ἀνδρίζομαι
andrízomai · G407 · Greek · 1 occurrence
Meanings
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to be brave, to be courageous
(A figurative extension of meaning of ἀνδρίζομαι ‘to be manly’ or ‘to become a man,’ not occurring in the NT) To exhibit courage in the face of danger
Examples1 Corinthians 16:13 Be on the alert, stand firm in the faith, act like men, be strong.
How it’s used In 1 role
Every occurrence, grouped by the words it is grammatically related to.
Who or what does itSubject
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- Not stated: you (more than one) 1
When two words share a role, as in “Paul and Barnabas said”, the verse appears under each, so a section’s counts can add up to more than the number of occurrences.
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In the other Testament 2 words
- חָזַק châzaq · H2388 · to be strong, to prevail, to overcome
- Greek ἀνδρίζομαι specifically emphasizes masculine courage/bravery as a character trait, while Hebrew חָזַק has broader application to strength, encouragement, and fortification across physical, moral, and structural domains; the Hebrew term serves as the standard LXX rendering when courage/strength is in view.
- אָמַץ ʼâmats · H553 · to be strong, to be powerful, to prevail
- ἀνδρίζομαι (andrízomai, G407) ἀνδρίζομαι specifically denotes acting with masculine courage or valor, while אָמַץ (ʼâmats, H553) אָמַץ encompasses a broader semantic range including being courageous, strong, establishing, and fortifying, with courage being one component of its core meaning.
Semantic domains 1 entry
- To be brave, to be courageous25.165
- In 1 Corinthians 16:13, Paul urges the church, “Be on the alert, stand firm in the faith, act like men (andrízesthe), be strong,” calling for courageous resolve.
Word family 11 words
Words formed from the same root. They share a form, not always a meaning.
Thayer's Greek-English Lexicon : (ἀνήρ); to make a man of or make brave (Xenophon, oec. 5, 4). Middle present…
Thayer's Greek-English Lexicon of the New Testament (1889), public domain
Topical studies with this word 1 entry
Meanings adapted from the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament, © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0 and the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew (from the Semantic Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew), © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0; MACULA Greek Linguistic Datasets, available at https://github.com/Clear-Bible/macula-greek/, licensed CC BY 4.0; MACULA Hebrew Linguistic Datasets © 2022-2024 by Biblica, Inc., CC BY 4.0. Westminster Leningrad Codex (tanach.us). OpenScriptures Hebrew Bible morphology (hb.openscriptures.org), CC BY 4.0.
Sources
eRhema lexical overview, based on the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew and the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament (© United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Macula Hebrew and Greek (Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0); released under CC BY-SA 4.0
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