Strong G435G435Gἀνήρ

man

One of the 2 senses of Strong G435

Transliteration
anēr
Pronunciation
an'-ayr
Morphology
Greek Noun (Masculine)

Definition

A primary word (compare G444); a man (properly as an individual male): - fellow husband man sir.

Detailed definition

ἀνήρ, ἀνδρός, ὁ,
[in LXX chiefly for אִישׁ, frequently אֱנוֹשׁ, also אָדָם, etc.;]
a man, Lat. vir.
1. As opposite to a woman, Act.8:12, 1Ti.2:12; as a husband, Mat.1:16, Jhn.4:16, Rom.7:2, Tit.1:6.

2. As opposite to a boy or infant, 1Co.13:11, Eph.4:13, Jas.3:2.

3. In appos. with a noun or adj., as ἀ. ἁμαρτωλός, Luk.5:8; ἀ. προφήτης, 24:19; frequently in terms of address, as ἀ. ἀδελφοί, Act.1:16; and esp. with gentilic names, as ἀ. Ἰουδαῖος, Act.22:3; ἀ. Ἐφέσιοι, 19:35.

4. In general, a man, a male person: = τις, Luk.8:41, Act.6:11.
SYN.: ἄνθρωπος, which see (cf. MM, VGT, see word). (AS)

In the Bible

Strong G435G appears in 148 verses of the KJV.

Translated in the KJV by

  • man126
  • men13
  • sirs5
  • fellow1
  • sir1

First verses

  1. Matthew 7:24
    Therefore whosoever heareth these sayings of mine, and doeth them, I will liken him unto a wise man, which built his house upon a rock:
  2. Matthew 7:26
    And every one that heareth these sayings of mine, and doeth them not, shall be likened unto a foolish man, which built his house upon the sand:
  3. Matthew 12:41
    The men of Nineveh shall rise in judgment with this generation, and shall condemn it: because they repented at the preaching of Jonas; and, behold, a greater than Jonas is here.
  4. Matthew 14:21
    And they that had eaten were about five thousand men, beside women and children.
  5. Matthew 14:35
    And when the men of that place had knowledge of him, they sent out into all that country round about, and brought unto him all that were diseased;
  6. Matthew 15:38
    And they that did eat were four thousand men, beside women and children.
  7. Mark 6:20
    For Herod feared John, knowing that he was a just man and an holy, and observed him; and when he heard him, he did many things, and heard him gladly.
  8. Mark 6:44
    And they that did eat of the loaves were about five thousand men.
  9. Mark 10:2
    And the Pharisees came to him, and asked him, Is it lawful for a man to put away his wife? tempting him.
  10. Luke 1:27
    To a virgin espoused to a man whose name was Joseph, of the house of David; and the virgin’s name was Mary.
  11. Luke 1:34
    Then said Mary unto the angel, How shall this be, seeing I know not a man?
  12. Luke 5:8
    When Simon Peter saw it, he fell down at Jesus’ knees, saying, Depart from me; for I am a sinful man, O Lord.
  13. Luke 5:12
    And it came to pass, when he was in a certain city, behold a man full of leprosy: who seeing Jesus fell on his face, and besought him, saying, Lord, if thou wilt, thou canst make me clean.
  14. Luke 5:18
    And, behold, men brought in a bed a man which was taken with a palsy: and they sought means to bring him in, and to lay him before him.
  15. Luke 7:20
    When the men were come unto him, they said, John Baptist hath sent us unto thee, saying, Art thou he that should come? or look we for another?
  16. Luke 8:27
    And when he went forth to land, there met him out of the city a certain man, which had devils long time, and ware no clothes, neither abode in any house, but in the tombs.
  17. Luke 8:38
    Now the man out of whom the devils were departed besought him that he might be with him: but Jesus sent him away, saying,
  18. Luke 8:41
    And, behold, there came a man named Jairus, and he was a ruler of the synagogue: and he fell down at Jesus’ feet, and besought him that he would come into his house:
  19. Luke 9:14
    For they were about five thousand men. And he said to his disciples, Make them sit down by fifties in a company.
  20. Luke 9:30
    And, behold, there talked with him two men, which were Moses and Elias:
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Detailed Greek dictionary
ἀνήρ, ὁ, ἀνδρός, ἀνδρί, ἄνδρα,
vocative ἄνερ: plural ἄνδρες, -δρῶν, -δράσι [ᾰ], -dras: Aeolic dialect dative plural ἄνδρεσι[Refs 7th c.BC+ (7th-6th c.BC: Alcaeus Lyricus “Supp.” 14.8: late _nominative_ _sing._ ἄνδρας “Catalogus Codicum Astrologorum” 7.109.7: in _Attic dialect_ the _Article_ often forms a crasis with the Noun, ἁνήρ for ὁ ἀνήρ, τἀνδρός, τἀνδρί for τοῦ ἀνδρός, etc., ἅνδρες)] for οἱ ἄνδρε; the Ionic dialect crasis is ὡνήρ, ὧνδρες, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 4.161, 134: _Epic dialect_ also ἀνέρα, ἀνέρος, ἀνέρι, _dual_ ἀνέρε, _plural_ ἀνέρες, ἀνέρας, ἄνδρεσσι.)] [Epic dialect Poets mostly use ᾱ in arsi, ᾰ in thesi; but in trisyllable forms with stem ἀνέρ- always ; so also Trag. in Lyric poetry, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Trachiniae” 1011, “OT” 869. But in Trag. senarians ᾰ always.] (ἀ-)] in nominative by analogy; cf. Sanskrit nar- from I.-[Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus)] ner-, nṛ- from nṛ-, Gk. ἀνδρ- from ṇr-):—man, opposed to woman (ἄνθρωπος being man as opposed to to beast), [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 17.435, 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 21.323)]; τῶν ἀνδρῶν ἄπαις without male children, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 877e; in 8th c.BC: Homerus Epicus)] mostly of princes, leaders, etc., but also of free men; ἀ δήμου one of the people, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 2.198, compare 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 17.352)]; with a qualifying word to indicate rank, ἀ. βουληφόρος[Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 2.61; ἀ. βασιλεύς 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 24.253; ἡγήτορες ἄ. 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 11.687.)]
II man, opposed to god, πατὴρ ἀνδρῶν τε θεῶν τε [Refs ([prev. work] 1.544, +others)]; Διὸς ἄγγελοι ἠδὲ καὶ ἀνδρῶν [Refs 5th c.BC+ ([prev. work] 334, compare 403, 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 5.63, etc.)]: most common in plural, yet sometimes in singular, e.g. [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 18.432:—frequently with a Noun added, βροτοί, θνητοὶ ἄ., 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 5.197, 10.306; ἄ. ἡμίθεοι 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 12.23; ἄ. ἥρωες [prev. work] 5.746)]:—also of men, opposed to monsters, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 21.303)]:—of men in societies and cities, οὔτε παρ᾽ ἀνδράσιν οὔτ᾽ ἐν ναυσὶ κοίλαις[Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “O.” 6.10)]; and so probably, ἄλλοτε μέν τ᾽ ἐπὶ Κύνθου ἐβήσαο.., ἄλλοτε δ᾽ ἂν νήσους τε καὶ ἀνέρας..[Refs (“hymnus ad Apollinem” 142.)]
III man, opposed to youth, unless the context determines the meaning, as in οὔ πως ἔστι νεωτέρῳ ἀνδρὶ μάχεσθαι ἄνδρα γέροντα[Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 18.53)]; but ἀ. alone always means a man in the prime of life, especially warrior, ἀ. ἕλεν ἄνδρα[Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 15.328; so ἀ. ἀντ᾽ ἀνδρὸς ἐλύθησαν 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 2.103)]; the several ages are given as παῖς, μειράκιον, ἀ., πρεσβύτης[Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Symposium” 4.17)]; εἰς ἄνδρας ἐγγράφεσθαι, συντελεῖν, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 19.230, 5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 12.212; εἰς ἄνδρας ἀναβῆναι “BMus.Inscription” 898)]; in Inscrr. relating to contests, opposed to παῖδες, [Refs (“IG” 22.1138.10, etc.)]
IV man emphatically, man indeed, ἀνέρες ἄστε, φίλοι[Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 5.529; frequently in 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus, πολλοὶ μὲν ἄνθρωποι, ὀλίγοι δὲ ἄνδρες 7.210; πρόσθεν οὐκ ἀ. ὅδ᾽ ἦ; 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Ajax” 77; ἄνδρα γίγνεσθαί σε χρή 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Electra” 693; ἀ. γεγένησαι δι᾽ ἐμέ 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Equites” 1255; ὃ μαθὼν ἀ. ἔσει [prev. author] “Nu.” 823; ἄνδρας ἡγοῦνται μόνους τοὺς πλεῖστα δυναμένους καταφαγεῖν [prev. author] “Ach.” 77; εἰ ἄνδρες εἶεν οἱ στρατηγοί 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 4.27; οὐκέτι ἀ. ἀλλὰ σκευοφόρος 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 4.2.25; τὸν Αυκομήδην.. μόνον ἄνδρα ἡγοῦντο [prev. author] “HG” 7.1.24)]; οὐκ ἐν ἀνδράσι not like a man, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Alcestis” 723, compare 732)]; ἀνδρὸς τὰ προσπίπτοντα γενναίως φέρειν 'tis the part of a man.., [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-3rd c.BC: Menander Comicus 771, etc.)]
V husband, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 19.291, 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 24.196, 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.146, etc.; εἰς ἀνδρὸς ὥραν ἡκούσης τῆς κόρης 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Critias” 113d; so ἐξοικιεῖν εἰς ἀνδρὸς [οἶκον] θυγατέρα 2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “Legal.” 11)]:—also of a paramour, opposed to πόσις, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Trachiniae” 551, compare 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Hippolytus” 491, 3rd c.BC: Theocritus Poeta Bucolicus 15.131; ἀ. ἁπασῶν τῶν γυναικῶν ἐστι νῦν 5th c.BC: Pherecrates Comicus 155; αἰγῶν ἄνερ 3rd c.BC: Theocritus Poeta Bucolicus 8.49.)]
VI Special usages:
VI.1 joined with titles, professions, etc., ἰητρὸς ἀ.[Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 11.514)]; ἀ. μάντις, ἀ. στρατηγός, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 6.83, 92 (uncertain); ἀ. νομεύς 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Tyrannus” 1118; ἄνδρες λοχῖται, λῃσταί, ἀσπιστῆρες, [prev. work] 751, 842, “Aj.” 565; especially in disparagement, κλῶπες ἄ. 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Rhesus” 645; ἀ. δημότης 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Antigone” 690)]; with names of nations, as Φοίνικες ἄ.[Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 4.42; ἀ. Θρῇξ 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Hecuba” 19, +others; especially in addresses, ἄ. ἔφοροι 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 9.9; ἄ. πολῖται 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Tyrannus” 513; ἄ. δικασταί 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 21.1, etc.)]; ὦ ἄνδρες gentlemen of the jury, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Antipho Orator 1.1, 5th c.BC: Lysias Orator 1.1, etc.; ὦ ἄ. Ἀθηναῖοι [prev. author] 6.8, etc.)]: hence in Comedy, ἄ. ἰχθύες[Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Archippus Comicus 29; ἄ. θεοί 2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “JTr.” 15; ὦ ἄ. κύνες 2nd c.AD: Athenaeus Epigrammaticus 4.160b.)]
VI.2 ὁ ἀνήρ, by crasis Attic dialect ἁνήρ, Ionic dialect ὡνήρ, is frequently used emphatically for αὐτός, ἐκεῖνος[Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Vespae” 269, probably in 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Sophista” 216b, etc.)]: sometimes so in oblique cases without the Article, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Trachiniae” 55, 109, 293, etc.)]; but not in Prose.
VI.3 ἀ. ὅδε, ὅδ᾽ ἀ., in Trag., ={ἐγώ}, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Ajax” 78, 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Alcestis” 690, etc.)]
VI.4 πᾶς ἀ. every man, every one, frequently in [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 736c, +others, compare 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Orestes” 1523.)]
VI.5 a man, any man, εἶτ᾽ ἄνδρα τῶν αὑτοῦ τι χρὴ προϊένα;[Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Nubes” 1214; οὐ πρέπει νοῦν ἔχοντι ἀνδρί 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Phaedo” 114d, etc.)]; οὐ παντὸς ἀνδρὸς.. ἐσθ᾽ ὁ πλοῦς 'tis not every one that can go, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC(?): Nicolaus Comicus 1.26.)]
VI.6 ὦ δαιμόνι᾽ ἀνδρῶν[Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Eupolis Comicus 316)]; and often with a superlative, ὦ φίλτατ᾽ ἀνδρῶν[Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Phrynichus Comicus 80, etc.)]
VI.7 κατ᾽ ἄνδρα viritim, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 12.180, “POxy.” 1047 iii 11, “BGU” 145.5, etc.)]; so τοὺς κατ᾽ ἄνδρα individuals, opposed to κοινῇ τὴν πόλιν, [Refs 1st c.AD+ (1st-2nd c.AD: Dio Chrysostomus Sophista 32.6.)]
VI.8 In [LXX (LXX, ἀνήρ ={ἕκαστος, δότε μοι ἀνὴρ ἐνώτιον} LXX.Judg.8.24)]; ἀ. τῷ ἀδελφῷ αὐτοῦ προσκολληθήσεται 'each to his fellow', of leviathan's scales, [LXX (LXX.Job.41.8; also ἀ. εἷς LXX.4Ki.6.2)]; with negatives, ἀ. μὴ ἐπισκεπήτω[Refs ([prev. work] 10.19; ἀνὴρ ἀνήρ)]any one, Le. [Refs (15.2.)]
VI.9 ἄνδρας γράφειν· τὸ ἐν διδασκάλου τὰ παιδία ὀνόματα γράφειν, [Refs 5th c.AD+ (5th c.AD(?): Hesychius Legal icographus)]
VII male animal, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Historia Animalium” 637b15.)]