Male
ἄρρην, ἄρσηνStrong’s G0730arrēn, arsēn
Appears in 7 verses of the New Testament
In short
Arrēn, arsēn is the Greek word usually translated “male” and “males”. It appears in 7 verses of the New Testament.
“And he answered and said unto them, Have ye not read, that he which made them at the beginning made them male and female,”
Meaning
Usually translated “male” and “males”. Open the dictionary entry below for the full range of meaning, with the verses it cites.
How it's translated
- male 6
- males 3
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Revelation 2
- Matthew 1
- Mark 1
- Luke 1
- Romans 1
- Galatians 1
6 books in all.
Explore in Scripture
- 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.
Greek dictionary
ἄρρην, ἄρσην arrēn, arsēn · male
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)
From STEPBible’s Greek lexicon (based on Abbott-Smith).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “male” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
MALE, adjective
[Latin masculus, from mas, maris.]
- Pertaining to the sex that procreates young, and applied to animals of all kinds; as a male child; a male beast, fish, or fowl.
- Denoting the sex of a plant which produces the fecundating dust, or a flower or plant that bears the stamens only, without pistils.
- Denoting the screw whose threads enter the grooves or channels of the corresponding or female screw.
All definitions and other forms of “male”
MALE, noun
Among animals, one of the sex whose office is to beget young; a he-animal.
- In botany, a plant of flower which produces stamens only, without pistils.
- In mechanics, the screw whose threads enter the grooves or channels of the corresponding part or female screw.
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.