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ἀνήρ
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”
“sir”
also renders kýrios (G2962)
Questions this word decides
- Will there be a literal thousand-year reign (the millennium)?
- Does scripture permit divorce and remarriage?
- Are any foods forbidden to Christians today?
- Are head coverings commanded in worship?
- Who wrote the letter to the Hebrews?
- What does John 3:5 mean ('born of water and Spirit')?
Where it appears
216 occurrences in the Greek text, first 60 verses shown.
1 Corinthians 7:2 N-ASM1 Corinthians 7:3 N-DSM1 Corinthians 7:4 N-NSM1 Corinthians 7:10 N-GSM1 Corinthians 7:11 N-ASM1 Corinthians 7:13 N-ASM1 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
Occurrences and morphology are taken from the primary Greek text, never from an English translation. Strong's Hebrew lexicon and Westminster Leningrad Codex morphology used under CC BY-SA 4.0 / CC BY 4.0 (OpenScriptures). Strong's Greek lexicon is public domain.