Hebrew
אָדָם a·dam
“man” · 551 times in the Old Testament
Through the Bible
- “man” 291
- “men” 71
- “mankind” 21
- “human” 17
- “both man” 12
- other ways 139
- anthrōpos, the Greek the New Testament uses for it 550
In the New Testament it continues as anthrōpos: Hebrews 2:6 quotes Psalms 8:4, and puts this word in Greek.
As a table, book by book
| Book | Times |
|---|---|
| Genesis | 45 |
| Exodus | 14 |
| Leviticus | 15 |
| Numbers | 24 |
| Deuteronomy | 7 |
| Joshua | 2 |
| Judges | 6 |
| 1 Samuel | 7 |
| 2 Samuel | 4 |
| 1 Kings | 5 |
| 2 Kings | 4 |
| 1 Chronicles | 4 |
| 2 Chronicles | 6 |
| Nehemiah | 3 |
| Job | 26 |
| Psalms | 62 |
| Proverbs | 45 |
| Ecclesiastes | 49 |
| Isaiah | 27 |
| Jeremiah | 30 |
| Lamentations | 2 |
| Ezekiel | 132 |
| Daniel | 4 |
| Hosea | 3 |
| Joel | 1 |
| Amos | 1 |
| Jonah | 3 |
| Micah | 5 |
| Habakkuk | 3 |
| Zephaniah | 3 |
| Haggai | 1 |
| Zechariah | 7 |
| Malachi | 1 |
| Matthew | 115 |
| Mark | 56 |
| Luke | 95 |
| John | 59 |
| Acts | 46 |
| Romans | 27 |
| 1 Corinthians | 31 |
| 2 Corinthians | 8 |
| Galatians | 14 |
| Ephesians | 9 |
| Philippians | 3 |
| Colossians | 7 |
| 1 Thessalonians | 5 |
| 2 Thessalonians | 2 |
| 1 Timothy | 10 |
| 2 Timothy | 5 |
| Titus | 5 |
| Hebrews | 10 |
| James | 7 |
| 1 Peter | 5 |
| 2 Peter | 4 |
| 1 John | 1 |
| Jude | 1 |
| Revelation | 25 |
How the BSB translates it
Each way the Berean Standard Bible puts it into English, and how often.
Its meanings, as STEP Bible divides them
- man 530
- the man (Adam) 21
Where it occurs
Grouped by how it’s translated, then by book. Each reference opens the verse.
“man” 291
Genesis 31
- 1:26 …said Let Us make man in Our image after…
- 1:27 …So God created man in His own image…
- 2:5 …and there was no man to cultivate the ground…
- 2:7 …the LORD God formed man from the dust of…
- 2:7 …life into his nostrils and the man became a living being…
- 2:8 …east where He placed the man He had formed…
- 2:15 …the LORD God took the man and placed him in…
- 2:18 …It is not good for the man to be alone I…
- 2:19 …He brought them to the man to see what he…
- 2:20 The man gave names to all…
- 2:21 …the LORD God caused the man to fall into a…
- 2:22 …God had taken from the man He made a woman…
- 2:23 And the man said This is now…
- 2:25 And the man and his wife were…
- 3:8 Then the man and his wife heard…
- 3:9 …God called out to the man Where are you…
- 3:12 And the man answered The woman whom…
- 3:22 …LORD God said Behold the man has become like one…
- 3:24 …So He drove out the man and stationed cherubim on…
- 5:1 …day that God created man He made him in…
- 5:2 …created He called them man
- 6:3 …Spirit will not contend with man forever for he is…
- 6:5 …saw that the wickedness of man was great upon the…
- 6:6 …that He had made man on the earth and…
- 6:7 …I will blot out man whom I have created…
- 7:23 …the earth was destroyed man and livestock crawling creatures…
- 8:21 …the ground because of man even though every inclination…
- 9:5 …the life of any man or beast by whose…
- 9:6 …Whoever sheds the blood of man by man his blood…
- 9:6 …the blood of man by man his blood will be…
- 16:12 …be a wild donkey of a man and his hand will…
Exodus 8
- 4:11 …to him Who gave man his mouth Or who…
- 8:17 …earth gnats came upon man and beast All the…
- 8:18 …And the gnats remained on man and beast…
- 9:9 …will break out on man and beast throughout the…
- 9:10 …festering boils broke out on man and beast…
- 9:19 …in the field Every man or beast that remains…
- 9:22 …land of Egypt on man and beast and every…
- 13:15 …land of Egypt both of man and beast This is…
Leviticus 4
Numbers 3
Deuteronomy 4
Joshua 1
- 14:15 …after Arba the greatest man among the Anakim Then…
1 Samuel 4
2 Samuel 1
- 7:19 …Is this Your custom with man O Lord GOD…
1 Chronicles 1
- 29:1 …this palace is not for man but for the LORD…
2 Chronicles 2
Job 14
- 5:7 …Yet man is born to trouble…
- 11:12 …donkey can be born a man
- 14:1 Man who is born of…
- 15:7 …Were you the first man ever born Were you…
- 20:4 …that from antiquity since man was placed on the…
- 20:29 …This is the wicked man’s portion from God the…
- 25:6 …maggot and the son of man who is but a…
- 27:13 …This is the wicked man’s portion from God the…
- 28:28 …And He said to man Behold the fear of…
- 33:17 …to turn a man from wrongdoing and keep…
- 33:23 …a thousand to tell a man what is right for…
- 34:29 …He watches over both man and nation…
- 35:8 …righteousness only a son of man
- 37:7 …the hand of every man so that all men…
Psalms 7
- 8:4 …him or the son of man that You care for…
- 32:2 …Blessed is the man whose iniquity the LORD…
- 36:6 …O LORD You preserve man and beast…
- 39:5 …before You Truly each man at his best exists…
- 39:11 …holds dear surely each man is but a vapor…
- 49:12 But a man despite his wealth cannot…
- 49:20 A man who has riches without…
And 211 more, on the full page.
“men” 71
Genesis 4
Numbers 2
1 Samuel 1
- 24:9 …listen to the words of men who say Look David…
2 Samuel 2
1 Kings 2
1 Chronicles 1
- 21:13 …fall into the hands of men
2 Chronicles 1
- 6:30 …alone know the hearts of men
Job 1
- 34:30 …that godless men should not rule or…
Psalms 27
- 11:4 …they examine the sons of men
- 12:1 …have vanished from among men
- 12:8 …vileness is exalted among men
- 14:2 …heaven upon the sons of men to see if any…
- 17:4 …As for the deeds of men by the word of…
- 21:10 …offspring from the sons of men
- 22:6 …not a man scorned by men and despised by the…
- 31:19 …bestowed before the sons of men on those who take…
- 33:13 …sees all the sons of men
- 36:7 …God that the children of men take refuge in the…
- 45:2 …are the most handsome of men grace has anointed your…
- 53:2 …heaven upon the sons of men to see if any…
- 57:4 …down with ravenous beasts with men whose teeth are spears…
- 58:1 …judge uprightly O sons of men
- 58:11 Then men will say There is…
- 62:9 …Lowborn men are but a vapor…
- 68:18 …You have received gifts from men even from the rebellious…
- 89:47 …You have created all men
- 107:8 …wonders to the sons of men
- 107:15 …wonders to the sons of men
- 107:21 …wonders to the sons of men
- 107:31 …wonders to the sons of men
- 115:4 …made by the hands of men
- 116:11 …alarm I said All men are liars…
- 135:15 …made by the hands of men
- 140:1 …O LORD from evil men Protect me from men…
- 145:12 …to make known to men Your mighty acts and…
Proverbs 5
Ecclesiastes 8
- 1:13 …laid upon the sons of men to occupy them…
- 2:3 …see what was worthwhile for men to do under heaven…
- 2:8 …delights of the sons of men many concubines…
- 3:10 …laid upon the sons of men to occupy them…
- 3:18 …As for the sons of men God tests them so…
- 8:11 …speedily executed the hearts of men become fully set on…
- 9:3 …everyone Furthermore the hearts of men are full of evil…
- 9:12 …trapped in a snare so men are ensnared in an…
Isaiah 4
Jeremiah 5
Ezekiel 4
Micah 1
- 5:5 …shepherds even eight leaders of men
Habakkuk 1
- 1:14 …You have made men like the fish of…
Zechariah 2
“mankind” 21
“human” 17
Leviticus 2
Numbers 1
- 19:13 …Anyone who touches a human corpse and fails to…
Deuteronomy 1
- 20:19 …trees of the field human that you should besiege…
1 Kings 1
- 13:2 …burn incense upon you and human bones will be burned…
2 Kings 3
2 Chronicles 1
- 32:19 …the earth the work of human hands…
Isaiah 1
- 37:19 …and stone the work of human hands…
Ezekiel 7
- 1:5 …their appearance They had a human form…
- 1:8 …on their four sides they had human hands All four living…
- 4:15 …cow dung instead of human excrement and you may…
- 10:8 …to have the form of human hands under their wings…
- 10:21 …with what looked like human hands under their wings…
- 32:13 …the abundant waters No human foot will muddy them…
- 39:15 …land anyone who sees a human bone will set up…
“both man” 12
Exodus 2
Numbers 2
Psalms 1
- 135:8 …the firstborn of Egypt of both man and beast…
Jeremiah 2
Ezekiel 5
“people” 12
Numbers 2
Joshua 1
- 11:14 …but they put all the people to the sword until…
2 Samuel 1
- 23:3 …me He who rules the people with justice who rules…
Proverbs 1
- 28:28 …wicked come to power people hide themselves but when…
Jeremiah 1
- 47:2 …cities and their inhabitants The people will cry out and…
Ezekiel 5
Jonah 1
- 4:11 …which has more than people who cannot tell their…
“one” 8
“anyone” 6
“person” 6
“among men” 6
Not translated: the English carries it without a word 5
“his” 3
“other man” 3
“can man” 3
“both of man” 2
“someone” 2
“whether persons” 2
“mortals” 2
“reflects the true man” 2
“does a man” 2
“though the man” 2
“whatever the man” 1
Genesis 1
- 2:19 …would name each one And whatever the man called each living creature…
“every man” 1
Genesis 1
- 6:7 …face of the earth every man and beast and crawling…
“firstborn” 1
Exodus 1
- 13:13 …its neck And every firstborn of your sons you…
“ordinary man” 1
Exodus 1
- 30:32 …be used to anoint an ordinary man and you must not…
“any” 1
Leviticus 1
- 1:2 …and tell them When any of you brings an…
“anyone else” 1
Leviticus 1
- 24:17 …man takes the life of anyone else he must surely be…
“other person” 1
Leviticus 1
- 24:20 …Just as he injured the other person the same must be…
“whether a man” 1
Leviticus 1
- 27:28 …from all he owns whether a man an animal or his…
“against another” 1
Numbers 1
- 5:6 …by committing any sin against another that person is guilty…
“due to a dead body” 1
Numbers 1
- 9:6 …men who were unclean due to a dead body so they could not…
“because of a dead body” 1
Numbers 1
- 9:7 …Moses We are unclean because of a dead body but why should we…
“son” 1
Numbers 1
- 18:15 …surely redeem every firstborn son and every firstborn male…
“body” 1
Numbers 1
- 19:11 …Whoever touches any dead body will be unclean for…
“anyone who touches a human” 1
Numbers 1
- 19:16 …of natural causes or anyone who touches a human bone or a grave…
“both people” 1
Numbers 1
- 31:11 …the plunder and spoils both people and animals…
“man made” 1
Deuteronomy 1
- 4:28 …there you will serve man-made gods of wood and…
“should someone” 1
1 Samuel 1
- 25:29 And should someone pursue you and seek…
“men have done it” 1
1 Samuel 1
- 26:19 …an offering But if men have done it may they be cursed…
“not a trace” 1
2 Kings 1
- 7:10 …no one was there not a trace only tethered horses and…
“captives” 1
1 Chronicles 1
- 5:21 …donkeys They also took captives
“as a man” 1
1 Chronicles 1
- 17:17 …and have regarded me as a man of great distinction O…
“which a man” 1
Nehemiah 1
- 9:29 …sinned against Your ordinances by which a man will live if he…
“he” 1
Job 1
- 14:10 …and is laid low he breathes his last and…
“as he pleads” 1
Job 1
- 16:21 …might plead with God as he pleads with his neighbor…
“against a man” 1
Job 1
- 21:4 …Is my complaint against a man Then why should I…
“everyone” 1
Job 1
- 21:33 …are sweet to him everyone follows behind him and…
“any man” 1
Job 1
- 32:21 …nor will I flatter any man
“according to a man’s deeds” 1
Job 1
- 34:11 …For according to a man’s deeds He repays him according…
“man lives” 1
Job 1
- 38:26 …a desert where no man lives
“low and high” 1
Psalms 1
- 49:2 …both low and high rich and poor alike…
“other men” 1
Psalms 1
- 73:5 …are not afflicted like other men
“like mortals” 1
Psalms 1
- 82:7 …But like mortals you will die and…
“those” 1
Psalms 1
- 84:5 …Blessed are those whose strength is in…
“when men” 1
Psalms 1
- 124:2 …been on our side when men attacked us…
“belong to man” 1
Proverbs 1
- 16:1 …plans of the heart belong to man but the reply of…
“can anyone” 1
Proverbs 1
- 20:24 …the LORD so how can anyone understand his own way…
“successor” 1
Ecclesiastes 1
- 2:12 …more can the king’s successor do than what has…
“they” 1
Ecclesiastes 1
- 3:11 …hearts of men yet they cannot fathom the work…
“both men” 1
Ecclesiastes 1
- 3:19 …For the fates of both men and beasts are the…
“man is” 1
Ecclesiastes 1
- 6:10 …it is known what man is but he cannot contend…
“upright man” 1
Ecclesiastes 1
- 7:28 …I have found one upright man but among all these…
“one man” 1
Ecclesiastes 1
- 8:9 …is a time when one man lords it over another…
“over another” 1
Ecclesiastes 1
- 8:9 …one man lords it over another to his own detriment…
“left unoccupied” 1
Isaiah 1
- 6:11 …inhabitant until the houses are left unoccupied and the land is…
“driven men” 1
Isaiah 1
- 6:12 …until the LORD has driven men far away and the…
“chariots” 1
Isaiah 1
- 22:6 …takes up a quiver with chariots and horsemen and Kir…
“one made by mortals” 1
Isaiah 1
- 31:8 …devour them but not one made by mortals They will flee before…
“only human” 1
Isaiah 1
- 44:11 …for the craftsmen themselves are only human Let them all assemble…
“like man” 1
Isaiah 1
- 44:13 …the likeness of man like man in all his glory…
“marred beyond human likeness” 1
Isaiah 1
- 52:14 …man and His form was marred beyond human likeness
“man was left” 1
Jeremiah 1
- 4:25 …I looked and no man was left all the birds of…
“if anyone” 1
Jeremiah 1
- 31:30 …for his own iniquity If anyone eats the sour grapes…
“among all mankind” 1
Jeremiah 1
- 32:20 …day both in Israel and among all mankind And You have made…
“neither man” 1
Jeremiah 1
- 51:62 …no one will remain neither man nor beast Indeed it…
“over dried human” 1
Ezekiel 1
- 4:12 …cake after you bake it over dried human excrement in the sight…
“rabble” 1
Ezekiel 1
- 23:42 …desert along with men from the rabble who put bracelets on…
“slaves” 1
Ezekiel 1
- 27:13 …your merchants They exchanged slaves and bronze utensils for…
“only a man” 1
Ezekiel 1
- 28:9 …who slay you You will be only a man not a god in…
“each one” 1
Hosea 1
- 9:12 …I will bereave them of each one Yes woe be to…
“kindness” 1
Hosea 1
- 11:4 …led them with cords of kindness with ropes of love…
“offer human sacrifice” 1
Hosea 1
- 13:2 …People say of them They offer human sacrifice and kiss the calves…
“furthermore let both man” 1
Jonah 1
- 3:8 Furthermore, let both man and beast be covered…
“throng” 1
Micah 1
- 2:12 …its pasture a noisy throng
“o man” 1
Micah 1
- 6:8 …He has shown you O man what is good And…
“against man” 1
Habakkuk 1
- 2:8 …because of your bloodshed against man and your violence against…
“against men” 1
Habakkuk 1
- 2:17 …because of your bloodshed against men and your violence against…
“purchased as a servant” 1
Zechariah 1
- 13:5 …work the land for I was purchased as a servant in my youth…
The Hebrew and Greek words, their glosses and grammar: STEP Bible (CC BY 4.0). The English: the Berean Standard Bible, which also gives which English words render which. Counts are ours.