Strong's Lexicon: H582 אֱנוֹשׁ

Definition / Gloss

Strong's Number:	H582
Word:	אֱנוֹשׁ
Part of Speech:	noun masc
Etymology:	from H605
Language:	Hebrew
Occurrences:	566
Transliteration:	enowsh
Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation:	en-oshe'
Meaning:	1. (properly) a mortal (and thus differing from the more dignified H0120) 2. (hence) a man in general (singly or collectively)
KJV Renderings:	another, X (blood-)thirsty, certain, chap(-man); divers, fellow, X in the flower of their age, husband, (certain, mortal) man, people, person, servant, some ( X of them), + stranger, those, + their trade. It is often unexpressed in the English versions, especially when used in apposition with another word .

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Brown-Driver-Briggs Enhanced

BDB609

אֱנוֺשׁ noun masculine^{Job 15:14} man, mankind, mostly in poetry (18 t. Job, 13 t. Psalms, etc.) (Arabic [untranscribed source text 319] (collective), Aramaic אֱנָשׁ, [untranscribed source text 320] (collective), Nabataean אנוש Palmyrene אנש Sabean אנס DHM^{ZMG 1883, 330}, also Arabic [untranscribed source text 321] Assyrian nišu , people, & compare tenišêtu, humanity, human race , see COT^{Gloss sub} אנשׁ & נשׁ & Hpt^{KAT 2.497} ) — absolute Isa 8:1 +; construct Jer 20:10 —

1. of individual Job 5:17; Job 13:9; Ps 55:14, compare Isa 13:12 (|| אָדָם) Isa 56:2 (|| בֶּןאֿדם; Jer 20:10 שְׁלֹמִי ׳ א man of my peace, i.e. my friend.

2. collective men Isa 24:6; Isa 33:8; Isa 51:7; Ps 66:12 = men in general; ordinary men Ps 73:5 compare ׳ חֶרֶט א i.e. a common stylus Isa 8:1 (see אַמַּת אִישׁ Deut 3:11).

3. man, mankind Deut 32:26; Job 7:1; Job 14:19; Job 28:4; Job 28:13; Job 32:8; Job 33:26; Job 36:25 (|| אָדָם & אֲנָשִׁים Job 36:24) Ps 56:2 especially opposed to God Job 4:17 (|| גֶּכֶר) Job 7:17; Job 9:2; Job 10:4; Job 10:5; Job 15:14; Job 25:4; Job 33:12; 2Chr 14:10; Ps 8:5 (|| בֶּןאָֿדָם so Isa 51:12; Ps 9:20; Ps 9:21, Ps 90:3 (|| בְּנֵיאָֿדָ; Ps 103:15 ׳ בֶּןאֿ Ps 144:3 (|| אָדָם; compare רִמָּה וּבֶןאָֿדָם ׳ כִּיאֿ תּוֺלֵעָה Job 25:6 מִןהָֿאָרֶץ ׳ א Ps 10:18 ׳ כָּללְֿבַב א Isa 13:7 compare Ps 104:15 (twice in verse).

BDB9319

I. אנשׁ (√ of following; compare Biblical Hebrew II. אנשׁ , אֱנוֺשׁ ).

Other Resources

Theological Wordbook of the Old Testament
R. Laird Harris, Gleason L. Archer, and Bruce K. Waltke