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ἀνήρ

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greekNew TestamentNoun · masculine216 occurrences16 books194 verses

Definition

ἀνήρ, ἀνδρός, ὁ,

[in LXX chiefly for אִישׁ, frequently אֱנוֹשׁ, also אָדָם, etc. ;]

a man, Lat. vir.

1. As opposite to a woman, Acts 8:12, 1 Timothy 2:12; as a husband, Matthew 1:16, John 4:16, Romans 7:2, Titus 1:6.

2. As opposite to a boy or infant, 1 Corinthians 13:11, Ephesians 4:13, James 3:2.

3. In appos. with a noun or adj., as ἀ. ἁμαρτωλός, Luke 5:8; ἀ. προφήτης, 24:19; frequently in terms of address, as ἀ. ἀδελφοί, Acts 1:16; and esp. with gentilic names, as ἀ. Ἰουδαῖος, Acts 22:3; ἀ. Ἐφέσιοι, 19:35.

4. In general, a man, a male person: = τις, Luke 8:41, Acts 6:11.

Synonyms: ἄνθρωπος, which see (cf. MM, VGT, see word).

Hebrew words it translates

The Hebrew words that the ancient Greek translation of the Old Testament renders as ἀνήρ:

Usage patterns

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Occurrences

216 total
  1. Romans 7:2ἀνδρός · [marriage]
    For instance, a married woman is bound by law to her husband as long as he lives. But if her husband dies, she is released from the law of marriage.
  2. Romans 7:3ἀνδρὸς · [while her] husband; ἀνδρὶ · man; ἀνήρ · husband; ἀνδρὶ · man
    So then, if she is joined to another man while her husband is still alive, she is called an adulteress; but if her husband dies, she is free from that law and is not an adulteress if she marries another man.
  3. Romans 11:4ἄνδρας · men
    And what was the divine reply to him? “I have reserved for Myself seven thousand men who have not bowed the knee to Baal.”
  4. 1 Corinthians 7:2ἄνδρα · husband
    But because there is so much sexual immorality, each man should have his own wife, and each woman her own husband.
  5. 1 Corinthians 7:3ἀνὴρ · husband; ἀνδρί · husband
    The husband should fulfill his marital duty to his wife, and likewise the wife to her husband.
  6. 1 Corinthians 7:4ἀνήρ · husband; ἀνὴρ · husband
    The wife does not have authority over her own body, but the husband. Likewise the husband does not have authority over his own body, but the wife.
  7. 1 Corinthians 7:10ἀνδρὸς · [her] husband
    To the married I give this command (not I, but the Lord): A wife must not separate from her husband.
  8. 1 Corinthians 7:11ἀνδρὶ · husband; ἄνδρα · a husband
    But if she does, she must remain unmarried or else be reconciled to her husband. And a husband must not divorce his wife.
  9. 1 Corinthians 7:13ἄνδρα · husband; ἄνδρα · [him]
    And if a woman has an unbelieving husband and he is willing to live with her, she must not divorce him.
  10. 1 Corinthians 7:14ἀνὴρ · husband
    For the unbelieving husband is sanctified through his believing wife, and the unbelieving wife is sanctified through her believing husband. Otherwise your children would be unclean, but now they are holy.
  11. 1 Corinthians 7:16ἄνδρα · husband; ἄνερ · husband
    How do you know, wife, whether you will save your husband? Or how do you know, husband, whether you will save your wife?
  12. 1 Corinthians 7:34ἀνδρί · husband
    …and his interests are divided. The unmarried woman or virgin is concerned about the work of the Lord, how she can be holy in both body and spirit. But the married woman is concerned about the affairs of this world, how she can please her husband.
  13. 1 Corinthians 7:39ἀνὴρ · husband; ἀνήρ · husband
    A wife is bound to her husband as long as he lives. But if her husband dies, she is free to marry anyone she wishes, as long as he belongs to the Lord.
  14. 1 Corinthians 11:3ἀνδρὸς · man; ἀνήρ · [is] man
    But I want you to understand that the head of every man is Christ, and the head of the woman is man, and the head of Christ is God.
  15. 1 Corinthians 11:4ἀνὴρ · man
    Every man who prays or prophesies with his head covered dishonors his head.
  16. 1 Corinthians 11:7Ἀνὴρ · A man; ἀνδρός · of man
    A man ought not to cover his head, since he is the image and glory of God; but the woman is the glory of man.
  17. 1 Corinthians 11:8ἀνὴρ · man; ἀνδρός · man
    For man did not come from woman, but woman from man.
  18. 1 Corinthians 11:9ἀνὴρ · {was} man; ἄνδρα · man
    Neither was man created for woman, but woman for man.
  19. 1 Corinthians 11:11ἀνδρὸς · [of] man; ἀνὴρ · [is] man
    In the Lord, however, woman is not independent of man, nor is man independent of woman.
  20. 1 Corinthians 11:12ἀνδρός · man; ἀνὴρ · man
    For just as woman came from man, so also man is born of woman. But everything comes from God.
  21. 1 Corinthians 11:14ἀνὴρ · a man
    Doesn’t nature itself teach you that if a man has long hair, it is a disgrace to him,
  22. 1 Corinthians 13:11ἀνήρ · a man
    When I was a child, I talked like a child, I thought like a child, I reasoned like a child. When I became a man, I set aside childish ways.
  23. 1 Corinthians 14:35ἄνδρας · husbands
    If they wish to inquire about something, they are to ask their own husbands at home; for it is dishonorable for a woman to speak in the church.
  24. 2 Corinthians 11:2ἀνδρὶ · husband
    I am jealous for you with a godly jealousy. For I promised you to one husband, to present you as a pure virgin to Christ.
  25. Galatians 4:27ἄνδρα · a husband
    For it is written: “Rejoice, O barren woman, who bears no children; break forth and cry aloud, you who have never travailed; because more are the children of the desolate woman than of her who has a husband.”
  26. Ephesians 4:13ἄνδρα
    …until we all reach unity in the faith and in the knowledge of the Son of God, as we mature to the full measure of the stature of Christ.
  27. Ephesians 5:22ἀνδράσιν · husbands
    Wives, submit to your husbands as to the Lord.
  28. Ephesians 5:23ἀνήρ · [the] husband
    For the husband is the head of the wife as Christ is the head of the church, His body, of which He is the Savior.
  29. Ephesians 5:24ἀνδράσιν · husbands
    Now as the church submits to Christ, so also wives should submit to their husbands in everything.
  30. Ephesians 5:25ἄνδρες · Husbands
    Husbands, love your wives, just as Christ loved the church and gave Himself up for her
  31. Ephesians 5:28ἄνδρες · husbands
    In the same way, husbands ought to love their wives as their own bodies. He who loves his wife loves himself.
  32. Ephesians 5:33ἄνδρα · husband
    Nevertheless, each one of you also must love his wife as he loves himself, and the wife must respect her husband.
  33. Colossians 3:18ἀνδράσιν · husbands
    Wives, submit to your husbands, as is fitting in the Lord.
  34. Colossians 3:19ἄνδρες · Husbands
    Husbands, love your wives and do not be harsh with them.
  35. 1 Timothy 2:8ἄνδρας · men
    Therefore I want the men everywhere to pray, lifting up holy hands, without anger or dissension.