Human
אֱנוֹשׁStrong’s H0582enosh (e-nosh)
Appears in 531 verses of the Old Testament
In short
Enosh is the Hebrew word usually translated “men of”, “men” and “people of”. It appears in 531 verses of the Old Testament.
“And I Daniel alone saw the vision: for the men that were with me saw not the vision; but a great quaking fell upon them, so that they fled to hide themselves.”
Meaning
- Man, mortal man, person, mankindof an individual · men (collective) · man, mankind
How it's translated
- men of 128
- the men 107
- men 92
- people of 39
- and men his 25
- people 21
- and the men 16
- humankind 15
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- 1 Samuel 66
- Genesis 47
- Jeremiah 45
- Judges 38
- 2 Samuel 33
- Numbers 32
32 books in all.
Explore in Scripture
- Zechariah 3:8In contextHear now, O Joshua the high priest, thou, and thy fellows that sit before thee: for they are men wondered at: for, behold, I will bring forth my servant the BRANCH.
- Zechariah 7:2In contextWhen they had sent unto the house of God Sherezer and Regemmelech, and their men, to pray before the LORD,
- Zechariah 8:23In contextThus saith the LORD of hosts; In those days it shall come to pass, that ten men shall take hold out of all languages of the nations, even shall take hold of the skirt of him that is a Jew, saying, We will go with you: for we have heard that God is with you.
- Genesis 6:4There were giants in the earth in those days; and also after that, when the sons of God came in unto the daughters of men, and they bare children to them, the same became mighty men which were of old, men of renown.
- Genesis 12:20And Pharaoh commanded his men concerning him: and they sent him away, and his wife, and all that he had.
- Genesis 13:8And Abram said unto Lot, Let there be no strife, I pray thee, between me and thee, and between my herdmen and thy herdmen; for we be brethren.
All 531 verses, by book
- Genesis 47
- 6:412:2013:813:1314:2417:2317:2718:218:1618:2219:419:519:819:1019:1119:1219:1620:824:1324:3224:5424:5926:729:2232:2834:734:2034:2134:2237:2838:2138:2239:1139:1443:1543:1643:1743:1843:2443:3344:144:344:446:3246:3447:247:6
- Leviticus 1
- 18:27
- Numbers 32
- 1:51:179:69:711:2613:213:313:1613:3113:3214:2214:3614:3714:3816:216:1416:2616:3022:922:2022:3525:531:331:2131:2831:4231:4931:5332:1132:1434:1734:19
- Joshua 30
- 2:12:22:32:42:52:72:92:142:172:234:25:45:66:36:227:27:47:58:148:208:218:259:1410:210:610:1810:2418:418:818:9
- Judges 38
- 6:276:286:308:58:88:98:148:158:168:178:189:49:99:139:289:369:499:519:5711:312:412:514:1816:2718:218:718:1418:1718:2218:2519:1619:2219:2520:1020:1220:1320:4420:46
- 1 Samuel 66
- 1:112:172:262:334:95:75:95:126:106:156:196:207:17:118:2210:210:311:111:511:911:1011:1211:1514:814:1217:1217:2617:2817:5218:518:2722:623:323:523:823:1223:1323:2423:2523:2624:224:324:424:624:724:2225:1125:1325:1525:2027:327:828:128:829:229:429:1130:130:330:2130:2230:3131:131:331:631:7
- 2 Samuel 33
- 1:112:32:42:52:172:292:312:323:203:394:24:115:65:217:1410:511:1611:1711:2312:113:3415:615:2216:1317:817:1218:2819:2819:4120:721:621:1723:17
- Job 31
- 4:134:175:177:17:179:210:410:513:914:1915:1425:425:628:428:1332:132:532:833:1233:1533:1633:2633:2734:834:1034:3434:3636:2436:2537:737:24
- Isaiah 21
- 2:112:175:227:138:113:713:1224:628:1429:1333:836:1239:341:1141:1245:1451:751:1256:257:166:24
- Jeremiah 45
- 5:2611:2111:2318:2119:1020:1026:1726:2229:634:1837:1038:438:938:1038:1138:1638:2239:439:1740:740:840:941:141:241:341:541:741:841:941:1241:1541:1642:1743:243:944:1544:1948:1448:3148:3649:2650:3051:3252:752:25
- Ezekiel 24
- 9:29:49:611:211:1512:1614:114:314:1414:1614:1816:4520:121:3122:923:1423:4023:4223:4524:1724:2227:1027:2739:14
- Daniel 1
- 10:7
- Amos 1
- 6:9
- Obadiah 1
- 1:7
- Micah 1
- 7:6
- Nahum 1
- 2:3
Hebrew dictionary
אֱנוֹשׁ enosh · human
1) man, mortal man, person, mankind 1a) of an individual 1b) men (collective) 1c) man, mankind Aramaic equivalent: e.nash (אֱנָשׁ "man" H0606)
From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “human” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
HU'MAN, adjective
[Latin humanus; Heb. form, species.]
- Belonging to man or mankind; pertaining or relating to the race of man; as a human voice; human shape; human nature; human knowledge; human life.
- Having the qualities of a man.
- Profane; not sacred or divine; as a human author. [Not in use.]
Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Verse references are checked against the KJV. Read the full entry.
Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Hebrew, not from any one translation.