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A human

ἄνθρωποςStrong’s G0444

anthrōpos

Appears in 502 verses of the New Testament

In short

Anthrōpos is the Greek word usually translated “man” and “men”. It appears in 502 verses of the New Testament.

“Let no man deceive you by any means: for that day shall not come, except there come a falling away first, and that man of sin be revealed, the son of perdition;”
2 Thessalonians 2:3 KJV
Meaning

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

How it's translated
  • man 152
  • men 125
  • of man 94
  • a man 89
  • of men 45
  • to men 17
  • to a man 7
  • of a man 4

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

Where it's used most
  • Matthew 106
  • Luke 88
  • John 54
  • Mark 48
  • Acts 45
  • 1 Corinthians 26

24 books in all.

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Explore in Scripture
All 502 verses, by book
Philippians 2
2:74:5
Colossians 5
1:282:82:223:93:23
1 Thessalonians 5
2:42:62:132:154:8
2 Thessalonians 2
2:33:2
2 Peter 3
1:212:163:7
1 John 1
5:9
Jude 1
1:4
Greek dictionary

ἄνθρωπος anthrōpos · a human

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 …

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.