or cultivated land
Strong's H127, G1093
Lexical occurrences 225 verses Source Gloss
soil or cultivated land
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How this word appears across different grammatical cases and numbers.
Word Origins
אֲדָמָה is built from this root:
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