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Hebrew:אנוש
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Noun, sing., masc.:
- man (Strong 582, with reference of mortality)
Adjective, sing., masc.:
- somebody incurably sick (Strong 605)
- somebody desperately wicked (Strong 605)
Proper name, masc.:
- Enoch ("man") (Strong 583)
Comments
The same word used for (mortal) man and an incurably sick signifies that people after the Fall are desperately and incurably sick and that sin is a kind of illness. See also Theology:Fall_of_the_man Fall or man. Thus this word may be translated as "sinner".
