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Selected source glosses provide context, not a complete modern definition inventoryThe first man and the progenitor of the human race. · A male given name from Hebrew. · Original sin or human frailty. · Jesus Christ, whose sacrifice, in Christian theology, makes possible the forgiveness of Adam's original sin.
Etymology tree Proto-Semitic *ʔadam- Hebrew אָדָםbor. Ancient Greek Ἀδάμ (Adám)bor. Latin Ādāmlbor. Old English Adam Middle English Adam English Adam From Middle English Adam, from Old English Adam, from Latin Adam, Adamus, from Ancient Greek Ἀδάμ (Adám), Ἄδαμος (Ádamos), from Biblical Hebrew אָדָם (adam, “earth, man, soil, light brown”), from אדמה (adamah, “red earth, ground”).
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