Strong's Concordance anér: a man Original Word: ἀνήρ, ἀνδρός, ὁPart of Speech: Noun, Masculine Transliteration: anér Phonetic Spelling: (an'-ayr) Short Definition: a male human being, a man Definition: a male human being; a man, husband. Thayer's Greek Lexicon STRONGS NT 435: ἀνήρἀνήρ, ἀνδρός, ὁ, a man, Latinvir. The meanings of this word in the N. T. differ in no respect from classic usage; for it is employed 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 Timothy 2:12; or b. as a husband: Matthew 1:16; Mark 10:2; John 4:16ff; Romans 7:2ff; 1 Corinthians 7:2ff; Galatians 4:27; 1 Timothy 3:2, 12; Titus 1:6, etc.; a betrothed or future husband: Matthew 1:19; Revelation 21:2, etc. 2. with a reference to age, and to distinguish an adult man from a boy: Matthew 14:21; Matthew 15:38 (where ἄνδρες, γυναῖκες and παιδία are discriminated): with the added notion also of intelligence and virtue: 1 Corinthians 13:11 (opposed to νήπιος); Ephesians 4:13; James 3:2 (in the last two passages τέλειος ἀνήρ). 3. universally, any male person, a man; so where τίς might have been used: Luke 8:41; Luke 9:38; Acts 6:11; Acts 10:5, etc. where ἀνήρ and τίς are united: Luke 8:27; Acts 5:1; Acts 10:1. or ἀνήρ and ὅς he who, etc.: Romans 4:8; James 1:12. where mention is made of something usually done by men, not by women: Luke 22:63; Acts 5:36. where angels or other heavenly beings are said to have borne the forms of men: Luke 9:30; Luke 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, Luke 5:8; λεπροί ἄνδρες, Luke 17:12; or is joined to appellatives: ἀνήρ φονεύς, Acts 3:14; ἀνήρ προφήτης, Luke 24:19 (נָבִיא אִישׁ, Judges 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, Matthew 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, 37; Acts 7:2); 13:(15),26, etc. 4. when persons of either sex are included, but named after the more important: Matthew 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 Luke 11:31; James 1:20) to the same entry). Strong's Exhaustive Concordance fellow, husband, man, sir. A primary word (compare anthropos); a man (properly as an individual male) -- fellow, husband, man, sir. see GREEK anthropos Forms and Transliterations ανδρα άνδρα ἄνδρα ανδρας άνδρας ἄνδρας ανδράσι ανδρασιν ανδρασίν ανδράσιν άνδρασιν ἀνδράσιν ανδρες άνδρες ἄνδρες ανδρι ανδρί ἀνδρί ἀνδρὶ ανδρος ανδρός ἀνδρός ἀνδρὸς ανδρων ανδρών ἀνδρῶν ανερ άνερ ἄνερ ανηρ ανήρ ἀνήρ ἀνὴρ ανθείτω ανθέμιον ανθήσαι ανθήσαν ανθήσει άνθινον βασιλεύς ήνθηκεν ήνθησαν ήνθησεν andra ándra andras ándras andrasin andrásin andres ándres andri andrí andrì andron andrôn andrōn andrō̂n andros andrós andròs aner anēr anḗr anḕr ánerLinks Interlinear Greek • Interlinear Hebrew • Strong's Numbers • Englishman's Greek Concordance • Englishman's Hebrew Concordance • Parallel TextsEnglishman's Concordance Strong's Greek 435216 Occurrences ἄνδρα — 31 Occ. ἄνδρας — 21 Occ. ἀνδράσιν — 7 Occ. ἄνδρες — 63 Occ. ἀνδρὶ — 19 Occ. ἀνδρῶν — 7 Occ. ἀνδρὸς — 16 Occ. ἀνὴρ — 51 Occ. ἄνερ — 1 Occ. Matthew 1:16 N-AMS GRK: Ἰωσὴφ τὸν ἄνδρα Μαρίας ἐξ NAS: of Joseph the husband of Mary, KJV: begat Joseph the husband of Mary, of INT: Joseph the husband of Mary of Matthew 1:19 N-NMS Matthew 7:24 N-DMS Matthew 7:26 N-DMS Matthew 12:41 N-NMP Matthew 14:21 N-NMP Matthew 14:35 N-NMP Matthew 15:38 N-NMP Mark 6:20 N-AMS Mark 6:44 N-NMP Mark 10:2 N-DMS Mark 10:12 N-AMS Luke 1:27 N-DMS Luke 1:34 N-AMS Luke 2:36 N-GMS Luke 5:8 N-NMS Luke 5:12 N-NMS Luke 5:18 N-NMP Luke 6:8 N-DMS Luke 7:20 N-NMP Luke 8:27 N-NMS Luke 8:38 N-NMS Luke 8:41 N-NMS Luke 9:14 N-NMP Luke 9:30 N-NMP |