Midvash

ἀνήρanḗr

a man (properly as an individual male)

Greek (New Testament) · G435

Meanings

a man, Lat. vir.

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

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

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

Synonyms

ἄνθρωπος, see that word.

Same root

Where it appears

Appears 216 times in the Bible.

  • Matthew 1:16 Jacob was the father of Joseph, the husband of Mary. Mary gave birth to Jesus, who is called the Messiah.
  • Matthew 1:19 Joseph, to whom she was engaged, was a righteous man and did not want to disgrace her publicly, so he decided to break the engagement quietly.
  • Matthew 7:24 “Anyone who listens to my teaching and follows it is wise, like a person who builds a house on solid rock.
  • Matthew 7:26 But anyone who hears my teaching and doesn’t obey it is foolish, like a person who builds a house on sand.
  • Matthew 12:41 “The people of Nineveh will stand up against this generation on judgment day and condemn it, for they repented of their sins at the preaching of Jonah. Now someone greater than Jonah is here—but you refuse to repent.
  • Matthew 14:21 About 5,000 men were fed that day, in addition to all the women and children!
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Source: G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament (1922), public domain.