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Genesis 1

Gen. 1:27 KJV (With Strong’s)

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So God
'elohiym (Hebrew #430)
gods in the ordinary sense; but specifically used (in the plural thus, especially with the article) of the supreme God; occasionally applied by way of deference to magistrates; and sometimes as a superlative
KJV usage: angels, X exceeding, God (gods)(-dess, -ly), X (very) great, judges, X mighty.
Pronounce: el-o-heem'
Origin: plural of 433
created
bara' (Hebrew #1254)
(absolutely) to create; (qualified) to cut down (a wood), select, feed (as formative processes)
KJV usage: choose, create (creator), cut down, dispatch, do, make (fat).
Pronounce: baw-raw'
Origin: a primitive root
man
'adam (Hebrew #120)
ruddy i.e. a human being (an individual or the species, mankind, etc.)
KJV usage: X another, + hypocrite, + common sort, X low, man (mean, of low degree), person.
Pronounce: aw-dawm'
Origin: from 119
in his own image
tselem (Hebrew #6754)
a phantom, i.e. (figuratively) illusion, resemblance; hence, a representative figure, especially an idol
KJV usage: image, vain shew.
Pronounce: tseh'-lem
Origin: from an unused root meaning to shade
n, in the image
tselem (Hebrew #6754)
a phantom, i.e. (figuratively) illusion, resemblance; hence, a representative figure, especially an idol
KJV usage: image, vain shew.
Pronounce: tseh'-lem
Origin: from an unused root meaning to shade
of God
'elohiym (Hebrew #430)
gods in the ordinary sense; but specifically used (in the plural thus, especially with the article) of the supreme God; occasionally applied by way of deference to magistrates; and sometimes as a superlative
KJV usage: angels, X exceeding, God (gods)(-dess, -ly), X (very) great, judges, X mighty.
Pronounce: el-o-heem'
Origin: plural of 433
created
bara' (Hebrew #1254)
(absolutely) to create; (qualified) to cut down (a wood), select, feed (as formative processes)
KJV usage: choose, create (creator), cut down, dispatch, do, make (fat).
Pronounce: baw-raw'
Origin: a primitive root
he him; male
zakar (Hebrew #2145)
properly, remembered, i.e. a male (of man or animals, as being the most noteworthy sex)
KJV usage: X him, male, man(child, -kind).
Pronounce: zaw-kawr'
Origin: from 2142
and female
nqebah (Hebrew #5347)
female (from the sexual form)
KJV usage: female.
Pronounce: nek-ay-baw'
Origin: from 5344
created
bara' (Hebrew #1254)
(absolutely) to create; (qualified) to cut down (a wood), select, feed (as formative processes)
KJV usage: choose, create (creator), cut down, dispatch, do, make (fat).
Pronounce: baw-raw'
Origin: a primitive root
he them.
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Eccl. 7:29• 29Lo, this only have I found, that God hath made man upright; but they have sought out many inventions. (Eccl. 7:29)
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Eph. 4:24• 24And that ye put on the new man, which after God is created in righteousness and true holiness. (Eph. 4:24)

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Ministry on This Verse

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in the image.
Psa. 139:14• 14I will praise thee; for I am fearfully and wonderfully made: marvellous are thy works; and that my soul knoweth right well. (Psa. 139:14)
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Isa. 43:7• 7Even every one that is called by my name: for I have created him for my glory, I have formed him; yea, I have made him. (Isa. 43:7)
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Eph. 2:10• 10For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus unto good works, which God hath before ordained that we should walk in them. (Eph. 2:10)
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Eph. 4:24• 24And that ye put on the new man, which after God is created in righteousness and true holiness. (Eph. 4:24)
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Col. 1:15• 15Who is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn of every creature: (Col. 1:15)
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Gen. 1:26• 26And God said, Let us make man in our image, after our likeness: and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over the cattle, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth. (Gen. 1:26)
male.
Gen. 2:21‑25• 21And the Lord God caused a deep sleep to fall upon Adam, and he slept: and he took one of his ribs, and closed up the flesh instead thereof;
 22And the rib, which the Lord God had taken from man, made he a woman, and brought her unto the man.
 23And Adam said, This is now bone of my bones, and flesh of my flesh: she shall be called Woman, because she was taken out of Man.
 24Therefore shall a man leave his father and his mother, and shall cleave unto his wife: and they shall be one flesh.
 25And they were both naked, the man and his wife, and were not ashamed. (Gen. 2:21‑25)
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Gen. 5:2• 2Male and female created he them; and blessed them, and called their name Adam, in the day when they were created. (Gen. 5:2)
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Mal. 2:15• 15And did not he make one? Yet had he the residue of the spirit. And wherefore one? That he might seek a godly seed. Therefore take heed to your spirit, and let none deal treacherously against the wife of his youth. (Mal. 2:15)
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Matt. 19:4• 4And he answered and said unto them, Have ye not read, that he which made them at the beginning made them male and female, (Matt. 19:4)
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Mark 10:6• 6But from the beginning of the creation God made them male and female. (Mark 10:6)
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1 Cor. 11:8‑9• 8For the man is not of the woman; but the woman of the man.
 9Neither was the man created for the woman; but the woman for the man. (1 Cor. 11:8‑9)
• I must say, to make a mere animal of him is monstrous and slights this passage, the emphatic declaration of God. (“Genesis 1” by J.N. Darby)

J. N. Darby Translation

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And God created Mand in his image, in the image of God created he him; male and female created he them.

JND Translation Notes

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The Adam, Man, as a race. It will be spelled with a capital, to avoid repetition of the note.