Man
אֱנָשׁStrong’s H0606enash (e-nash)
Appears in 19 verses of the Old Testament
In short
Enash is the Aramaic word usually translated “humankind”, “person” and “human the”. It appears in 19 verses of the Old Testament.
“The Chaldeans answered before the king, and said, There is not a man upon the earth that can shew the king’s matter: therefore there is no king, lord, nor ruler, that asked such things at any magician, or astrologer, or Chaldean.”
Meaning
- Man, human being
- Mankind (collective)
How it's translated
- humankind 11
- person 4
- human the 2
- a human 2
- and person 2
- man of 1
- a person 1
- like a human 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Daniel 17
- Ezra 2
2 books in all.
Related words
Explore in Scripture
- Daniel 2:38In contextAnd wheresoever the children of men dwell, the beasts of the field and the fowls of the heaven hath he given into thine hand, and hath made thee ruler over them all. Thou art this head of gold.
- Daniel 2:43In contextAnd whereas thou sawest iron mixed with miry clay, they shall mingle themselves with the seed of men: but they shall not cleave one to another, even as iron is not mixed with clay.
- Daniel 3:10In contextThou, O king, hast made a decree, that every man that shall hear the sound of the cornet, flute, harp, sackbut, psaltery, and dulcimer, and all kinds of musick, shall fall down and worship the golden image:
- Daniel 4:16In contextLet his heart be changed from man’s, and let a beast’s heart be given unto him; and let seven times pass over him.
- Daniel 4:17In contextThis matter is by the decree of the watchers, and the demand by the word of the holy ones: to the intent that the living may know that the most High ruleth in the kingdom of men, and giveth it to whomsoever he will, and setteth up over it the basest of men.
- Daniel 4:25In contextThat they shall drive thee from men, and thy dwelling shall be with the beasts of the field, and they shall make thee to eat grass as oxen, and they shall wet thee with the dew of heaven, and seven times shall pass over thee, till thou know that the most High ruleth in the kingdom of men, and giveth it to whomsoever he will.
Aramaic dictionary
אֱנָשׁ enash · man
1) man, human being 2) mankind (collective) Aramaic of e.nosh (אֱנוֹשׁ "human" H0582)
From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “man” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
MAN, noun
plural men. [Heb.species, kind, image, similitude.]
- Mankind; the human race; the whole species of human beings; beings distinguished from all other animals by the powers of reason and speech, as well as by their shape and dignified aspect. 'Os homini sublime dedit.'“And God said, Let us make man in our image,, after our likeness, and let them have dominion--” Genesis 1:26“MAN that is born of a woman, is of few days and full of trouble” Job 14:1“My spirit shall not always strive with man” Genesis 6:3“I will destroy man whom I have created” Genesis 6:7“There hath no temptation taken you, but such as is common to man” 1 Corinthians 10:13“It is written, man shall not live by bread alone” Matthew 4:4
- A male individual of the human race, of adult growth or years.
- A male of the human race; used often in compound words, or in the nature of an adjective; as a man-child; men-cooks; men-servants.
- A servant, or an attendant of the male sex.
All definitions
- A word of familiar address.
- It sometimes bears the sense of a male adult of some uncommon qualifications; particularly, the sense of strength, vigor, bravery, virile powers, or magnanimity, as distinguished from the weakness, timidity or impotence of a boy, or from the narrow mindedness of low bred men.“Thou art but a youth, and he a man of war from his youth” 1 Samuel 17:33
- An individual of the human species.
- man is sometimes opposed to boy or child, and sometimes to beast.
- One who is master of his mental powers, or who conducts himself with his usual judgment.
- It is sometimes used indefinitely, without reference to a particular individual; any person; one.
- In popular usage, a husband.
- A movable piece at chess or draughts.
- In feudal law, a vassal, a liege subject or tenant.
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 Aramaic, not from any one translation.