Ἀδάμ

See also: Αδάμ

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• Ἄδαμος (Ádamos)

Etymology

Borrowed from Hebrew אָדָם (ʾāḏām).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /aː.dǎːm/ → /aˈðam/ → /aˈðam/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /aː.dǎːm/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /aˈdam/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /aˈðam/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /aˈðam/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /aˈðam/

Proper noun

Ᾱ̓δᾱ́μ • (Ādā́m) m (indeclinable)

1. (biblical) Adam (husband of Eve)

Descendants

• Greek: Αδάμ m (Adám)
• → Gothic: 𐌰𐌳𐌰𐌼 (adam)

References

• “Ἀδάμ”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• Bauer, Walter et al. (2001) A Greek–English Lexicon of the New Testament and Other Early Christian Literature, Third edition, Chicago: University of Chicago Press
• Ἀδάμ in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)
• G76 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible