Words the Bible translates as mankind
English uses one word here. The Bible uses 3 words, and they do not mean the same thing. Each is listed with what it actually means, most frequent first.
- adamאָדָםhumankind: the human being as a creature of the ground, used both for people as a whole and for any single person
- basarבָּשָׂרflesh: the soft tissue of a body, whether as the meat people eat or as the living skin and muscle of a person or animal
+3 more meanings
- all flesh: every living creature, or all of humanity, taken together as one whole
- kin: a blood relative, the family bond named as shared flesh
- frail humanity: the human creature as weak, mortal, and small before God
- enashאֱנָשׁhuman being; mankind: a person, or humanity as a whole, set apart from God and from the animals
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