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	Word Study 
  		
  
	
	 "Man" Man -- Re: Hebrew adam & Greek anthropos. The story in Genesis 1 & 2 concludes with the account of the creation of adam, 
which the Septuagint translates with the Greek word anthropos. This is 
significant because the Hebrew word for man as male is ish and the Greek 
word for man as male is andros. The words used here (adam and 
anthropos) are gender inclusive and literally mean "person" or "human." 
Genesis 1 & 2 refer to the creation of the human species, not to man as male
 The translation of the words adam and anthropos as man and the 
references made with the pronouns he, him, his etc. make it difficult for this 
generation to understand that the scripture is not speaking to males but the all 
human beings.
 
 
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