אֲדָמָה
a.da.mahland: soilHow to read Hebrew
hebrewOld TestamentNoun · feminine225 occurrences28 books211 verses
Definition
from H119; soil (from its general redness)
Traditional renderings: country, earth, ground, husband(-man) (-ry), land.
Traditional renderings: country, earth, ground, husband(-man) (-ry), land.
In the Greek Old Testament
How the ancient Greek translation of the Old Testament renders אֲדָמָה:
- γῆgē“earth: planet”99%
Usage patterns
Occurrences
225 total
- Ezekiel 39:28אַדְמָתָ֑ם · their own landThen they will know that I am the LORD their God, when I regather them to their own land, not leaving any of them behind after their exile among the nations.
- Daniel 11:9אַדְמָתֽוֹ׃ · his own land…who will invade the realm of the king of the South and then return to his own land.
- Daniel 11:39וַאֲדָמָ֖ה · the landHe will attack the strongest fortresses with the help of a foreign god and will greatly honor those who acknowledge him, making them rulers over many and distributing the land for a price.
- Daniel 12:2אַדְמַת־ · of the earthAnd many who sleep in the dust of the earth will awake, some to everlasting life, but others to shame and everlasting contempt.
- Hosea 2:18הָֽאֲדָמָ֑ה · on the groundOn that day I will make a covenant for them with the beasts of the field and the birds of the air and the creatures that crawl on the ground. And I will abolish bow and sword and battle in the land, and will make them lie down in safety.
- Joel 1:10אֲדָמָ֑ה · the landThe field is ruined; the land mourns. For the grain is destroyed, the new wine is dried up, and the oil fails.
- Joel 2:21אֲדָמָ֑ה · O landDo not be afraid, O land; rejoice and be glad, for the LORD has done great things.
- Amos 3:2הָאֲדָמָ֑ה · of the earth“Only you have I known from all the families of the earth; therefore I will punish you for all your iniquities.”
- Amos 3:5הָ֣אֲדָמָ֔ה · the groundDoes a bird land in a snare where no bait has been set? Does a trap spring from the ground when it has nothing to catch?
- Amos 5:2אַדְמָתָ֖הּ · her land“Fallen is Virgin Israel, never to rise again. She lies abandoned on her land, with no one to raise her up.”
- Amos 7:11אַדְמָתֽוֹ׃ס · their homeland…for this is what Amos has said: ‘Jeroboam will die by the sword, and Israel will surely go into exile, away from their homeland.’”
- Amos 7:17וְאַדְמָתְךָ֖ · Your land; אֲדָמָ֤ה · soil; אַדְמָתֽוֹ׃ס · their homelandTherefore this is what the LORD says: ‘Your wife will become a prostitute in the city, and your sons and daughters will fall by the sword. Your land will be divided by a measuring line, and you yourself will die on pagan soil. And Israel will surely go into exile, away from their homeland.’”
- Amos 9:8הָאֲדָמָ֑ה · of the earthSurely the eyes of the Lord GOD are on the sinful kingdom, and I will destroy it from the face of the earth. Yet I will not utterly destroy the house of Jacob,” declares the LORD.
- Amos 9:15אַדְמָתָ֑ם · their own land; אַדְמָתָם֙ · the landI will firmly plant them in their own land, never again to be uprooted from the land that I have given them,” says the LORD your God.
- Jonah 4:2אַדְמָתִ֔י · my own countrySo he prayed to the LORD, saying, “O LORD, is this not what I said while I was still in my own country? This is why I was so quick to flee toward Tarshish. I knew that You are a gracious and compassionate God, slow to anger, abounding in loving devotion—One who relents from sending disaster.
- Zephaniah 1:2הָאֲדָמָ֖ה · of the earth“I will completely sweep away everything from the face of the earth,” declares the LORD.
- Zephaniah 1:3הָאֲדָמָ֖ה · of the earth“I will sweep away man and beast; I will sweep away the birds of the air, and the fish of the sea, and the idols with their wicked worshipers. I will cut off mankind from the face of the earth,” declares the LORD.
- Haggai 1:11הָאֲדָמָ֑ה · the groundI have summoned a drought on the fields and on the mountains, on the grain, new wine, and oil, and on whatever the ground yields, on man and beast, and on all the labor of your hands.”
- Zechariah 2:12אַדְמַ֣ת · LandAnd the LORD will take possession of Judah as His portion in the Holy Land, and He will once again choose Jerusalem.
- Zechariah 9:16אַדְמָתֽוֹ׃ · His landOn that day the LORD their God will save them as the flock of His people; for like jewels in a crown they will sparkle over His land.
- Zechariah 13:5אֲדָמָה֙ · the landHe will say, ‘I am not a prophet; I work the land, for I was purchased as a servant in my youth.’
- Malachi 3:11הָאֲדָמָ֑ה · of your landI will rebuke the devourer for you, so that it will not destroy the fruits of your land, and the vine in your field will not fail to produce fruit,” says the LORD of Hosts.