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The Synonymous Words Used For Man. There are four principal Hebrew words rendered ‘man’, and these must be carefully discriminated. Every occurrence is noted in the margin of The Companion Bible, and they represent him from four different points of view. 1. `Ādām, denotes his origin as being made from the “dust of the Adamah’’ ground (Latin Homo). 2. `Īşh, has regard to sex, a male (Latin vir). 3. `Enosh, has regard to his infirmities, as physically mortal, and as to character,incurable. 4. Geber, has respect to his strength, a mighty man. But the one here which we are most interested in is `Ādām, 1. `Ādām, without the article, denotes man or mankind in general… (Gen 1:26; 2:5; 5:1, Gen 1:26 And God said, “Let us make man in Our image, after our likeness: and let them have dominion over the fish of the seas, and over the fowl of the air, and over the cattle, and over all the earth, and over evey creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth. Gen 2:5 And every plant of the field before it was in the earth, and there was not a man to till the ground. Gen 5:1 This is THE BOOK OF THE GENERATIONS OF ADAM. In the day that God created man, in the likeness of God made He him; followed by plural pronoun). With the article, it denotes the man, Adam, (eth' Ha' adham') though rendered “man’’ in… Gen 1;27; and Gen 2:7 Gen 1:27 So God created man in His own image, in the image of God created He him; male and female created he them. Gen 2:7 And the LORD God formed man of the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living soul. With the particle (‘eth) in addition to the article it is very emphatic, and means self, very, this same, this very. See genesis 2:7 (first occurrence). This man eth ha Adham was created for one purpose, and that was to fulfil God’s plan of putting in place a bloodline from which our Lord Jesus Christ would be born from; Adam to Jesse/Mary. Matt.5:17-20: Think not that I am come to destroy the law, or the prophets: I am not come to destroy, but to fulfill. 18: For verily I say unto you, till heaven and earth pass, one jot or one tittle shall in no wise pass from the law, till all be fulfilled. 19: Whosoever therefore break one of these least commandments, and shall teach men so, he shall be called the least in the Kingdom of Heaven: but whosoever shall do and teach them, the same shall be called great in the Kingdom of Heaven. Satan; has from the very beginning endeavoured to thwart God’s Plan by first tempting Eve, which started the whole process of suffering; even up to today. If you have doubts as to the existence of Satan, then read on and make up your own mind based on the facts which follow. You will often hear people say, “If there really was a God why would he allow all this suffering?” Many people know very little of God’s Word; Satan and his followers have seen to that on a daily basis, but the Serpent does very much exist but not for much longer. |
