Quick Definition
human
Strong's Definition
a man in general (singly or collectively)
Derivation: from H605 (אָנַשׁ); properly, a mortal (and thus differing from the more dignified H120 (אָדָם)); hence,
KJV Usage: another, [idiom] (blood-) thirsty, certain, chap(-man); divers, fellow, [idiom] in the flower of their age, husband, (certain, mortal) man, people, person, servant, some ([idiom] of them), [phrase] stranger, those, [phrase] their trade. It is often unexpressed in the English versions, especially when used in apposition with another word. Compare H376 (אִישׁ).
TWOT Reference: 136a
Outline of Biblical Usage
Septuagint (LXX) Greek Equivalents
This Hebrew word is translated by the following Greek words in the Septuagint:
STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon
אֱנוֹשׁ (e.nosh) — human. 1) man, mortal man, person, mankind 1a) of an individual 1b) men (collective) 1c) man, mankind Aramaic equivalent: e.nash (אֱנָשׁ "man" H0606)
UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew
noun m · אנשׁ
People | ≈ אָדָם · בֶּן־אָדָם · גֶּבֶר · יְלוּד אִשָּׁה · רִמָּה · תֹּולֵעָה | ≠ אֵל · אֱלֹוהַּ · אֱלֹהִים
human being, mortal = human being; ◄ created by God; ≈ often associated with weakness, fragility, and mortality
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1 ISA 8:1 NIV "ordinary pen" NJB "ordinary stylus" | RSV NRSV "common characters" NJPS REB "common script" GNT "large letters" CEV "big clear letters"
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Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon
אֱנוֹשׁ n.m. man, mankind, mostly poet. of individ.
coll. men
man, mankind
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