Ἀδάμ

Ἀδάμ — Adám

Ἀδάμ, indeclinable proper name (but in Josephus, Ἄδαμος, ), אָדָם (i. e. according to Philo, de leg. alleg. 1:29, Works, i., p. 62, Mang. edition, γήϊνος; according to Eusebius, Prep. Ev. 7:8 γηγενής; according to Josephus, Antiquities 1, 1, 2 πυρρός, with which gesenius agrees, see his Thesaurus i., p. 25);

1. Adam, the first man and the parent of the whole human race: Luk 3:38; Rom 5:14; 1Co 15:22; 1Co 15:45; 1Ti 2:13; Jud 1:14. In accordance with the rabbinic distinction between the former Adam (הָרִאשׁון אָדָם), the first man, the author of 'all our woe,' and the latter Adam (הָאַחֲרון אָדָם), the Messiah, the redeemer, in 1Co 15:45 Jesus Christ is called ὁ ἔσχατος Ἀδάμ (see ἔσχατος, 1) and contrasted with ὁ πρῶτος ἄνθρωπος; Rom 5:14 ὁ μέλλων namely, Ἀδάμ.

2. one of the ancestors of Jesus: Luk 3:33 WH marginal reading (cf. Ἀδμείν).