אֲדָמָה

Strong’s Definition

soil (from its general redness)

Etymology & Derivation

from H119 (אָדַם);

KJV Usage

country, earth, ground, husband(-man) (-ry), land.

Detailed Definition

From the Brown–Driver–Briggs (BDB) Hebrew lexicon outline.

• 1.ground, land
• 2.ground (as general, tilled, yielding sustenance)
• 3.piece of ground, a specific plot of land
• 4.earth substance (for building or constructing)
• 5.ground as earth's visible surface
• 6.land, territory, country
• 7.whole inhabited earth
• 8.city in naphtali

Scholarly Notes

Transliteration: ʼădâmâh; Pronunciation: ad-aw-maw'