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anḗr · Greek · Strong's G435 · 216 occurrences

The KJV renders 25 different Hebrew and Greek words as “man”

What it means

a man (properly as an individual male)

a primary word (compare G444 (ἄνθρωπος));

How the KJV renders it

fellow, husband, man, sir

Where that flattens a distinction

The same English word is also used for these other originals, so the distinction between them disappears in translation.

“man”

also renders ánthrōpos (G444), árrhēn (G730), téleios (G5046), heîs (G1520), anthrṓpinos (G442), ischyrós (G2478), oudeís (G3762), ʼîysh (H376), ʼĕnâsh (H606), bâgad (H898), bîyn (H995), baʻal (H1167), gibbôwr (H1368), geber (H1397), gᵉbar (H1399), gᵉbar (H1400), châkâm (H2450), chârash (H2790), nephesh (H5315), rôʼsh (H7218), rab (H7227), rêyq (H7386), raʻ (H7451), râʻaʻ (H7489)

“fellow”

also renders hetaîros (G2083), métochos (G3353), ʼîysh (H376), ʼĕnôwsh (H582), chăbar (H2269), châbêr (H2270), ʻâmîyth (H5997), rêaʻ (H7453), raʻyâh (H7474)

“husband”

also renders ʼîysh (H376), ʼĕnôwsh (H582), baʻal (H1167), châthân (H2860), rêaʻ (H7453)

“sir”

also renders kýrios (G2962)

Answers that weigh this word

Where it appears

216 occurrences in the Greek text, first 60 verses shown.

1 Corinthians 7:2 · N-ASM

But, because of sexual immoralities, let each man have his own wife, and let each woman have her own husband.

1 Corinthians 7:3 · N-DSM

Let the husband give his wife the affection owed her, and likewise also the wife her husband.

1 Corinthians 7:4 · N-NSM

The wife doesn’t have authority over her own body, but the husband does. Likewise also the husband doesn’t have authority over his own body, but the wife does.

1 Corinthians 7:10 · N-GSM

But to the married I command—not I, but the Lord—that the wife not leave her husband

1 Corinthians 7:11 · N-ASM

(but if she departs, let her remain unmarried, or else be reconciled to her husband), and that the husband not leave his wife.

1 Corinthians 7:13 · N-ASM

The woman who has an unbelieving husband, and he is content to live with her, let her not leave her husband.

1 Corinthians 7:14 N-NSM1 Corinthians 7:16 N-ASM1 Corinthians 7:34 N-DSM1 Corinthians 7:39 N-NSM1 Corinthians 11:3 N-GSM1 Corinthians 11:4 N-NSM1 Corinthians 11:7 N-GSM1 Corinthians 11:8 N-GSM1 Corinthians 11:9 N-ASM1 Corinthians 11:11 N-GSM1 Corinthians 11:12 N-GSM1 Corinthians 11:14 N-NSM1 Corinthians 13:11 N-NSM1 Corinthians 14:35 N-APM1 Peter 3:1 N-DPM1 Peter 3:5 N-DPM1 Peter 3:7 N-NPM1 Timothy 2:8 N-APM1 Timothy 2:12 N-GSM1 Timothy 3:2 N-ASM1 Timothy 3:12 N-NPM1 Timothy 5:9 N-GSM2 Corinthians 11:2 N-DSMActs 1:10 N-NPMActs 1:11 N-VPMActs 1:16 N-VPMActs 1:21 N-GPMActs 2:5 N-NPMActs 2:14 N-VPMActs 2:22 N-ASMActs 2:29 N-VPMActs 2:37 N-VPMActs 3:2 N-NSMActs 3:12 N-VPMActs 3:14 N-ASMActs 4:4 N-GPMActs 5:1 N-NSMActs 5:9 N-ASMActs 5:10 N-ASMActs 5:14 N-GPMActs 5:25 N-NPMActs 5:35 N-VPMActs 5:36 N-GPMActs 6:3 N-APMActs 6:5 N-ASMActs 6:11 N-APMActs 7:2 N-VPMActs 7:26 N-VPMActs 8:2 N-NPMActs 8:3 N-APMActs 8:9 N-NSMActs 8:12 N-NPMActs 8:27 N-NSMActs 9:2 N-APM

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