Adam
(Old Testament) in Judeo-Christian mythology; the first man and the husband of Eve and the progenitor of the human race
How often you will meet it
Rank 2,749 of 71,295 words measured. It occurs 6,040 times across 155,139 chapters — 0.003% of every word in the library.
What it means
noun
- (Old Testament) in Judeo-Christian mythology; the first man and the husband of Eve and the progenitor of the human race
- Scottish architect who designed many public buildings in England and Scotland (1728-1792) also: Robert Adam
- street names for methylenedioxymethamphetamine also: ecstasy, XTC, go, disco biscuit, cristal, X
Adam in real books
Each sentence below was written by a published author and is taken from a different book in our library. Open one to read the passage it came from, with narration.
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Such ideas as Paradise, Adam and Eve, and angels, are getting obsolete.
Punchinello, Volume 1, No. 07, May 14, 1870 · Various · Chapter 2
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Well, Adam advances, smart in pace, But scarce by violets that advance you trace.
John Marr and Other Poems · Herman Melville · Chapter 1
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Did he hear the Voice on his lonely way That Adam heard in the cool of day?
Pennsylvania Pilgrim, and other poems Part 6 From — Volume I · John Greenleaf Whittier · Chapter 1
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When Adam and Eve were put into the Garden of Eden, there was nothing said about the serpent.
Where the Blue Begins · Christopher Morley · Chapter 2
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Stephen Gowans supposed that the bodies of Adam and Eve were clothed in robes of light, which vanished after their sin.
Passages from the American Notebooks, Volume 1 · Nathaniel Hawthorne · Chapter 1