Bible dictionaries

Mankind

What Bible dictionaries say about “Mankind”, one article after the other.

Easton’s Bible Dictionary & Webster’s 1828 Dictionary

Mankind - (Webster's 1828 Dictionary)

MANKIND, n. [man and kind.] This word admits the accent either on the first or second syllable; the distinction of accent being inconsiderable.]

1. The race or species of human beings.

The proper study of mankind is man.

2. A male, or the males of the human race.

Thou shalt not lie with mankind as with womankind. Lev 18.

MANKIND, a. Resembling man in form, not woman.

Matthew George Easton, Easton’s Bible Dictionary; Noah Webster, American Dictionary of the English Language (1828)

International Standard Bible Encyclopedia — James Orr, general editor and contributors; CrossWire SWORD module ISBE 2.2