STRONGS G435:
ἀνήρ,
ἀνδρός,
ὁ,
a man, Latin
vir. 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
τὶς 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:
ἀνὴρ ἁμαρτωλός a sinner,
Luke 5:8;
λεπροὶ ἄνδρες,
Luke 17:12; or is joined to appellatives:
ἀνὴρ φονεύς,
Acts 3:14;
ἀν.
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;
ἀνὴρ Ἰουδαῖος,
Acts 22:3;
ἀνὴρ Αἰθίοψ,
Acts 8:27;
ἄνδ.
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];
Acts 13:26 [
Acts 13:15], 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].
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