Origin of Mankind: Biblical Data
Genesis 1:26
Then
God said, "Let us make [asah] man in our image, in our
likeness…"
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The origin of mankind is
described several times in the book of Genesis. Several different Hebrew verbs are
used to describe the creation of man. The first description uses the Hebrew
verb asah, which is most often translated "to make" or
"to produce." The word tend to imply the creation of something
from pre-existing materials.
Definitions
- asah
- The
Hebrew word most often translated “to make,” referring to the
act of making something from pre-existing material.
Brown-Driver-Briggs' Hebrew Definitions:
asah
(Strong's H6213)
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to do, fashion, accomplish, make
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(Qal)
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to do, work, make, produce
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to do
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to work
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to deal (with)
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to act, act with effect, effect
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to make
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to make
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to produce
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to prepare
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to make (an offering)
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to attend to, put in order
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to observe, celebrate
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to acquire (property)
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to appoint, ordain, institute
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to bring about
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to use
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to spend, pass
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(Niphal)
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to be done
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to be made
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to be produced
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to be offered
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to be observed
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to be used
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(Pual) to be made
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(Piel) to press, squeeze
Part of Speech: verb
A Related Word by BDB/Strong’s Number: a primitive root
Same Word by TWOT Number: 1708, 1709
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