Strong G444ἄνθρωπος
a human
- Transliteration
- anthrōpos
- Pronunciation
- anth'-ro-pos
- Morphology
- Greek Noun (Masculine)
Definition
Detailed definition
ἄνθρωπος, -ου, ὁ,
[in LXX chiefly for אִישׁ,אָדָם, also for אֱנוֹשׁ, etc.;]
man:
1. generically, a human being, male or female (Lat. homo): Jhn.16:21; with art., Mat.4:4 12:35, Mrk.2:27, Jhn.2:25, Rom.7:1, al; disting. from God, Mat.19:6, Jhn.10:33, Col.3:23, al.; from animals, etc., Mat.4:19, Luk.5:10, Rev.9:4, al.; implying human frailty and imperfection, 1Co.3:4; σοφία ἀνθρώπων, 1Co.2:5; ἀνθρώπων ἐπιθυμίαι, 1Pe.4:2; κατὰ ἄνθρωπον περιπατεῖν, 1Co.3:3; κατὰ ἄ. λέγειν (λαλεῖν), Rom.3:5, 1Co.9:8; κατὰ ἄ- λέγειν, Gal.3:15 (cf. 1Co.15:32, Gal.1:11); by meton., of man's nature or condition, ὁ ἔσω (ἔξω) ἄ., Rom.7:22, Eph.3:16, 2Co.4:16 (cf. 1Pe.3:4); ὁ παλαιὸς, καινὸς, νέος ἄ., Rom.6:6, Eph.2:15 4:22, 24 Col.3:9, 10; joined with another subst., ἄ. ἔμπορος, a merchant, Mat.13:45 (WH, txt. om. ἄ.); οἰκοδεσπότης, Mat.13:52; βασιλεύς, 18:23; φάγος, 11:19; with name of nation, Κυρηναῖος, Mat.27:32; Ἰουδαῖος, Act.21:39; Ῥωμαῖος, Act.16:37; pl. οἱ ἄ., men, people: Mat.5:13, 16 Mrk.8:24, Jhn.4:28; οὐδεὶς ἀνθρώπων, Mrk.11:2, 1Ti.6:16.
2. Indef., ἄ. = τις, some one, a man: Mat.17:14, Mrk.12:1, al.; τις ἄ., Mat.18:12, Jhn.5:5, al.; indef. one (Fr. on), Rom.3:28, Gal.2:16, al.; opposite to women, servants, etc., Mat.10:36 19:10, Jhn.7:22, 23.
3. Definitely, with art., of some particular person; Mat.12:13, Mrk.3:5, al.; οὗτος ὁ ἄ., Luk.14:30; ὁ ἄ οὗτος, ἐκεῖνος, Mrk.14:71, Mat.12:45; ὁ ἄ. τ. ἀνομίας, 2Th.2:3; ἄ τ. θεοῦ (of Heb. אִישׁ אֱלֹהִים), 1Ti.6:11, 2Ti.3:17, 2Pe.1:21; ὁ υἰὸς τοῦ ἀ., see: υἱός.
SYN.: ἀνήρ, which see (and cf. MM, VGT, 44; Cremer, 103, 635). (AS)
[in LXX chiefly for אִישׁ,אָדָם, also for אֱנוֹשׁ, etc.;]
man:
1. generically, a human being, male or female (Lat. homo): Jhn.16:21; with art., Mat.4:4 12:35, Mrk.2:27, Jhn.2:25, Rom.7:1, al; disting. from God, Mat.19:6, Jhn.10:33, Col.3:23, al.; from animals, etc., Mat.4:19, Luk.5:10, Rev.9:4, al.; implying human frailty and imperfection, 1Co.3:4; σοφία ἀνθρώπων, 1Co.2:5; ἀνθρώπων ἐπιθυμίαι, 1Pe.4:2; κατὰ ἄνθρωπον περιπατεῖν, 1Co.3:3; κατὰ ἄ. λέγειν (λαλεῖν), Rom.3:5, 1Co.9:8; κατὰ ἄ- λέγειν, Gal.3:15 (cf. 1Co.15:32, Gal.1:11); by meton., of man's nature or condition, ὁ ἔσω (ἔξω) ἄ., Rom.7:22, Eph.3:16, 2Co.4:16 (cf. 1Pe.3:4); ὁ παλαιὸς, καινὸς, νέος ἄ., Rom.6:6, Eph.2:15 4:22, 24 Col.3:9, 10; joined with another subst., ἄ. ἔμπορος, a merchant, Mat.13:45 (WH, txt. om. ἄ.); οἰκοδεσπότης, Mat.13:52; βασιλεύς, 18:23; φάγος, 11:19; with name of nation, Κυρηναῖος, Mat.27:32; Ἰουδαῖος, Act.21:39; Ῥωμαῖος, Act.16:37; pl. οἱ ἄ., men, people: Mat.5:13, 16 Mrk.8:24, Jhn.4:28; οὐδεὶς ἀνθρώπων, Mrk.11:2, 1Ti.6:16.
2. Indef., ἄ. = τις, some one, a man: Mat.17:14, Mrk.12:1, al.; τις ἄ., Mat.18:12, Jhn.5:5, al.; indef. one (Fr. on), Rom.3:28, Gal.2:16, al.; opposite to women, servants, etc., Mat.10:36 19:10, Jhn.7:22, 23.
3. Definitely, with art., of some particular person; Mat.12:13, Mrk.3:5, al.; οὗτος ὁ ἄ., Luk.14:30; ὁ ἄ οὗτος, ἐκεῖνος, Mrk.14:71, Mat.12:45; ὁ ἄ. τ. ἀνομίας, 2Th.2:3; ἄ τ. θεοῦ (of Heb. אִישׁ אֱלֹהִים), 1Ti.6:11, 2Ti.3:17, 2Pe.1:21; ὁ υἰὸς τοῦ ἀ., see: υἱός.
SYN.: ἀνήρ, which see (and cf. MM, VGT, 44; Cremer, 103, 635). (AS)
In the Bible
Strong G444 appears in 504 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- man498
- a3
- of3
- to3
- an2
- certain2
- the2
- unto2
- men1
- o1
- s1
First verses
- Matthew 4:4But he answered and said, It is written, Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceedeth out of the mouth of God.
- Matthew 4:19And he saith unto them, Follow me, and I will make you fishers of men.
- Matthew 5:13Ye are the salt of the earth: but if the salt have lost his savour, wherewith shall it be salted? it is thenceforth good for nothing, but to be cast out, and to be trodden under foot of men.
- Matthew 5:16Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good works, and glorify your Father which is in heaven.
- Matthew 5:19Whosoever therefore shall break one of these least commandments, and shall teach men so, he shall be called the least in the kingdom of heaven: but whosoever shall do and teach them, the same shall be called great in the kingdom of heaven.
- Matthew 6:1Take heed that ye do not your alms before men, to be seen of them: otherwise ye have no reward of your Father which is in heaven.
- Matthew 6:2Therefore when thou doest thine alms, do not sound a trumpet before thee, as the hypocrites do in the synagogues and in the streets, that they may have glory of men. Verily I say unto you, They have their reward.
- Matthew 6:5And when thou prayest, thou shalt not be as the hypocrites are: for they love to pray standing in the synagogues and in the corners of the streets, that they may be seen of men. Verily I say unto you, They have their reward.
- Matthew 6:14For if ye forgive men their trespasses, your heavenly Father will also forgive you:
- Matthew 6:15But if ye forgive not men their trespasses, neither will your Father forgive your trespasses.
- Matthew 6:16Moreover when ye fast, be not, as the hypocrites, of a sad countenance: for they disfigure their faces, that they may appear unto men to fast. Verily I say unto you, They have their reward.
- Matthew 6:18That thou appear not unto men to fast, but unto thy Father which is in secret: and thy Father, which seeth in secret, shall reward thee openly.
- Matthew 7:9Or what man is there of you, whom if his son ask bread, will he give him a stone?
- Matthew 7:12Therefore all things whatsoever ye would that men should do to you, do ye even so to them: for this is the law and the prophets.
- Matthew 8:9For I am a man under authority, having soldiers under me: and I say to this man, Go, and he goeth; and to another, Come, and he cometh; and to my servant, Do this, and he doeth it.
- Matthew 8:20And Jesus saith unto him, The foxes have holes, and the birds of the air have nests; but the Son of man hath not where to lay his head.
- Matthew 8:27But the men marvelled, saying, What manner of man is this, that even the winds and the sea obey him!
- Matthew 9:6But that ye may know that the Son of man hath power on earth to forgive sins, (then saith he to the sick of the palsy,) Arise, take up thy bed, and go unto thine house.
- Matthew 9:8But when the multitudes saw it, they marvelled, and glorified God, which had given such power unto men.
- Matthew 9:9And as Jesus passed forth from thence, he saw a man, named Matthew, sitting at the receipt of custom: and he saith unto him, Follow me. And he arose, and followed him.
Occurrences by book
Related words
Detailed Greek dictionary
ἄνθρωπος, ἡ,
Attic dialect crasis ἅνθρωπος, Ionic dialect ὥνθρωπος, for ὁ ἄνθρ-:— man, both as a generic term and of individuals, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Homerus Epicus etc.)], opposed to gods, ἀθανάτων τε θεῶν χαμαὶ ἐρχομένων τ᾽ ἀνθρώπων[Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 5.442, etc.)]; πρὸς ἠοίων ἢ ἑσπερίων ἀνθρώπων the men of the east or of the west, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 8.29)]; even of the dead in the Isles of the Blest,[Refs 5th c.BC+ ([prev. work] 4.565; κόμπος οὐ κατ᾽ ἄνθρωπον 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Septem contra Thebas” 425, compare 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Ajax” 761.)]
2 [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus)] uses it both with and without the Article to denote man generically, ὁ ἄ. θείας μετέσχε μοίρας[Refs (“Prt.” 322a; οὕτω.. εὐδαιμονέστατος γίγνεται ἄ. “R.” 619b, +others)]; ὁ ἄ. the ideal man, humanity, ἀπώλεσας τὸν ἄ., οὐκ ἐπλήρωσας τὴν ἐπαγγελίαν[Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Arrianus Historicus “Epicteti Dissertationes” 2.9.3.)]
3 in plural, mankind, ἀνθρώπων.. ἀνδρῶν ἠδὲ γυναικῶν[Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 9.134; ἐν τῷ μακρῷ.. ἀνθρώπων χρόνῳ 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Philoctetes” 306)]; ἐξἀνθρώπων γίγνεσθαι depart this life, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Pausanias Periegeta 4.26.5, compare 2nd-3rd c.AD: Philostratus Sophista “Vita Apollonii” 8.31.)]
3.b joined with a superlative to increase its force, δεινότατον τῶν ἐν ἀνθρώποις ἁπάντων[Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 53.2)]; ὁ ἄριστος ἐν ἀνθρώποις ὄρτυξ the best quail in the world, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Lysis” 211e)]; frequently without a preposition, μάλιστα, ἥκιστα ἀνθρώπων, most or least of all, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.60, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 629a, “Prt.” 361e)]; ἄριστά γ᾽ ἀ., ὀρθότατα ἀ., [Refs ([prev. author] “Tht.” 148b, 195b, etc.)]
3.c τὰ ἐξ ἀνθρώπων πράγματα 'all the trouble in the world',[Refs 5th c.BC+ ([prev. work] 170e; γραφὰς τὰς ἐξ ἀνθρώπων ἐγράφετο 5th c.BC: Lysias Orator 13.73; αἱ ἐξ ἀνθρώπων πληγαί 4th c.BC: Aeschines Orator 1.59; πάντα τὰ ἐξ ἀνθρώπων κακὰ ἔλεγε 2nd-3rd c.AD: Dio Cassius Historicus 57.23.)]
4 joined with another substantive, like{ἀνήρ}, ἄ. ὁδίτης [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 16.263; πολίτας ἀ. 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 22.54)]; with names of nations, πόλις Μερόπων ἀνθρώπων[Refs (“hymnus ad Apollinem” 42)]; in Attic dialect frequently in a contemptuous sense, ἄ. ὑπογραμματεύς, ἄ. γόης, ἄ. συκοφάντης, [NT+5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Lysias Orator 30.28, 4th c.BC: Aeschines Orator 2.153,183; ἄ. ἀλαζών 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Memorabilia” 1.7.2; ἄ. ὑφάντης 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Phaedo” 87b; Μενίππου, Καρός τινος ἀνθρώπου 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 21.175; ἄ. βασιλεύς NT.Matt.22.2.)]
5 ἅνθρωπος or ὁ ἄνθρωπος alone, the man, the fellow, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Protagoras” 314e, “Phd.” 117e; ὡς ἀστεῖος ὁ ἄ., with slight irony, [prev. work] 116d, +others)]; with a sense of pity, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 21.91.)]
6 in the vocative frequently in a contemptuous sense, as when addressed to slaves, etc., ἄνθρωπε or ὤνθρωπε sirrah! you sir! [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 3.63, 8.125, and frequently in 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus, but in Trag. only 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Ajax” 791, 1154)]; simply, brother, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (POxy. 215.1, 2nd c.AD: Diogenes Oenoandensis Epicureus 2.)]
7 slave, ἂν ἄ. ᾖ[Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-3rd c.BC: Philemo Comicus 22; ἄ. ἐμός 2nd c.AD: Galenus Medicus 14.649)]; ὁ ἄ. τῆς ἁμαρτίας or ἀνομίας[NT (NT.2Thes.2.3; ἄ. τοῦ Θεοῦ NT.1Tim.6.11)]; but τιθέναι τινὰ ἐν ἀνθρώποις make a man of, of a freed slave, [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (3rd c.BC: Herodas Mimographus 5.15.)]
8 ἄ. ἄ. any one, Hebraism in [LXX (LXX.Lev.17.3 (compare ἀνήρ VI. 8))]; ἄ. like [Refs 1st c.BC+ (\{1st c.BC-1st c.AD\}: Germanicus Caesar Epigrammaticus)] man 'one', [NT (NT.1Cor.4.1, +others)]
9 in Medicine texts, name of a plaster, ἡ διὰ σάνδυκος ἄ. καλουμένη[Refs 6th c.AD+ (6th c.AD: Aëtius Medicus 15.43.)]
II as feminine, woman, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “P.” 4.98, 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.60, 5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 18.52, 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Ethica Nicomachea” 1148b20)]; contemptuously, of female slaves, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Antipho Orator 1.17, 4th c.BC: Isaeus Orator 6.20, etc.)]; with a sense of pity, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 19.197.)] —Prop. opposed to θηρίον, compare ἀνή; but opposed to γυνή, [LXX+4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aeschines Orator 3.137; ἀπὺ ἀνθρώπου ἕως γυναικός LXX.1Esd.9.40, etc.)]
Attic dialect crasis ἅνθρωπος, Ionic dialect ὥνθρωπος, for ὁ ἄνθρ-:— man, both as a generic term and of individuals, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Homerus Epicus etc.)], opposed to gods, ἀθανάτων τε θεῶν χαμαὶ ἐρχομένων τ᾽ ἀνθρώπων[Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 5.442, etc.)]; πρὸς ἠοίων ἢ ἑσπερίων ἀνθρώπων the men of the east or of the west, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 8.29)]; even of the dead in the Isles of the Blest,[Refs 5th c.BC+ ([prev. work] 4.565; κόμπος οὐ κατ᾽ ἄνθρωπον 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Septem contra Thebas” 425, compare 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Ajax” 761.)]
2 [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus)] uses it both with and without the Article to denote man generically, ὁ ἄ. θείας μετέσχε μοίρας[Refs (“Prt.” 322a; οὕτω.. εὐδαιμονέστατος γίγνεται ἄ. “R.” 619b, +others)]; ὁ ἄ. the ideal man, humanity, ἀπώλεσας τὸν ἄ., οὐκ ἐπλήρωσας τὴν ἐπαγγελίαν[Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Arrianus Historicus “Epicteti Dissertationes” 2.9.3.)]
3 in plural, mankind, ἀνθρώπων.. ἀνδρῶν ἠδὲ γυναικῶν[Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 9.134; ἐν τῷ μακρῷ.. ἀνθρώπων χρόνῳ 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Philoctetes” 306)]; ἐξἀνθρώπων γίγνεσθαι depart this life, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Pausanias Periegeta 4.26.5, compare 2nd-3rd c.AD: Philostratus Sophista “Vita Apollonii” 8.31.)]
3.b joined with a superlative to increase its force, δεινότατον τῶν ἐν ἀνθρώποις ἁπάντων[Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 53.2)]; ὁ ἄριστος ἐν ἀνθρώποις ὄρτυξ the best quail in the world, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Lysis” 211e)]; frequently without a preposition, μάλιστα, ἥκιστα ἀνθρώπων, most or least of all, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.60, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 629a, “Prt.” 361e)]; ἄριστά γ᾽ ἀ., ὀρθότατα ἀ., [Refs ([prev. author] “Tht.” 148b, 195b, etc.)]
3.c τὰ ἐξ ἀνθρώπων πράγματα 'all the trouble in the world',[Refs 5th c.BC+ ([prev. work] 170e; γραφὰς τὰς ἐξ ἀνθρώπων ἐγράφετο 5th c.BC: Lysias Orator 13.73; αἱ ἐξ ἀνθρώπων πληγαί 4th c.BC: Aeschines Orator 1.59; πάντα τὰ ἐξ ἀνθρώπων κακὰ ἔλεγε 2nd-3rd c.AD: Dio Cassius Historicus 57.23.)]
4 joined with another substantive, like{ἀνήρ}, ἄ. ὁδίτης [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 16.263; πολίτας ἀ. 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 22.54)]; with names of nations, πόλις Μερόπων ἀνθρώπων[Refs (“hymnus ad Apollinem” 42)]; in Attic dialect frequently in a contemptuous sense, ἄ. ὑπογραμματεύς, ἄ. γόης, ἄ. συκοφάντης, [NT+5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Lysias Orator 30.28, 4th c.BC: Aeschines Orator 2.153,183; ἄ. ἀλαζών 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Memorabilia” 1.7.2; ἄ. ὑφάντης 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Phaedo” 87b; Μενίππου, Καρός τινος ἀνθρώπου 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 21.175; ἄ. βασιλεύς NT.Matt.22.2.)]
5 ἅνθρωπος or ὁ ἄνθρωπος alone, the man, the fellow, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Protagoras” 314e, “Phd.” 117e; ὡς ἀστεῖος ὁ ἄ., with slight irony, [prev. work] 116d, +others)]; with a sense of pity, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 21.91.)]
6 in the vocative frequently in a contemptuous sense, as when addressed to slaves, etc., ἄνθρωπε or ὤνθρωπε sirrah! you sir! [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 3.63, 8.125, and frequently in 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus, but in Trag. only 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Ajax” 791, 1154)]; simply, brother, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (POxy. 215.1, 2nd c.AD: Diogenes Oenoandensis Epicureus 2.)]
7 slave, ἂν ἄ. ᾖ[Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-3rd c.BC: Philemo Comicus 22; ἄ. ἐμός 2nd c.AD: Galenus Medicus 14.649)]; ὁ ἄ. τῆς ἁμαρτίας or ἀνομίας[NT (NT.2Thes.2.3; ἄ. τοῦ Θεοῦ NT.1Tim.6.11)]; but τιθέναι τινὰ ἐν ἀνθρώποις make a man of, of a freed slave, [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (3rd c.BC: Herodas Mimographus 5.15.)]
8 ἄ. ἄ. any one, Hebraism in [LXX (LXX.Lev.17.3 (compare ἀνήρ VI. 8))]; ἄ. like [Refs 1st c.BC+ (\{1st c.BC-1st c.AD\}: Germanicus Caesar Epigrammaticus)] man 'one', [NT (NT.1Cor.4.1, +others)]
9 in Medicine texts, name of a plaster, ἡ διὰ σάνδυκος ἄ. καλουμένη[Refs 6th c.AD+ (6th c.AD: Aëtius Medicus 15.43.)]
II as feminine, woman, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “P.” 4.98, 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.60, 5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 18.52, 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Ethica Nicomachea” 1148b20)]; contemptuously, of female slaves, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Antipho Orator 1.17, 4th c.BC: Isaeus Orator 6.20, etc.)]; with a sense of pity, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 19.197.)] —Prop. opposed to θηρίον, compare ἀνή; but opposed to γυνή, [LXX+4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aeschines Orator 3.137; ἀπὺ ἀνθρώπου ἕως γυναικός LXX.1Esd.9.40, etc.)]