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Bible Lexicons

Old & New Testament Greek Lexical DictionaryGreek Lexicon

Strong's #444 - ἄνθρωπος

Transliteration

ánthrōpos

Phonetics

anth'-ro-pos

Origin

from (G435) and ops (the countenance, from (G3700)); man-faced, i.e. a human being

Parts of Speech

masculine noun

TDNT

1:364,59

Definition

Thayer
Strong
Mounce

Thayer's

a human being, whether male or female
1. generically, to include all human individuals
2. to distinguish man from beings of a different order
  1. of animals and plants
  2. of from God and Christ
  3. of the angels
3. with the added notion of weakness, by which man is led into a mistake or prompted to sin
4. with the adjunct notion of contempt or disdainful pity
5. with reference to two fold nature of man, body and soul
6. with reference to the two fold nature of man, the corrupt and the truly Christian man, conformed to the nature of God
7. with reference to sex, a male
indefinitely, someone, a man, one
in the plural, people
joined with other words, merchantman

Hebrew Equivalent Words:

Strong #: 120 ‑ אָדָם (aw‑dawm'); 343 ‑ אֵיד (ade); 376 ‑ אִישׁ (eesh); 582 ‑ אֱנוֹשׁ (en‑oshe'); 776 ‑ אֶרֶץ (eh'‑rets); 1121 ‑ בֵּן (bane); 1121 ‑ בֵּן (bane); 1121 ‑ בֵּן (bane); 1167 ‑ בַּעַל (bah'‑al); 1320 ‑ בָּשָׂר (baw‑sawr'); 1397 ‑ גֶּבֶר (gheh'‑ber); 1471 ‑ גֹּי (go'ee, go'‑ee); 1931 ‑ הִיא (hoo, he); 2416 ‑ חַי (khah'ee); 3489 ‑ יָתֵד (yaw‑thade'); 5650 ‑ עֶבֶד (eh'‑bed); 5971 ‑ עַם (am); 7626 ‑ שֵׁבֶט (shay'‑bet);

Frequency Lists

Book
Word
Parsing

Verse Results

ASV (556)

Matthew 119

Mark 55

Luke 98

John 54

Acts 48

Romans 28

1 Corinthians 29

2 Corinthians 9

Galatians 15

Ephesians 9

Philippians 4

Colossians 7

1 Thessalonians 5

2 Thessalonians 2

1 Timothy 9

2 Timothy 5

Titus 5

Hebrews 10

James 7

1 Peter 6

2 Peter 5

1 John 1

Jude 1

Revelation 25

BSB (504)

Matthew 115

Mark 56

Luke 95

John 60

Acts 46

Romans 27

1 Corinthians 31

2 Corinthians 8

Galatians 14

Ephesians 9

Philippians 3

Colossians 7

1 Thessalonians 5

2 Thessalonians 2

1 Timothy 10

2 Timothy 5

Titus 5

Hebrews 10

James 7

1 Peter 5

2 Peter 4

1 John 1

Jude 1

Revelation 25

CSB (499)

Matthew 114

Mark 55

Luke 93

John 59

Acts 45

Romans 26

1 Corinthians 31

2 Corinthians 8

Galatians 14

Ephesians 9

Philippians 3

Colossians 6

1 Thessalonians 5

2 Thessalonians 2

1 Timothy 10

2 Timothy 5

Titus 5

Hebrews 10

James 7

1 Peter 4

2 Peter 4

1 John 1

Jude 1

Revelation 25

ESV (514)

Matthew 114

Mark 55

Luke 97

John 59

Acts 46

Romans 27

1 Corinthians 30

2 Corinthians 8

Galatians 14

Ephesians 9

Philippians 3

Colossians 7

1 Thessalonians 4

2 Thessalonians 2

1 Timothy 10

2 Timothy 5

Titus 5

Hebrews 10

James 7

1 Peter 6

2 Peter 4

1 John 1

Revelation 25

KJV (558)

Matthew 118

Mark 55

Luke 101

John 59

Acts 46

Romans 27

1 Corinthians 30

2 Corinthians 8

Galatians 15

Ephesians 9

Philippians 3

Colossians 7

1 Thessalonians 5

2 Thessalonians 2

1 Timothy 9

2 Timothy 5

Titus 5

Hebrews 10

James 7

1 Peter 6

2 Peter 4

1 John 1

Jude 1

Revelation 25

LEB (0)

The Lexham English Bible
did not use
this Strong's Number

LSB (536)

Matthew 108

Mark 55

Luke 94

John 58

Acts 45

Romans 27

1 Corinthians 32

2 Corinthians 8

Galatians 13

Ephesians 9

Philippians 3

Colossians 7

1 Thessalonians 5

2 Thessalonians 2

1 Timothy 10

2 Timothy 5

Titus 5

Hebrews 10

James 5

1 Peter 5

2 Peter 4

1 John 1

Jude 1

Revelation 24

N95 (538)

Matthew 108

Mark 55

Luke 94

John 60

Acts 45

Romans 26

1 Corinthians 32

2 Corinthians 8

Galatians 14

Ephesians 9

Philippians 3

Colossians 7

1 Thessalonians 5

2 Thessalonians 2

1 Timothy 10

2 Timothy 5

Titus 5

Hebrews 10

James 5

1 Peter 5

2 Peter 4

1 John 1

Jude 1

Revelation 24

NAS (537)

Matthew 110

Mark 56

Luke 96

John 60

Acts 45

Romans 27

1 Corinthians 32

2 Corinthians 8

Galatians 14

Ephesians 9

Philippians 3

Colossians 7

1 Thessalonians 5

2 Thessalonians 2

1 Timothy 10

2 Timothy 5

Titus 5

Hebrews 10

James 6

1 Peter 5

2 Peter 4

1 John 1

Jude 1

Revelation 25

NLT (498)

Matthew 164

Mark 87

Luke 127

John 82

Acts 59

Romans 34

1 Corinthians 40

2 Corinthians 5

Galatians 19

Ephesians 11

Philippians 5

Colossians 9

1 Thessalonians 8

2 Thessalonians 2

1 Timothy 17

2 Timothy 6

Titus 8

Hebrews 15

James 7

1 Peter 6

2 Peter 5

1 John 1

Revelation 32

WEB (568)

Matthew 123

Mark 56

Luke 102

John 56

Acts 49

Romans 28

1 Corinthians 29

2 Corinthians 9

Galatians 15

Ephesians 9

Philippians 4

Colossians 7

1 Thessalonians 5

2 Thessalonians 2

1 Timothy 10

2 Timothy 5

Titus 5

Hebrews 10

James 7

1 Peter 5

2 Peter 5

1 John 1

Jude 1

Revelation 25

YLT (524)

Matthew 109

Mark 53

Luke 93

John 53

Acts 44

Romans 26

1 Corinthians 27

2 Corinthians 8

Galatians 12

Ephesians 9

Philippians 3

Colossians 7

1 Thessalonians 5

2 Thessalonians 2

1 Timothy 10

2 Timothy 5

Titus 5

Hebrews 10

James 7

1 Peter 5

2 Peter 4

1 John 1

Jude 1

Revelation 25

ASV (556)

a 2

a certain 1

a man 64

a man's 2

among men 2

and 1

any man 1

certain 1

for a man 3

for that man 1

forth 1

from man 1

hath 1

he 1

man 121

man's 6

men 112

men in whom he is well pleased 1

men's 4

no man 1

of 1

of a man 5

of man 85

of man's 1

of mankind 1

of men 50

of the man 2

parable 1

persons 1

romans 1

shall man 1

state of 2

than men 2

the 3

the man 36

the manner of men 1

the men 5

the people 2

therefore the people 1

thereof 1

to 3

to the man 2

to the people 1

unto 2

unto a certain 1

unto a man 1

unto him 1

unto men 12

unto the man 1

unto the men 1

unto us 1

upon the man 1

BSB (504)

a boy 2

a child 1

a landowner 1

a man 61

a man''s 2

among men 1

any man 2

anyone 1

at this 2

being 2

between men 1

by man 1

by man''s 1

by men 2

by the human 1

can} a man 2

can} man 1

disposition 1

do} people 2

each one 1

everyone 2

for a man 3

for human 1

for men 1

friend 1

from men 1

he 1

him 4

his own 1

human 5

human motives 1

human origin 1

human terms 1

let man 1

let} man 1

man 132

man who 1

man''s 3

mankind 2

man{over 1

men 91

men have 1

men''s 3

men{alone 1

mere men 1

of a man 1

of man 79

of mankind 1

of men 25

of the people 1

one 2

others 2

people 11

self 5

servants 1

someone 1

than man''s strength 1

than man''s wisdom 1

the man 2

the men 1

the people 1

them 4

there was a man 1

to a man 1

to men 9

when a man 1

which they are addressed 1

who 1

you 1

CSB (499)

a man 2

anyone 1

citizens 1

everyone 1

friend 2

him 1

himself human 1

human 19

humans 1

man 256

man's 10

men 68

men's 2

of humanity 1

of men 4

one 4

others 4

people 59

people's 3

person 11

person's 1

race 3

self 5

someone 2

the man 22

the men 3

the people 10

to people 1

unbelievers 1

ESV (514)

anyone 3

being 3

certain 1

enemy 1

him 3

human 12

human being 1

human way 1

humans 1

man 279

man's 4

man-made 1

mankind 6

master 2

men 78

one 12

others 12

people 45

people's 3

person 33

person's 2

self 5

someone 1

they 3

those 1

to a 1

KJV (558)

* 3

certain 2

enemy 1

he 1

man 343

man's 10

man) 1

men 191

men's 5

romans 1

LEB (0)

The Lexham English Bible
did not use
this Strong's Number

LSB (536)

any 1

anyone 1

child 1

fellow 1

friend 1

human 6

judgment 1

man 325

man's 7

mankind 5

men 164

men's 2

others 4

people 13

person 2

persons 1

s 1

N95 (538)

any 1

anyone 1

child 1

fellow 1

friend 1

human 7

judgment 1

man 321

man's 7

mankind 5

men 164

men's 2

others 4

people 13

person 2

persons 1

relations 1

s 1

self 4

NAS (537)

anyone 1

child 1

friend 1

human 15

judgment 1

man 239

man's 5

mankind 28

men 44

men's 1

one 1

others 1

people 115

people's 1

person 72

person's 1

relations 1

s 1

self 5

them 1

there 1

you 1

NLT (498)

a 3

adam 1

all 2

anyone 3

at 1

baby 1

being 3

beings 2

believer 1

bodies 1

body 1

children 1

citizen 1

citizens 1

commands 1

craftsmen 1

crowds 1

disciples 1

earth 5

else 2

enemies 3

everyone 24

farmer 2

favorites 2

form 1

he 1

heart 4

him 3

host 1

human 31

humanity 4

humans 1

ideas 2

inner 1

inside 1

leader 1

life 1

like 1

man 181

men 11

mind 1

mortals 1

nature 3

obey 1

one 10

ones 1

others 6

own 2

parents 2

people 74

person 19

plans 1

public 1

publicly 1

selves 1

show 1

slaves 1

son 1

speaking 2

strength 1

their 1

them 4

they 3

thinking 1

those 2

us 1

we 3

who 2

within 1

workers 1

world 4

worthless 1

you 28

your 4

WEB (568)

* 1

a 2

a boy 2

a certain 1

a human being 1

a man 58

a person 1

also a man 1

among men 2

and 1

any man 1

anyone 1

by men 5

called the man 1

can man 1

certain 2

curse men 1

everyone 3

for a man 4

for human 1

for men 5

for that man 1

from man 1

from men 1

has 1

have the people 1

human 2

made by men 1

man 119

many 1

men 99

men do 1

of 1

of a man 4

of man 88

of mankind 3

of men 30

of people 2

of the man 3

on the man 1

one 2

others 1

parable 1

people 14

people alive 1

person 1

romans 1

state of 2

than men 2

the 3

the man 33

the men 3

the one 1

the people 2

therefore the people 1

to 5

to anyone 2

to man 2

to men 8

to the man 3

to the people 2

to the ways of men 1

to us 1

told the man 1

up 1

YLT (524)

[it is] for a man 1

a certain man 1

a man 54

and man 1

and said, 'a man 1

by men 1

do men 2

doth man 1

flesh of men 1

fleshly 1

for a man 2

for man 1

is a man 1

is man 1

let a man 2

man 151

man's 1

men 119

of a man 4

of man 89

of man who is in the heaven 1

of man's 1

of men 44

of men, baptisms of pots and cups; and many other such like things ye do 1

on holy men 1

one 1

shall a man 5

shall man 1

shall men 1

than men 2

the man 2

the manner of a man 1

the manner of men 1

things of men 2

things to men 1

this man 1

to a man 8

to him, 'man 1

to men 13

to set a man 1

RAH

The
did not use
this Strong's Number

SWE

N-APM 30

N-ASM 62

N-DPM 45

N-DSM 27

N-GPM 100

N-GSM 131

N-NPM 29

N-NSM 126

N-VSM 9

ANT

N-APM 30

N-ASM 62

N-DPM 45

N-DSM 28

N-GPM 99

N-GSM 130

N-NPM 28

N-NSM 127

N-VSM 9

BEZ

N-APM 31

N-ASM 62

N-DPM 44

N-DSM 26

N-GPM 100

N-GSM 132

N-NPM 27

N-NSM 124

N-VSM 9

BGB

N-APM 30

N-ASM 62

N-DPM 45

N-DSM 27

N-GPM 100

N-GSM 130

N-NPM 29

N-NSM 127

N-VSM 9

BMT

N-APM 32

N-ASM 62

N-DPM 45

N-DSM 27

N-GPM 101

N-GSM 132

N-NPM 29

N-NSM 129

N-VSM 9

BYZ

N-APM 30

N-ASM 62

N-DPM 45

N-DSM 28

N-GPM 100

N-GSM 130

N-NPM 28

N-NSM 127

N-VSM 9

ELZ

N-APM 31

N-ASM 61

N-DPM 43

N-DSM 26

N-GPM 92

N-GSM 123

N-NPM 27

N-NSM 117

N-VSM 9

P-GP 2

PREP 3

T-ASM 1

T-DPM 1

T-GSM 2

T-NSM 3

NA26

N-APM 31

N-ASM 62

N-DPM 44

N-DSM 26

N-GPM 99

N-GSM 129

N-NPM 28

N-NSM 122

N-VSM 9

SBL

N-APM 30

N-ASM 62

N-DPM 45

N-DSM 28

N-GPM 99

N-GSM 130

N-NPM 28

N-NSM 127

N-VSM 9

SCV

N-APM 30

N-ASM 62

N-DPM 45

N-DSM 28

N-GPM 100

N-GSM 130

N-NPM 28

N-NSM 127

N-VSM 9

STV

N-APM 31

N-ASM 62

N-DPM 44

N-DSM 25

N-GPM 99

N-GSM 128

N-NPM 27

N-NSM 124

N-VSM 9

TIS

N-APM 30

N-ASM 62

N-DPM 45

N-DSM 28

N-GPM 100

N-GSM 130

N-NPM 28

N-NSM 127

N-VSM 9

N-APM 31

N-ASM 62

N-DPM 44

N-DSM 26

N-GPM 99

N-GSM 129

N-NPM 28

N-NSM 122

N-VSM 9

TRG

N-APM 31

N-ASM 60

N-DPM 42

N-DSM 26

N-GPM 93

N-GSM 123

N-NPM 27

N-NSM 115

N-VSM 9

P-GP 2

PREP 5

T-ASM 1

T-DPM 1

T-GSM 2

T-NSM 3

The
did not use
this Strong's Number

Liddell-Scott-Jones Definitions

ἄνθρωπος, ἡ, Att. crasis ἅνθρωπος, Ion. ὥνθρωπος, for ὁ ἄνθρ-: —

1. man, both as a generic term and of individuals, Hom. etc., opp. gods, ἀθανάτων τε θεῶν χαμαὶ ἐρχομένων τ' ἀνθρώπων Il. 5.442, etc.; πρὸς ἠοίων ἢ ἑσπερίων ἀνθρώπων the men of the east or of the west, Od. 8.29; even of the dead in the Isles of the Blest, ib. 4.565; κόμπος οὐ κατ' ἄνθρωπον A. Th. 425, cf. S. Aj. 761.

2. Pl. uses it both with and without the Art. to denote man generically, ὁ ἄ. θείας μετέσχε μοίρας Prt. 322a; οὕτω.. εὐδαιμονέστατος γίγνεται ἄ. R. 619b, al.; ὁ ἄ. the ideal man, humanity, ἀπώλεσας τὸν ἄ., οὐκ ἐπλήρωσας τὴν ἐπαγγελίαν Arr. Epict. 2.9.3.

3. in pl., mankind, ἀνθρώπων.. ἀνδρῶν ἠδὲ γυναικῶν Il. 9.134; ἐν τῷ μακρῷ.. ἀνθρώπων χρόνψ S. Ph. 306; ἐξἀνθρώπων γίγνεσθαι depart this life, Paus. 4.26.5, cf. Philostr. VA 8.31. joined with a Sup. to increase its force, δεινότατον τῶν ἐν ἀνθρώποις ἁπάντων D. 53.2; ὁ ἄριστος ἐν ἀνθρώποις ὄρτυξ the best quail in the world, Pl. Ly. 211e; freq. without a Pr, μάλιστα, ἥκιστα ἀνθρώπων, most or least of all, Hdt. 1.60, Pl. Lg. 629a, Prt. 361e; ἄριστά γ' ἀ., ὀρθότατα ἀ., Id. Tht. 148b, 195b, etc. τὰ ἐξ ἀνθρώπων πράγματα 'all the trouble in the world', ib. 170e; γραφὰς τὰς ἐξ ἀνθρώπων ἐγράφετο Lys. 13.73; αἱ ἐξ ἀνθρώπων πληγαί Aeschin. 1.59; πάντα τὰ ἐξ ἀνθρώπων κακὰ ἔλεγε D.C. 57.23.

4. joined with another Subst., like ἀνήρ, ἄ. ὁδίτης Il. 16.263; πολίτας ἀ. D. 22.54; with names of nations, πόλις Μερόπων ἀνθρώπων h.Ap. 42; in Att. freq. in a contemptuous sense, ἄ. ὑπογραμματεύς, ἄ. γόης, ἄ. συκοφάντης, Lys. 30.28, Aeschin. 2.153,183; ἄ. ἀλαζών X. Mem. 1.7.2; ἄ. ὑφάντης Pl. Phd. 87b; Μενίππου, Καρός τινος ἀνθρώπου D. 21.175; ἄ. βασιλεύς Matthew 22:2.

5. ἅνθρωπος or ὁ ἄνθρωπος alone, the man, the fellow, Pl. Prt. 314e, Phd. 117e; ὡς ἀστεῖος ὁ ἄ., with slight irony, ib. 116d, al.; with a sense of pity, D. 21.91.

6. in the voc. freq. in a contemptuous sense, as when addressed to slaves, etc., ἄνθρωπε or ὤνθρωπε sirrah! you sir! Hdt. 3.63, 8.125, and freq. in Pl., but in Trag. only S. Aj. 791, 1154; simply, brother, POxy. 215.1, Diog.Oen. 2.

7. slave, ἂν ἄ. ᾖ Philem. 22; ἄ. ἐμός Gal. 14.649; ὁ ἄ. τῆς ἁμαρτίας or ἀνομίας 2 Thessalonians 2:3; ἄ. τοῦ Θεοῦ 1 Timothy 6:11; but τιθέναι τινὰ ἐν ἀνθρώποις make a man of, of a freed slave, Herod. 5.15.

8. ἄ. ἄ. any one, Hebraism in LXX Leviticus 17:3 (cf. ἀνήρ VI. 8); ἄ. like Germ. man 'one', 1 Corinthians 4:1,al.

9. Medic., name of a plaster, ἡ διὰ σάνδυκος ἄ. καλουμένη Aët. 15.43.

II as fem., woman, Pi. P. 4.98, Hdt. 1.60, Isoc. 18.52, Arist. EN 1148b20; contemptuously, of female slaves, Antipho 1.17, Isa 6.20, etc.; with a sense of pity, D. 19.197. — Prop. opp. θηρίον, cf. ἀνήρ; but opp. γυνή, Aeschin. 3.137; ἀπὺ ἀνθρώπου ἕως γυναικός LXX 1 Esdras 9:40, etc.

Thayer's Expanded Definition

ἄνθρωπος, ἀνθρώπου, ὁ (perhaps from ἀνήρ and ὤψ, i. e. man's face: Curtius, § 422; Vanicek, p. 9. From Homer down); man. It is used

1. universally, with reference to the genus or nature, without distinction of sex, a human being, whether male or female: John 16:21. And in this sense a. with the article, generically, so as to include all human individuals: Matthew 4:4 (ἐπ' ἄρτῳ ζήσεται ὁ ἄνθρωπος); Matthew 12:35 (ὁ ἀγαθός ἄνθρωπος every good person); Matthew 15:11, 18; Mark 2:27; Mark 7:15, 18, 20; Luke 4:4; John 2:25 (Winer's Grammar, § 18, 8); John 7:51; Romans 7:1, etc.

b. so that a man is distinguished from beings of a different race or order; α. from animals, plants, etc.: Luke 5:10; Matthew 4:19; Matthew 12:12; 2 Peter 2:16; Revelation 9:4, 7, 10, 15, 18; Revelation 11:13, etc. (beta). from God, from Christ as divine, and from angels: Matthew 10:32; Matthew 19:6; Mark 10:9; Luke 2:15 (T WH omit; L Tr brackets) (opposed to angels); John 10:33; Acts 10:26; Acts 14:11; 1 Thessalonians 2:13; Galatians 1:10, 12; 1 Corinthians 3:21; 1 Corinthians 7:23; Philippians 2:7, 7 (8); 1 Timothy 2:5; Hebrews 8:2; Hebrews 13:6; 1 Peter 2:4, etc.

c. with the added notion of weakness, by which man is led into mistake or prompted to sin: οὐκ ἄνθρωποι; (R G σαρκικοί) ἐστε; 1 Corinthians 3:4; σοφία ἀνθρώπων, 1 Corinthians 2:5; ἀνθρώπων ἐπιθυμίαι, 1 Peter 4:2; κατά ἄνθρωπον περιπατεῖτε ye conduct yourselves as men, 1 Corinthians 3:3; λαλεῖν or λέγειν κατά ἄνθρωπον, to speak according to human modes of thinking, 1 Corinthians 9:8; Romans 3:5; κατά ἄνθρωπον λέγω, I speak as a man to whom analogies from human affairs present themselves, while I illustrate divine things by an example drawn from ordinary human life, Galatians 3:15; κατά ἄνθρωπον θηριομάχειν, as man is accustomed to fight, urged on by the desire of gain, honor and other earthly advantages, 1 Corinthians 15:32: οὐκ ἐστι κατά ἄνθρωπον is not accommodated to the opinions and desires of men, Galatians 1:11; (for examples of κατά ἄνθρωπον in secular authors see Wetstein on Rom. as above); with the accessory notion of malignity: προσέχετε ἀπό τῶν ἀνθρώπων, Matthew 10:17; εἰς χεῖρας ἀνθρώπων, Matthew 17:22; Luke 9:44.

d. with the adjunct notion of contempt (as sometimes in Greek writings): John 5:12; the address ὦ ἄνθρωπε, or ἄνθρωπε, is one either of contempt and disdainful pity, Romans 9:20 (Plato, Gorgias, p. 452 b. σύ δέ ... τίς εἰ, ὦ ἄνθρωπε), or of gentle rebuke, Luke 22:58, 60. The word serves to suggest commiseration: ἴδε (T Tr WH ἰδού) ὁ ἄνθρωπος behold the man in question, maltreated, defenseless, John 19:5.

e. with a reference to the twofold nature of man. ὁ ἔσω and ὁ ἔξω ἄνθρωπος, soul and body: Romans 7:22; Ephesians 3:16; 2 Corinthians 4:16, (Plato, rep. 9, 589 a. ὁ ἐντός ἄνθρωπος; Plotinus Enn. 5, 1, 10 ὁ εἴσω ἄνθρωπος; cf. Fritzsche on Romans, vol. ii., 61f. (Meyer on Romans, the passage cited; Ellicott on Ephesians, the passage cited)); ὁ κρυπτός τῆς καριδας ἀνθρ. 1 Peter 3:4.

f. with a reference to the twofold moral condition of man, ὁ παλαιός (the corrupt) and ὁ καινός (ὁ νέος) ἄνθρωπος (the truly Christian man, conformed to the nature of God): Romans 6:6; Ephesians 2:15; Ephesians 4:22, 24; Colossians 3:9f.

g. with a reference to the sex, (contextually) a male: John 7:22f.

2. indefinitely, without the article, ἄνθρωπος, a. someone, a (certain) man, when who he is either is not known or is not important: equivalent to τίς, Matthew 17:14; Matthew 21:28; Matthew 22:11; Mark 12:1; Mark 14:13; Luke 5:18; Luke 13:19, etc. with the addition of τίς, Matthew 18:12; Luke 10:30; Luke 14:2, 16; Luke 15:11; Luke 16:1, 19; John 5:5. in address, where the speaker either cannot or will not give the name, Luke 5:20; or where the writer addresses any and every reader, Romans 2:1, 3.

b. where what is said holds of every man, so that ἄνθρωπος is equivalent to the German indefinite man, one: Romans 3:28; 1 Corinthians 4:1; 1 Corinthians 7:1; 1 Corinthians 11:28; Galatians 2:16. So also where opposed to domesties, Matthew 10:36; to a wife, Matthew 19:10; to a father, Matthew 10:35; to the master of a household, Luke 12:36f — in which passages many, confounding sense and signification, incorrectly say that the word ἄνθρωπος signifies father of a family, husband, son, servant.

3. in the plural οἱ ἄνθρωποι is sometimes (the) people, German die Leute: Matthew 5:13, 16; Matthew 6:5, 18; Matthew 8:27; Matthew 16:13; Luke 11:44; Mark 8:24, 27; John 4:28; οὐδείς ἀνθρώπων (nemo hominum) no one, Mark 11:2; 1 Timothy 6:16.

4. It is joined a. to another substantive — a quasi-predicate of office, or employment, or characteristic — the idea of the predicate predominating (Winer's Grammar, § 59, 1): ἄνθρωπος ἔμπορος a merchant (-man), Matthew 13:45 (WH text omits ἀνθρώπῳ); οἰκοδεσπότης, Matthew 13:52; Matthew 20:1; Matthew 21:33; βασιλεύς, Matthew 18:23; Matthew 20:2; φάγος, Matthew 11:19. (So in Hebrew סָרִיס אִישׁ a eunuch, Jeremiah 38:7f, כֹּהֵן אִישׁ a priest, Leviticus 21:9; also in Greek writings: ἄνθρωπος ὁδίτης, Homer, Iliad 16, 263, elsewhere; cf. Matthiae, § 430, 6; (Krüger § 57, 1, 1); but in Attic this combination generally has a contemptuous force; cf. Bernhardy (1829), p. 48; in Latinhomo gladiator, Cicero, epistles ad diversos 12, 22, 1).

b. to a gentile noun: ἄνθρωπον Κυρηναῖος, Matthew 27:32; Κουδαιος, Acts 21:39; Ῥωμαῖος, Acts 16:37; Acts 22:25 (according to the context, a Roman citizen).

5. ὁ ἄνθρωπος, with the article, the particular man under consideration, who he is being plain from the context: Matthew 12:13; Matthew 26:72; Mark 3:5; Luke 23:6; John 4:50. οὗτος ὁ ἄνθρωπος, Luke 14:30; John 9:16, 24 (L Tr marginal reading WH); ; ὁ ἄνθρωπος οὗτος, Mark 14:71; Luke 23:4, 14, 47; John 9:24 (R G T Tr text): John 18:17; Acts 6:13; Acts 22:26; Acts 26:31, 32. ὁ ἀνθωπος ἐκεῖνος, Matthew 12:45; Matthew 26:24; Mark 14:21.

6. Phrases: ὁ ἄνθρωπος τῆς ἁμαρτίας (or with T Tr text WH text, τῆς ἀνομίας), 2 Thessalonians 2:3, see ἁμαρτία, 1, p. 30f ἄνθρωπος τοῦ Θεοῦ a man devoted to the service of God, God's minister: 1 Timothy 6:11; 2 Timothy 3:17 (of the evangelists, the associates of the apostles); 2 Peter 1:21 (of prophets, like אֱלֹהִים אִישׁ often in the O. T.; cf. Gesenius, Thesaurus i., p. 85). For ὁ υἱός τοῦ ἀνθρώπου and υἱοί τῶν ἀνθρώπων, see under υἱός.

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ἀνθρωπος , -ου , ὁ ,

[in LXX chiefly for H120, H376, also for H582, etc.;]

man:

1. generically, a human being, male or female (Lat. homo): John 16:21; c. art., Matthew 4:4; Matthew 12:36, Mark 2:27, John 2:25, Romans 7:1, al.; disting. from God, Matthew 19:6, John 10:33, Colossians 3:23, al.; from animals, etc., Matthew 4:19, Luke 5:10, Revelation 9:4, al.; implying human frailty and imperfection, 1 Corinthians 3:4; σοφία ἀνθρώπων , 1 Corinthians 2:5; ἀνθρώπων ἐπιθυμίαι , 1 Peter 4:2; κατὰ ἄνθρωπον περιπατεῖν , 1 Corinthians 3:3; κατὰ ἄ . λέγειν (λαλεῖν ), Romans 3:5, 1 Corinthians 9:8; κατὰ ἄ - λέγειν , Galatians 3:16 (cf. 1 Corinthians 15:32, Galatians 1:11); by meton., of man's nature or condition, ὁ ἔσω (ἄξω ) ἄ ., Romans 7:22, Ephesians 3:16, 2 Corinthians 4:16 (cf. 1Pe 34); ὁ παλαιὸς , καινός , νέος ἄ ., Romans 6:6, Ephesians 2:15; Ephesians 4:22; Ephesians 4:24, Colossians 3:9-10; joined with another subst., ἄ . ἔμπορος , a merchant, Matthew 13:45 (WH, txt. om. ἄ .); οἰκοδεσπότης , Matthew 13:52; βασιλεύς , Matthew 18:23; φάγος , Matthew 11:19; with name of nation, Κυρηναῖος , Matthew 27:32; Ἰουδαῖος , Acts 21:39; Ῥωμαῖος , Acts 16:37; pl. οἱ ἄ ., men, people: Matthew 5:13; Matthew 5:16, Mark 8:24, John 4:28; οὐδεὶς ἀνθρώπων , Mark 11:2, 1 Timothy 6:16.

2. Indef., ἄ . = τις , some one, a man: Matthew 17:14, Mark 12:1, al.; τις ἄ ., Matthew 18:12, John 5:5, al.; indef. one (Fr. on), Romans 3:28, Galatians 2:16, al.; opp. to women, servants, etc., Matthew 10:36; Matthew 19:10, John 7:22-23

3. Definitely, c. art., of some particular person; Matthew 12:13 Mark 3:5, al.; οὗτος ὁ ἄ ., Luke 14:30; ὁ ἄ οὗτος , ἐκεῖνος , Mark 14:71, Matthew 12:45; ὁ ἄ . τ . ἀνομίας , 2 Thessalonians 2:3; ἄ . τ . θεοῦ (of Heb. H430 H376), 1 Timothy 6:11, 2 Timothy 3:17, 2 Peter 1:21; ὁ υἱὸς τοῦ ἀ ., v.s. υἱός .

SYN.: ἀνήρ G435, q.v. (and cf. MM, VGT, 44; Cremer, 103, 635).

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Vocabulary of the Greek NT

ἄνθρωπος, like ἀνήρ, has kept its differentia practically unchanged from Homer to MGr. It is interesting to notice its philosophical abstract ἀνθρωπότης vouched for as fairly popular Greek by Vettius Valens (p. 346.29, in antith. to ἀθανασία), passing into Christian theology (see LS and Sophocles Lex.), and current in MGr. The NT has no trace of the curious misuse by which the principal difference between ἄ. and ἀνήρ is ignored : Tobit 6:8 ἀνθρώπον ἢ γυναικός. P Flor I. 61.60 (A.D. 86–8) ἄξιος μ [ὲ ]ν ἦς μαστιγωθῆναι, διὰ σεαντοῦ [κ ]ατασχὼν ἄνθρωπον εὐσχήμονα καὶ γυν [αῖ ]κας is not parallel, as ὰ. only means ";person"; : as little is John 7:22 f. (Grimm). Another case of ἄνθρωπος invading the sphere of ἀνήρ is the Matthæan locution α οἰκοδεσπότης, βασιλεύς, φαγός etc. As Grimm’s passages show, this is Greek, though not Attic : Mt may have got it from LXX (so Leviticus 21:9 ἀνθρώπου ἱερέως). Some papyrus passages may be cited, though little is needed. The antithesis with θεός has figured under ἀνθρώπινος : the complementary one comes out well in BGU IV. 1024iv. 6 (iv/v A.D.), where a judge pronounces sentence of death with the words σύ μοι δοκεῖς [ψυχὴν ἔ ]χειν θηρίου καὶ [ο ]ὐκ ἀνθρώπού [μᾶλλον δ ]ὲ οὐδὲ θηρίου —he proceeds to give reasons. Ib. 1030.7 (iii/A.D.) ἐπίγοντες τοὺς ἀνθρώπους καὶ τοὺς τέκτονας —ἀ. is general and τ. special. For the purely unemphatic use cf. the illiterate note, ib. 1031.13 (ii/A.D.) ἔκδος ἀνθρώποις ἀσφα [λέσ ]ι. Its anaphoric use with the article (as Matthew 12:13 etc.) may be seen in ib. 1208i. 25 (B.C. 27–6)ἵνα δὲ εἰδῇς τὸ ὄρθριον ("; ‘sein Morgengruss,’ = seine erste Tat"; says Schubart) τοῦ ἀνθρώ (που), πέπομφά σοι ἣν τέθειται μίσθωσιν. This particular instance may perhaps serve as an illustration of ";the adjunct notion of contempt (John 5:12),"; on which Grimm remarks (1.d.). Under the same heading, with commiseration instead of contempt, will come πρεσβύτης ἄνθρωπός εἰμι, in P Strass I. 41.40 (A.D. 250). In the edict of Caracalla, P Giss I. 40i. 6 (A.D. 212–5) ὁσ ]άκις ἐὰν ὑ [π ]ε,σέλθ [ωσ ]ι ̣ν εἰς τοὺς ἐμοὺς ἀν [θρ ]ώπους the editor notes the tone as characteristic of his dynasty. The general sense in the plural may be illustrated by Syll 424.1 (A.D. 361–3) τὸν γῆς καὶ θαλάσσης καὶ παντὸς ἀνθρώπων ἔθνους δεσπότην —of the brief Emperor Julianus, ib. 890.22 (ii/A.D.) of a series of diseases κ ]α [ὶ ] ὅσα κακὰ κ [αὶ πά ]θη ἀνθρώποι [ς γί ]γνεται.

List of Word Forms

Ανθρωπε άνθρωπε Ἄνθρωπε ανθρωποι άνθρωποι άνθρωποί ἄνθρωποι ἄνθρωποί ανθρωποις ανθρώποις άνθρωποις ἀνθρώποις ανθρωπον άνθρωπον άνθρωπόν ἄνθρωπον ἄνθρωπόν ανθρωπος ανθρωπός άνθρωπος άνθρωπός ἄνθρωπος ἄνθρωπός ανθρωπου ανθρώπου άνθρωπου ἀνθρώπου ανθρωπους ανθρώπους ἀνθρώπους ανθρωπω ανθρώπω άνθρωπω ἀνθρώπῳ ανθρωπων ανθρώπων ἀνθρώπων Anthrope Anthrōpe Ánthrope Ánthrōpe anthropo anthrōpō anthropoi anthrōpoi anthrṓpoi anthrṓpōi ánthropoi ánthropoí ánthrōpoi ánthrōpoí anthropois anthrōpois anthrṓpois anthropon anthrōpon anthrōpōn anthrṓpon anthrṓpōn ánthropon ánthropón ánthrōpon ánthrōpón anthropos anthrōpos ánthropos ánthropós ánthrōpos ánthrōpós anthropou anthrōpou anthrṓpou anthropous anthrōpous anthrṓpous