Strong G730ἄρρην, ἄρσην
male
- Transliteration
- arrhēn arsēn
- Pronunciation
- ar'-hrane ar'-sane
- Morphology
- Greek Adjective
Definition
Probably from G142; male (as stronger for lifting): - male man.
Detailed definition
ἄρσην (ἄρρην, T, in Rom.1:27; Rec. in Rev.12:5, 13) -ενος, ὁ, ἡ, ἄρσεν, τό
(old Attic for ἄρρην, see supr.; both forms are found in π.; MM, see word), [in LXX chiefly for זָכָר;]
male: Mat.19:4, Mrk.10:6, Luk.2:23, Rom.1:27, Gal.3:28, Rev.12:5, 13.†
(AS)
(old Attic for ἄρρην, see supr.; both forms are found in π.; MM, see word), [in LXX chiefly for זָכָר;]
male: Mat.19:4, Mrk.10:6, Luk.2:23, Rom.1:27, Gal.3:28, Rev.12:5, 13.†
(AS)
In the Bible
Strong G730 appears in 7 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- male4
- man3
First verses
- Matthew 19:4And he answered and said unto them, Have ye not read, that he which made them at the beginning made them male and female,
- Mark 10:6But from the beginning of the creation God made them male and female.
- Luke 2:23(As it is written in the law of the Lord, Every male that openeth the womb shall be called holy to the Lord;)
- Romans 1:27And likewise also the men, leaving the natural use of the woman, burned in their lust one toward another; men with men working that which is unseemly, and receiving in themselves that recompence of their error which was meet.
- Galatians 3:28There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither bond nor free, there is neither male nor female: for ye are all one in Christ Jesus.
- Revelation 12:5And she brought forth a man child, who was to rule all nations with a rod of iron: and her child was caught up unto God, and to his throne.
- Revelation 12:13And when the dragon saw that he was cast unto the earth, he persecuted the woman which brought forth the man child.
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Related words
Detailed Greek dictionary
ἄρσην, ὁ, ἡ, ἄρσεν, τό,
genitive ἄρσενος, Epic dialect, Ionic dialect, and Trag.: Attic dialect ἄρρην [Refs 5th c.BC+ (“IG” 2.678 B 55, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Symposium” 191c, etc.)]: Aeolic dialect, Cretan dialect, Epid., and [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus)] ἔρσην, which see; ἀρσ- prevails in LXX and NT, ἀρρ- is more common in Papyrus (exc. Papyrus Mag.): nominative ἄρσης [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (“IG” 5(1).364.10 (_Laconian dialect_), “POxy.” 465.147 (2nd c.AD))]:—male, μήτε τις οὖν θήλεια θεὸς.. μήτε τις ἄρσην[Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 8.7; βοῦν.. ἄρσενα 7.315; ἄρσενες ἵπποι 23.377, etc.; ἄρσην σπορά 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Troades” 503; νηδύς [prev. author] “Ba.” 527 (Lyric poetry) (of the birth of Bacchus))]; γονή[Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “Genit.” 7: ἄρσην, ὁ, or ἄρσεν, τό,)] the male, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Agamemnon” 861, “Supp.” 393 (Lyric poetry), 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 665c, “Smp.” 191c, etc.; Ἀπόλλωνι.. θῆλυ καὶ ἄρσεν.. προσέρδειν “IG” 12(8).358 (Thasos, 5th c.BC))]; οἱ ἄρσενες the male sex, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 2.45; τὸ ἄρσεν 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Eumenides” 737.)]
2 masculine, [Refs 5th c.BC+ ([prev. author] “Supp.” 951; φρένες 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Orestes” 1204)]: metaphorically, mighty, κτύπος ἄρσην πόντου[Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Philoctetes” 1455 (Lyric poetry); Ἀχέροντος ἄρσενας χοάς [prev. author] “fragment” 480.3; ἄρσην βοή 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Thesmophoriazusae” 125 (Lyric poetry); ἄ. φθόγγοι 3rd c.AD(?): Aristides Quintilianus Musicus 2.12)]; of plants, robust, coarse, opposed to θῆλυς (tender, delicate), [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th-3rd c.BC: Theophrastus Philosophus “Historia Plantarum” 3.9.3, compare 2.2.6, 1st c.AD: Dioscorides (Dioscurides) Medicus 3.1, +others, 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Trachiniae” 1196.)]
3 of gender of nouns, masculine, ὀνόματα[Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Nubes” 682.)]
4 of sex in plants, ἀπὸ τοῦ ἄρρενος τοῖς θήλεσι βοήθεια[Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-3rd c.BC: Theophrastus Philosophus “Historia Plantarum” 2.8.4)]:—but also, coarse, tough, γογγυλίς [Refs ([prev. work] 7.4.3, compare 3.9.3: _comparative_ form)]ἀρρέντερος (compare θηλύτερος), κὰ τὠρρέντερον γένος in the male line, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (“IG” 5(2).262.21(Mantinea, 5th c.BC).)]
5 adverb ἀρρένως[Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Diogenes Cynicus Philosophus cited in 5th c.AD: Stobaeus, Joannes 4.44.71. (Occurs without ϝ- on Cretan dialect Inscrr. which preserve ϝ-)]; cf. Sanskrit ṛ[snull]abhás 'bull', Avest. aršan- 'man'.)
genitive ἄρσενος, Epic dialect, Ionic dialect, and Trag.: Attic dialect ἄρρην [Refs 5th c.BC+ (“IG” 2.678 B 55, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Symposium” 191c, etc.)]: Aeolic dialect, Cretan dialect, Epid., and [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus)] ἔρσην, which see; ἀρσ- prevails in LXX and NT, ἀρρ- is more common in Papyrus (exc. Papyrus Mag.): nominative ἄρσης [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (“IG” 5(1).364.10 (_Laconian dialect_), “POxy.” 465.147 (2nd c.AD))]:—male, μήτε τις οὖν θήλεια θεὸς.. μήτε τις ἄρσην[Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 8.7; βοῦν.. ἄρσενα 7.315; ἄρσενες ἵπποι 23.377, etc.; ἄρσην σπορά 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Troades” 503; νηδύς [prev. author] “Ba.” 527 (Lyric poetry) (of the birth of Bacchus))]; γονή[Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “Genit.” 7: ἄρσην, ὁ, or ἄρσεν, τό,)] the male, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Agamemnon” 861, “Supp.” 393 (Lyric poetry), 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 665c, “Smp.” 191c, etc.; Ἀπόλλωνι.. θῆλυ καὶ ἄρσεν.. προσέρδειν “IG” 12(8).358 (Thasos, 5th c.BC))]; οἱ ἄρσενες the male sex, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 2.45; τὸ ἄρσεν 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Eumenides” 737.)]
2 masculine, [Refs 5th c.BC+ ([prev. author] “Supp.” 951; φρένες 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Orestes” 1204)]: metaphorically, mighty, κτύπος ἄρσην πόντου[Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Philoctetes” 1455 (Lyric poetry); Ἀχέροντος ἄρσενας χοάς [prev. author] “fragment” 480.3; ἄρσην βοή 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Thesmophoriazusae” 125 (Lyric poetry); ἄ. φθόγγοι 3rd c.AD(?): Aristides Quintilianus Musicus 2.12)]; of plants, robust, coarse, opposed to θῆλυς (tender, delicate), [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th-3rd c.BC: Theophrastus Philosophus “Historia Plantarum” 3.9.3, compare 2.2.6, 1st c.AD: Dioscorides (Dioscurides) Medicus 3.1, +others, 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Trachiniae” 1196.)]
3 of gender of nouns, masculine, ὀνόματα[Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Nubes” 682.)]
4 of sex in plants, ἀπὸ τοῦ ἄρρενος τοῖς θήλεσι βοήθεια[Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-3rd c.BC: Theophrastus Philosophus “Historia Plantarum” 2.8.4)]:—but also, coarse, tough, γογγυλίς [Refs ([prev. work] 7.4.3, compare 3.9.3: _comparative_ form)]ἀρρέντερος (compare θηλύτερος), κὰ τὠρρέντερον γένος in the male line, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (“IG” 5(2).262.21(Mantinea, 5th c.BC).)]
5 adverb ἀρρένως[Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Diogenes Cynicus Philosophus cited in 5th c.AD: Stobaeus, Joannes 4.44.71. (Occurs without ϝ- on Cretan dialect Inscrr. which preserve ϝ-)]; cf. Sanskrit ṛ[snull]abhás 'bull', Avest. aršan- 'man'.)