Strong G407ἀνδρίζω
to act like a man
- Transliteration
- andrizomai
- Pronunciation
- an-drid'-zom-ahee
- Morphology
- Greek Verb
Definition
Middle voice from G435; to act manly: - quit like men.
Detailed definition
ἀνδρίζω
[in LXX for חָזַק אָמַץ (Jos.1:6 ff., 1Ch.22:19, al.; in 2Ki.10:12, Psa.27:14 31:24 combined with κρατιοῦσθαι, as in 1Co, l.with);]
to make a man of. Mid., to play the man (cf. MM, VGT, see word): 1Co.16:13.†
(AS)
[in LXX for חָזַק אָמַץ (Jos.1:6 ff., 1Ch.22:19, al.; in 2Ki.10:12, Psa.27:14 31:24 combined with κρατιοῦσθαι, as in 1Co, l.with);]
to make a man of. Mid., to play the man (cf. MM, VGT, see word): 1Co.16:13.†
(AS)
In the Bible
Strong G407 appears in 1 verse of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- quit1
First verses
- 1 Corinthians 16:13Watch ye, stand fast in the faith, quit you like men, be strong.
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Word family
Detailed Greek dictionary
ἀνδρίζω,
make a man of, make manly, τοὺς γεωργοῦντας[Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Oeconomicus” 5.4.)]
II mostly in passive or middle, come to manhood, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Fragmenta” 744, 4th c.BC: Hyperides Orator “Fragmenta” 228, 2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “Anach.” 15.)]
II.2 play the man, [NT+5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Anabasis” 4.3.34, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Theaetetus” 151d, 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Ethica Nicomachea” 1115b4, LXX.Josh.1.6, +others, NT.1Cor.16.13)]; dress like a man, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd-3rd c.AD: Philostratus Sophista “Philostrati majoris imagines” 1.2.)]
II.3 obscene meaning, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd-3rd c.AD: Dio Cassius Historicus 79.5)]; of a eunuch, ἀ. ἐπὶ γυναῖκα[Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd-3rd c.AD: Philostratus Sophista “Vita Apollonii” 1.37, compare “Ep.” 54, 3rd c.AD(?): Achilles Tatius Astronomus 4.1.)]
make a man of, make manly, τοὺς γεωργοῦντας[Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Oeconomicus” 5.4.)]
II mostly in passive or middle, come to manhood, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Fragmenta” 744, 4th c.BC: Hyperides Orator “Fragmenta” 228, 2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “Anach.” 15.)]
II.2 play the man, [NT+5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Anabasis” 4.3.34, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Theaetetus” 151d, 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Ethica Nicomachea” 1115b4, LXX.Josh.1.6, +others, NT.1Cor.16.13)]; dress like a man, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd-3rd c.AD: Philostratus Sophista “Philostrati majoris imagines” 1.2.)]
II.3 obscene meaning, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd-3rd c.AD: Dio Cassius Historicus 79.5)]; of a eunuch, ἀ. ἐπὶ γυναῖκα[Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd-3rd c.AD: Philostratus Sophista “Vita Apollonii” 1.37, compare “Ep.” 54, 3rd c.AD(?): Achilles Tatius Astronomus 4.1.)]