Adam

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• Born: ?
• Birthplace: The Garden of Eden
• Died: ?
• Best Known As: The world's first man, according to the Bible

According to the Bible, Adam was the first human being on Earth and the father of all humanity. In the book of Genesis (1:26), Adam is created by God on the sixth day of creation, in God's own image, and given dominion over all the animals of the world. God then gives Adam a female partner, Eve. Eve feeds Adam fruit from the forbidden Tree of Knowledge, after which an angry God expels them from the Garden of Eden. In Christian theology, Adam's failure to obey God is known as the Original Sin. Adam fathered three sons by Eve: Cain, Abel and Seth.

In Hebrew legend, Adam had an earlier wife named Lilith, who argued with Adam, disappeared, and was replaced by Eve... The fruit of the Tree of Knowledge often is depicted as an apple, but that is not explicitly stated in the Bible... In cartoons and other drawings, Adam and Eve are usually shown wearing fig leaves; Genesis 3:7 states that Adam and Eve "sewed fig leaves together and made loincloths for themselves"... Adam is the subject of a famous palindrome: "Madam, I'm Adam" (or "Madam, in Eden, I'm Adam").

Adam, bishop of Caithness 1213–22. Adam became a Cistercian monk when a young man and was later abbot of Melrose. William, king of Scotland, appointed him as bishop in a remote area where his own power was weak and that of the Norse earls strong. Adam attempted to enforce law and order, including canon law, and the payment of tithes. The customary offering of a span of butter for twenty cows was increased by Adam to one for fifteen, then one of twelve, and finally one for ten. The people revolted, forced an entry into the bishop's house at Halkirke, and burnt him and his followers to death. His body, although ‘roasted with fire and livid with bruises, was found entire under a heap of stones and buried honourably in the church’. An unofficial cult grew up. Feast: 15 September.

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• K.S.S., pp. 261–3; D.N.B., s.v

[Late Latin Adam, Ādam, from Hebrew 'ādām, human being, Adam.]

Dansk (Danish)
n. - Adam
adj. - i Adam-stil, på Adam-facon

idioms:

• adam's apple    adamsæble

Français (French)
n. - Adam
adj. - adamique

idioms:

• adam's apple    pomme d'Adam

Deutsch (German)
n. - Adam
adj. - im architektonischen Stil der Brüder Adam

idioms:

• adam's apple    Adamsapfel

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - Αδάμ, (μτφ.) πρωτόπλαστος
adj. - (τεχνοτροπία κ.λπ.) των αδελφών 'Ανταμ

idioms:

• adam's apple    (ανατ.) μήλο του Αδάμ (κν. καρύδι)

Italiano (Italian)
Adamo, adamitico, primevo

idioms:

• adam's apple    pomo d'Adamo

Português (Portuguese)
n. - Adão (m)
adj. - Adão (referente a estilo decorativo do séc. 18)

idioms:

• adam's apple    pomo-de-adão (m) (Anat.)

Русский (Russian)
Адам, первый человек, относящееся к Адаму

idioms:

• adam's apple    кадык

Español (Spanish)
n. - Adán
adj. - adán

idioms:

• adam's apple    nuez de Adán

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - Adam
adj. - adams-

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
新古典主义的

idioms:

• adam's apple    喉结

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
adj. - 新古典主義的

idioms:

• adam's apple    喉結

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 아담(하나님이 처음 창조한 남자)
adj. - 아담 양식의

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - アダム

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) آدم, أول ألبشريه (صفه) ألبشريه‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮אדם הראשון‬
adj. - ‮של סגנון באדריכלות, רהיטים ועיצוב שנוצר ע"י האחים הסקוטים אדם‬

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