Adam
Adam (in the biblical and Koranic traditions) the name of the first man. According to the Book of Genesis, Adam was created by God as the progenitor of the human race and lived with Eve in the garden of Eden.
In the Bible the Book of Genesis describes how Adam was formed from the dust of the ground and God's breath; Eve, the first woman, was created from one of Adam's ribs as his companion. They lived together in the Garden of Eden until the serpent tempted Eve to eat an apple from the forbidden tree; she persuaded Adam to do the same. As a result of this original sin of disobedience they were both expelled from the garden.
Adam comes from Hebrew 'āḏām ‘man’, later taken to be a name.
Adam's apple the projection formed in the neck by the thyroid cartilage, named from the belief that a piece of the forbidden fruit became lodged in Adam's throat.
Adam's rib the rib from which Eve was formed, as in Genesis 2:22.
the old Adam the unregenerate condition or character, and depends on the identification of Adam as the figure referred to by St Paul in Romans 6:6.
when Adam delved and Eve span, who was then the gentleman? popular rhyme particularly associated with the itinerant preacher John Ball, a leader of the 1381 ‘Peasants' Revolt’, who used it to incite the people against their feudal lords.
See also second Adam.
In the Bible the Book of Genesis describes how Adam was formed from the dust of the ground and God's breath; Eve, the first woman, was created from one of Adam's ribs as his companion. They lived together in the Garden of Eden until the serpent tempted Eve to eat an apple from the forbidden tree; she persuaded Adam to do the same. As a result of this original sin of disobedience they were both expelled from the garden.
Adam comes from Hebrew 'āḏām ‘man’, later taken to be a name.
Adam's apple the projection formed in the neck by the thyroid cartilage, named from the belief that a piece of the forbidden fruit became lodged in Adam's throat.
Adam's rib the rib from which Eve was formed, as in Genesis 2:22.
the old Adam the unregenerate condition or character, and depends on the identification of Adam as the figure referred to by St Paul in Romans 6:6.
when Adam delved and Eve span, who was then the gentleman? popular rhyme particularly associated with the itinerant preacher John Ball, a leader of the 1381 ‘Peasants' Revolt’, who used it to incite the people against their feudal lords.
See also second Adam.
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