ἀνήρ
anḗr · G435 · Greek · 216 occurrences
Meanings
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man
An adult male person of marriageable age
ExamplesMatthew 14:21 There were about five thousand men who ate, besides women and children.
Matthew 15:38 And those who ate were four thousand men, besides women and children.
Mark 6:20 for Herod was afraid of John, knowing that he was a righteous and holy man, and he had been protecting him. And when he heard him, he was very perplexed; and yet he used to enjoy listening to him.
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A human being (normally an adult) ((in the singular) person, human being, individual, (in the plural) people, persons, mankind)
ExamplesMatthew 12:41 “The men of Nineveh will stand up with this generation at the judgment, and will condemn it because they repented at the preaching of Jonah; and behold, something greater than Jonah is here.
Matthew 14:35 And when the men of that place recognized Him, they sent word into all that surrounding region and brought to Him all who were sick;
Luke 11:31 “The Queen of the South will rise up with the men of this generation at the judgment and condemn them, because she came from the ends of the earth to listen to the wisdom of Solomon; and behold, something greater than Solomon is here.
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husband
A man who is married to a woman
ExamplesMark 10:2 And some Pharisees came up to Jesus, testing Him, and began questioning Him whether it was lawful for a man to divorce his wife.
Mark 10:12 and if she herself divorces her husband and marries another man, she is committing adultery.”
Luke 2:36 And there was a prophetess, Anna, the daughter of Phanuel, of the tribe of Asher. She was advanced in years and had lived with her husband for seven years after her marriage,
How it’s used In 11 roles
Every occurrence, grouped by the words it is grammatically related to.
the word studied the word it goes with
Whose, or of whatGenitive or possessive
17 occurrences in 9 groups
- αὐτόςhe, she, it, same 5
- γυνήwoman, wife 3
- σύyou 3
- Other words · 6 groups that occur once or twice (6) 6
Words describing itAdjectives, demonstratives, participles
77 occurrences in 54 groups
- τὶςsomeone 10
- ἴδιοςone’s own 6
- δύοtwo 5
- οὗτοςthis 4
- δίκαιοςrighteous 3
- εὐλαβήςreverent 3
- Other words · 45 groups that occur once or twice (57) 57
Named alongside itApposition
48 occurrences in 50 groups
- εἰμίto be 4
- ὅςwho, which, that 3
- Other words · 48 groups that occur once or twice (53) 53
What it doesIt is the subject
54 occurrences in 43 groups
- εἰμίto be 3
- ἐφίστημιto stand by, to come upon 3
- ἀνίστημιto rise, to stand up, to raise up 3
- Other words · 40 groups that occur once or twice (46) 46
What is done to itIt is the object
45 occurrences in 36 groups
- ἔχωto have 6
- ἔπωto say 4
- λέγωto say 3
- Other words · 33 groups that occur once or twice (36) 36
It is given or told toIndirect object
8 occurrences in 5 groups
- ὑποτάσσωto submit, to subject 4
- ἔπωto say 1
- κοσμέωto beautify 1
- μνηστεύωto be engaged 1
- ἁρμόζωto be engaged 1
Second object ofSecond object
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- εἴδωto know 1
What it is said to bePredicate
13 occurrences in 11 groups
- γυνήwoman, wife 3
- Other words · 10 groups that occur once or twice (12) 12
What is said to be itIt is the predicate
13 occurrences in 9 groups
- γυνήwoman, wife 3
- Other words · 8 groups that occur once or twice (10) 10
After prepositionsPrepositional phrases
18 occurrences in 11 groups
- πρόςto, toward, with 8
- μετάwith, after 4
- ἀπόfrom 4
- εἰςto 3
- ἐνin 3
- παράfrom, with, beside 3
- Other words · 5 groups that occur once or twice (8) 8
In phrases “… of it”It is the genitive
11 occurrences in 10 groups
- Other words · 10 groups that occur once or twice (11) 11
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 3 words
- אִישׁ ʼîysh · H376 · person, someone, man
- Both denote an individual male human being, with אִישׁ (ʼîysh, H376) serving as the standard Hebrew term for 'man' in individual/personal contexts and ἀνήρ (anḗr, G435) functioning as its direct Greek equivalent in LXX translation, distinguishing adult males from generic humanity (ἄνθρωπος) or boys (παῖς).
- גֶּבֶר geber · H1397 · man, human being, person
- Greek ἀνήρ emphasizes the individual male person (often in contrast to woman, child, or general humanity), while Hebrew גֶּבֶר emphasizes the adult male with connotations of strength, vigor, or warrior status; both denote 'man' but with distinct nuance—ἀνήρ is the default term for 'male individual' in many contexts, whereas גֶּבֶר carries an overtone of masculine strength or maturity.
- גְּבַר gᵉbar · H1400 · certain, man
- Both denote an adult male human being; ἀνήρ (anḗr, G435) is the standard Greek term for 'man' (as opposed to woman, child, or generic human), while גְּבַר (gᵉbar, H1400) emphasizes the individual man with connotations of strength or distinct personhood, creating direct translation equivalence across Hebrew and Greek.
Semantic domains 3 entries
- Husband10.53
- In Matthew 1:16, the genealogy records “Jacob fathered Joseph the husband (ándra) of Mary, by whom Jesus was born,” naming Joseph's relationship to Mary as her husband.
- (in the singular) person, human being, individual, (in the plural) people, persons, mankind9.1
- In Matthew 12:41, Jesus says, “The men (ándres) of Nineveh will stand up with this generation at the judgment, and will condemn it because they repented at the preaching of Jonah,” referring collectively to the people of that city.
- Man9.24
- In Matthew 7:24, Jesus says that “everyone who hears these words of Mine, and acts on them, will be like a wise man (andrì) who built his house on the rock,” describing a single male individual as a figure of comparison.
Word family 13 words
Words formed from the same root. They share a form, not always a meaning.
Also from the root ἀνήρ
Thayer's Greek-English Lexicon ἀνδρός, ὁ, a man, Latinvir. The meanings of this word in the N. T. differ in no respect…
1. with a reference to sex, and so to distinguish a man from a woman; either a. as a male: Acts 8:12; Acts 17:12; 1 Tim 2:12; or b. as a husband: Mt 1:16; Mk 10:2; Jn 4:16ff; Rom 7:2ff; 1 Cor 7:2ff; Gal 4:27; 1 Tim 3:2, 1 Tim 3:12; Tit 1:6, etc.; a betrothed or future husband: Mt 1:19; Rev 21:2, etc.
2. with a reference to age, and to distinguish an adult man from a boy: Mt 14:21; Mt 15:38 (where ἄνδρες, γυναῖκες and παιδία are discriminated): with the added notion also of intelligence and virtue: 1 Cor 13:11 (opposed to νήπιος); Eph 4:13; Jas 3:2 (in the last two passages τέλειος ἀνήρ).
3. universally, any male person, a man; so where τίς might have been used: Lk 8:41; Lk 9:38; Acts 6:11; Acts 10:5, etc. where ἀνήρ and τίς are united: Lk 8:27; Acts 5:1; Acts 10:1. or ἀνήρ and ὅς he who, etc.: Rom 4:8; Jas 1:12. where mention is made of something usually done by men, not by women: Lk 22:63; Acts 5:36. where angels or other heavenly beings are said to have borne the forms of men: Lk 9:30; Lk 24:4; Acts 10:30. where it is so connected with an adjective as to give the adjective the force of a substantive: ἀνήρ ἁμαρτωλός a sinner, Lk 5:8; λεπροί ἄνδρες, Lk 17:12; or is joined to appellatives: ἀνήρ φονεύς, Acts 3:14; ἀνήρ προφήτης, Lk 24:19 (נָבִיא אִישׁ, Judg 6:8; (cf. Winers Grammar, 30; § 59, 1; Buttmann, 82 (72); other references under the word ἄνθρωπος, 4 a. at the end)) or to gentile names: ἄνδρες Νινευῖται, Mt 12:41; ἀνήρ Ἰουδαῖος, Acts 22:3; ἀνήρ Αἰθίοψ, Acts 8:27; ἄνδρες Κύπριοι, Acts 11:20; especially in addresses of honor and respect (Winers Grammar, § 65, 5 d.; Buttmann, 82 (72)), Acts 1:11; Acts 2:14; Acts 13:16; Acts 17:22, etc.; even ἄνδρες ἀδελφοί, Acts 1:16; (Acts 2:29, Acts 2:37; Acts 7:2); 13:(15),26, etc.
4. when persons of either sex are included, but named after the more important: Mt 14:35; Acts 4:4; (Meyer seems inclined (see his commentary on Acts, the passage cited) to dispute even these examples; but others would refer several other instances (especially Lk 11:31; Jas 1:20) to the same entry).
Thayer's Greek-English Lexicon of the New Testament (1889), public domain
Topical studies with this word 3 entries
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
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