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Man

ἀνήρStrong’s G0435

anēr

Appears in 194 verses of the New Testament

In short

Anēr is the Greek word usually translated “men”, “man” and “husband”. It appears in 194 verses of the New Testament.

“I will therefore that men pray every where, lifting up holy hands, without wrath and doubting.”
1 Timothy 2:8 KJV
Meaning

Usually translated “men”, “man” and “husband”. Open the dictionary entry below for the full range of meaning, with the verses it cites.

How it's translated
  • men 82
  • a man 39
  • husband 32
  • man 29
  • husbands 13
  • a husband 7
  • to a man 3
  • of man 3

Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.

Where it's used most
  • Acts 98
  • Luke 26
  • 1 Corinthians 20
  • Matthew 8
  • Ephesians 7
  • John 6

16 books in all.

Related words
Explore in Scripture
All 194 verses, by book
2 Corinthians 1
11:2
Galatians 1
4:27
Colossians 2
3:183:19
Titus 2
1:62:5
1 Peter 3
3:13:53:7
Revelation 1
21:2
Greek dictionary

ἀνήρ anēr · man

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. …

From STEPBible’s Greek lexicon (based on Abbott-Smith).

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

How the English word “man” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.

MAN, noun

plural men. [Heb.species, kind, image, similitude.]

  1. Mankind; the human race; the whole species of human beings; beings distinguished from all other animals by the powers of reason and speech, as well as by their shape and dignified aspect. 'Os homini sublime dedit.'“And God said, Let us make man in our image,, after our likeness, and let them have dominion--” Genesis 1:26“MAN that is born of a woman, is of few days and full of trouble” Job 14:1“My spirit shall not always strive with man” Genesis 6:3“I will destroy man whom I have created” Genesis 6:7“There hath no temptation taken you, but such as is common to man” 1 Corinthians 10:13“It is written, man shall not live by bread alone” Matthew 4:4
  2. A male individual of the human race, of adult growth or years.
  3. A male of the human race; used often in compound words, or in the nature of an adjective; as a man-child; men-cooks; men-servants.
  4. A servant, or an attendant of the male sex.
All definitions
  1. A word of familiar address.
  2. It sometimes bears the sense of a male adult of some uncommon qualifications; particularly, the sense of strength, vigor, bravery, virile powers, or magnanimity, as distinguished from the weakness, timidity or impotence of a boy, or from the narrow mindedness of low bred men.“Thou art but a youth, and he a man of war from his youth” 1 Samuel 17:33
  3. An individual of the human species.
  4. man is sometimes opposed to boy or child, and sometimes to beast.
  5. One who is master of his mental powers, or who conducts himself with his usual judgment.
  6. It is sometimes used indefinitely, without reference to a particular individual; any person; one.
  7. In popular usage, a husband.
  8. A movable piece at chess or draughts.
  9. In feudal law, a vassal, a liege subject or tenant.

Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Verse references are checked against the KJV. Read the full entry.

Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Greek, not from any one translation.