Lexical Definition

‎אֱנוֹשׁ‎ ʼĕnôwsh (en-oshe') human ^H:N-M
from ‎אָנַשׁ‎; properly, a mortal (and thus differing from the more dignified ‎אָדָם‎); hence,

another, [idiom] (blood-) thirsty, certain, chap(-man); divers, fellow, [idiom] in the flower of their age, husband, (certain, mortal) man, people, person, servant, some ([idiom] of them), [phrase] stranger, those, [phrase] their trade. It is often unexpressed in the English versions, especially when used in apposition with another word. Compare ‎אִישׁ‎.

• a man in general (singly or collectively)

1) man, mortal man, person, mankind
1a) of an individual
1b) men (collective)
1c) man, mankind

See Greek: ἄγγελος · ἀνήρ · ἀνθρώπινος · ἄνθρωπος · ἄρχων · δύναμις · δυνάστης · Ἐνώς · κατοικέω · λαός · νεανίσκος · οἰκεῖος · οἰκέω · παῖς

Extended Information

• Aramaic equivalent: e.nash (‎א‎ֱ‎נ‎ָ‎ש‎ׁ "man" אֱנָשׁ)

Brown-Driver-Briggs

‎אֱנוֺשׁ‎ noun masculine^{Job 15:14} man, mankind, mostly in poetry (18 t. Job, 13 t. Psalms, etc.) (Arabic (collective), Aramaic ‎אֱנָשׁ‎, (collective), Nabataean ‎אנוש‎ Palmyrene ‎אנש‎ Sabean ‎אנס‎ DHM^{ZMG 1883, 330}, also Arabic 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 individ. 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. coll. 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 vJob 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).

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

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