Why was the first man called Adam?
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'Āḏām comes from the Hebrew 'āḏām, meaning "human being, mankind collectively, cognate with Phoenician 'dm (probably adam), Arabic 'adam human being; further etymology uncertain: perhaps related to 'aḏamāh earth, ground (compare the juxtaposition of 'āḏām and 'aḏamāh in Genesis 2:7, where God forms man out of earth) or to 'aḏom red, ruddy" (OED).
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Adam = ad (against/reduced) AM, it was after the fall @Genesis 3:17. His identity has changed therefore name changed. Before that, it was called the man and the women (because she was taken out of man), the two were one unity. After the fall, Adam was the new identity and new name, when his name changed, he changed his woman’s name into Eve, with that came a new role for her, as the mother of all living.
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Adam means add I am in a man. In Genesis 1:26 let us make in our image and Paslms 82:6 I have said, ye are gods; and all of you are children of the most High.
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Adam comes from the Hebrew word adama, which means earth or soil. And God created him with a soil. May be That's why God kept his name Adam. As per Gen.2:7
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Though our English translations of the Old Testament use the word "man" and the name "Adam", they come from a single Hebrew word. Whether it is generic (man) or specific (Man/Adam) depends on the context. Interestingly, in the New Testament, Paul used two different Greek words:
The first man [anthropos] Adam [adam] became a living being... (I Cor. 15:45)
(I believe he was quoting from Gen. 2:7 in this text)
[ I'm not Catholic, by the way ]
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