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ἀνθρώπινοςStrong’s G0442

anthrōpinos

Appears in 8 verses of the New Testament

In short

Anthrōpinos is the Greek word usually translated “human”, “human terms” and “what is common to man”. It appears in 8 verses of the New Testament.

“Neither is worshipped with men’s hands, as though he needed any thing, seeing he giveth to all life, and breath, and all things;”
Acts 17:25 KJV
Meaning

Usually translated “human”, “human terms” and “what is common to man”. Open the dictionary entry below for the full range of meaning, with the verses it cites.

How it's translated
  • human 3
  • of human 2
  • in human terms 1
  • a human 1
  • what is common to man 1

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

Where it's used most
  • 1 Corinthians 4
  • Acts 1
  • Romans 1
  • James 1
  • 1 Peter 1

5 books in all.

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Greek dictionary

ἀνθρώπινος anthrōpinos · human

ἀνθρώπινος, -η, ον (ἄνθρωπος), [in LXX for אָדָם, אֱנוֹשׁ ;] human, belonging to man: χεῖρες, Act.17:25; σοφία, 1Co.2:13; φύσις, Jas.3:7; κτίσις, 1Pe.2:13 (MM, VGT, see word); ἀ. ἡμέρα, opposite to ἡ ἡμ. (1Co.3:13, God's Judgment-Day), human judgment, 1Co.4:3 (see Lft., Notes, 198); πειρασμὸς ἀ., temptation such as man can bear (AV, such as is common to man, see Field, Notes, 175), 1Co.10:13; ἀνθρώπινον λέγω, I speak in human fashion, with words not properly weighed, Rom.6:19 (see Field, Notes, 156).† (AS)

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

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

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

HU'MAN, adjective

[Latin humanus; Heb. form, species.]

  1. Belonging to man or mankind; pertaining or relating to the race of man; as a human voice; human shape; human nature; human knowledge; human life.
  2. Having the qualities of a man.
  3. Profane; not sacred or divine; as a human author. [Not in use.]

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.