enosh

I'm just trying to understand the Christ event -- the crucifixion and resurrection in the context of Jesus 'life and teachings as a Jew who never claimed to be anything but "the son of man," a term that is not understandable except in the context of the time when that term (Aramaic bein enosh) simply meant "a human being" and was in common usage.

I'm Down with Jesus -- It's Christ That Gives Me Problems (Part 2) Ph.D. Ed Gurowitz 2010

I'm just trying to understand the Christ event -- the crucifixion and resurrection in the context of Jesus 'life and teachings as a Jew who never claimed to be anything but "the son of man," a term that is not understandable except in the context of the time when that term (Aramaic bein enosh) simply meant "a human being" and was in common usage.

Ed Gurowitz, Ph.D.: I'm Down with Jesus -- It's Christ That Gives Me Problems (Part 2) 2010

In Hebrew, son of man is either: ▪ בן אדם [ben 'adam] ▪ בן אנש [ben' enosh]

Biblical Realities? Ask My Pastor What? 2007

Since this third root 'anash, according to Arabic parallels, is quite possible, we strongly cast our vote for this meaning: ` enosh-the "frail one," "the mortal."

Exposition of Genesis: Volume 1 1892-1972 1942

Sheth, or Seth, who has the godly spirit of Adam begets a son, he gives to him the name 'enosh, a word which we still believe bears the basic meaning of "frailty."

Exposition of Genesis: Volume 1 1892-1972 1942

Hebrew, enosh means a "common man," is contrasted with the upper ranks (Re 21: 17; Ro 3: 5).

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible 1871

(Lu 12: 43). the man -- Hebrew, enosh, "a man in humble life," in contradistinction to

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible 1871

How he expresses this admiration (v. 4): Lord, what is man (enosh, sinful, weak, miserable man, a creature so forgetful of thee and his duty to thee) that thou art thus mindful of him, that thou takest cognizance of him and of his actions and affairs, that in the making of the world thou hadst a respect to him!

Commentary on the Whole Bible Volume III (Job to Song of Solomon) 1721

B D B, K. W.) derive it from a root "to be intimate with" in the sense of social familiarity, we yet feel that that derivation fails to do justice to those instances of the use of 'enosh as a common noun, where it is used in contrast with God, as B D B lists these passages.

Exposition of Genesis: Volume 1 1892-1972 1942

Heb. ` enosh, man as mortal, transient, perishable (2 Chr. 14: 11; Isa.

Easton's Bible Dictionary M.G. Easton 1897