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Psalms 103:15
“As for man, his days are as grass: as a flower of the field, so he flourisheth.” (KJV)
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Lexical meaning
אֱנוֹשׁʼĕnôwsh · en-oshe'
H582 · Hebrew
H582 · Hebrew
- Definition
- a man in general (singly or collectively)
- Derivation
- from H605 (אָנַשׁ); properly, a mortal (and thus differing from the more dignified H120 (אָדָם)); hence,
- KJV renderings
- 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 H376 (אִישׁ).
- Grammar
- אֱ֭נוֹשׁ — common noun, masculine, singular, absolute
- Usage
- Occurs 42 times in the Hebrew Bible.Deuteronomy 32:262 Chronicles 14:10Job 4:17Job 5:17Job 7:1
Theological interpretation (AI)
The card on the left shows lexical data from published sources. Interpretation is separate: ask the Companion to explain how traditions read אֱנוֹשׁ here.
Hebrew text: Westminster Leningrad Codex (public domain). Morphology & lemmas: Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible, CC BY 4.0 (hb.openscriptures.org). Lexicon: Strong's Hebrew Dictionary (1894, public domain; JSON edition © Open Scriptures, CC BY-SA). Verse numbers follow the Hebrew text, which occasionally differs from English Bibles.