אֱנוֹשׁ
e.nosh (H0582)
human
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# The Hebrew Word for Humanity: אֱנוֹשׁ (enosh) The Hebrew word *enosh* carries the fundamental meaning of "human" or "human being," appearing 566 times throughout the biblical text. This frequency indicates that the concept it represents—humanity in its essential form—was a central concern in biblical thought and expression. The word functions as a basic categorical term for people, establishing a clear linguistic boundary between humans and other forms of life in Hebrew discourse. The substantial number of occurrences suggests that *enosh* served as a primary way ancient Hebrew speakers conceptualized and discussed human existence and human groups. Rather than being a specialized or poetic term, its prevalence indicates it was a standard, everyday vocabulary choice for referring to people. This makes it a foundational element in biblical language for addressing themes related to human nature, human limitation, human mortality, and human community—core theological and narrative concerns throughout scripture. Understanding *enosh* as simply "human" provides a necessary starting point for analyzing how the biblical text discusses humanity across diverse contexts, from genealogies and laws to wisdom literature and prophecy. Its high frequency demonstrates that questions about what it means to be human, and how humans relate to the divine and to one another, permeate the entire biblical corpus.
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The Nephilim were in the earth in those days, and also after that, when God’s sons came in to men’s daughters and had children with them. Those were the mighty men who were of old, men of renown.
Pharaoh commanded men concerning him, and they escorted him away with his wife and all that he had.
Abram said to Lot, “Please, let there be no strife between you and me, and between your herdsmen and my herdsmen; for we are relatives.
Now the men of Sodom were exceedingly wicked and sinners against Yahweh.
I will accept nothing from you except that which the young men have eaten, and the portion of the men who went with me: Aner, Eshcol, and Mamre. Let them take their portion.”
Abraham took Ishmael his son, all who were born in his house, and all who were bought with his money: every male among the men of Abraham’s house, and circumcised the flesh of their foreskin in the same day, as God had said to him.
All the men of his house, those born in the house, and those bought with money from a foreigner, were circumcised with him.
He lifted up his eyes and looked, and saw that three men stood near him. When he saw them, he ran to meet them from the tent door, and bowed himself to the earth,
The men rose up from there, and looked toward Sodom. Abraham went with them to see them on their way.
The men turned from there, and went toward Sodom, but Abraham stood yet before Yahweh.
But before they lay down, the men of the city, the men of Sodom, surrounded the house, both young and old, all the people from every quarter.
They called to Lot, and said to him, “Where are the men who came in to you this night? Bring them out to us, that we may have sex with them.”
See now, I have two virgin daughters. Please let me bring them out to you, and you may do to them what seems good to you. Only don’t do anything to these men, because they have come under the shadow of my roof.”
But the men reached out their hand, and brought Lot into the house to them, and shut the door.
They struck the men who were at the door of the house with blindness, both small and great, so that they wearied themselves to find the door.
The men said to Lot, “Do you have anybody else here? Sons-in-law, your sons, your daughters, and whomever you have in the city, bring them out of the place:
But he lingered; and the men grabbed his hand, his wife’s hand, and his two daughters’ hands, Yahweh being merciful to him; and they took him out, and set him outside of the city.
Abimelech rose early in the morning, and called all his servants, and told all these things in their ear. The men were very scared.
Behold, I am standing by the spring of water. The daughters of the men of the city are coming out to draw water.
The man came into the house, and he unloaded the camels. He gave straw and feed for the camels, and water to wash his feet and the feet of the men who were with him.
They ate and drank, he and the men who were with him, and stayed all night. They rose up in the morning, and he said, “Send me away to my master.”
They sent away Rebekah, their sister, with her nurse, Abraham’s servant, and his men.
The men of the place asked him about his wife. He said, “She is my sister,” for he was afraid to say, “My wife”, lest, he thought, “the men of the place might kill me for Rebekah, because she is beautiful to look at.”
Laban gathered together all the men of the place, and made a feast.
He said, “Your name will no longer be called Jacob, but Israel; for you have fought with God and with men, and have prevailed.”
The sons of Jacob came in from the field when they heard it. The men were grieved, and they were very angry, because he had done folly in Israel in lying with Jacob’s daughter, a thing ought not to be done.
Hamor and Shechem, his son, came to the gate of their city, and talked with the men of their city, saying,
“These men are peaceful with us. Therefore let them live in the land and trade in it. For behold, the land is large enough for them. Let’s take their daughters to us for wives, and let’s give them our daughters.
Only on this condition will the men consent to us to live with us, to become one people, if every male among us is circumcised, as they are circumcised.
Midianites who were merchants passed by, and they drew and lifted up Joseph out of the pit, and sold Joseph to the Ishmaelites for twenty pieces of silver. The merchants brought Joseph into Egypt.
Then he asked the men of her place, saying, “Where is the prostitute, that was at Enaim by the road?” They said, “There has been no prostitute here.”
He returned to Judah, and said, “I haven’t found her; and also the men of the place said, ‘There has been no prostitute here.’ ”
About this time, he went into the house to do his work, and there were none of the men of the house inside.
she called to the men of her house, and spoke to them, saying, “Behold, he has brought a Hebrew in to us to mock us. He came in to me to lie with me, and I cried with a loud voice.
The men took that present, and they took double money in their hand, and Benjamin; and got up, went down to Egypt, and stood before Joseph.
When Joseph saw Benjamin with them, he said to the steward of his house, “Bring the men into the house, and butcher an animal, and prepare; for the men will dine with me at noon.”
The man did as Joseph commanded, and the man brought the men to Joseph’s house.
The men were afraid, because they were brought to Joseph’s house; and they said, “Because of the money that was returned in our sacks the first time, we’re brought in; that he may seek occasion against us, attack us, and seize us as slaves, along with our donkeys.”
The man brought the men into Joseph’s house, and gave them water, and they washed their feet. He gave their donkeys fodder.
They sat before him, the firstborn according to his birthright, and the youngest according to his youth, and the men marveled with one another.
He commanded the steward of his house, saying, “Fill the men’s sacks with food, as much as they can carry, and put each man’s money in his sack’s mouth.
As soon as the morning was light, the men were sent away, they and their donkeys.
When they had gone out of the city, and were not yet far off, Joseph said to his steward, “Up, follow after the men. When you overtake them, ask them, ‘Why have you rewarded evil for good?
These men are shepherds, for they have been keepers of livestock, and they have brought their flocks, and their herds, and all that they have.’
that you shall say, ‘Your servants have been keepers of livestock from our youth even until now, both we, and our fathers:’ that you may dwell in the land of Goshen; for every shepherd is an abomination to the Egyptians.”
From among his brothers he took five men, and presented them to Pharaoh.
The land of Egypt is before you. Make your father and your brothers dwell in the best of the land. Let them dwell in the land of Goshen. If you know any able men among them, then put them in charge of my livestock.”
He went out the second day, and behold, two men of the Hebrews were fighting with each other. He said to him who did the wrong, “Why do you strike your fellow?”
Yahweh said to Moses in Midian, “Go, return into Egypt; for all the men who sought your life are dead.”
Let heavier work be laid on the men, that they may labor in it. Don’t let them pay any attention to lying words.”
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