435. anér
Berean Strong's Lexicon
anér: Man, husband

Original Word: ἀνήρ
Part of Speech: Noun, Masculine
Transliteration: anér
Pronunciation: ah-NAYR
Phonetic Spelling: (an'-ayr)
Definition: Man, husband
Meaning: a male human being; a man, husband.

Word Origin: A primary word

Corresponding Greek / Hebrew Entries: - H376 (אִישׁ, 'ish): Often translated as "man" or "husband," similar to "anér" in its usage and context.

- H582 (אֱנוֹשׁ, 'enosh): Another term for man, often emphasizing mortality or humanity.

Usage: The Greek word "anér" primarily refers to an adult male, distinguishing him from a boy or a woman. It is often used to denote a man in the context of his role as a husband. In the New Testament, "anér" is used to describe men in various roles, including leaders, husbands, and individuals in a community. The term emphasizes the gender and often the maturity or status of the individual.

Cultural and Historical Background: In the Greco-Roman world, the term "anér" carried significant social and cultural implications. Men were typically seen as the heads of households and held primary responsibility for leadership in both family and public life. The patriarchal structure of society meant that men were often the decision-makers and held authority in religious, social, and political spheres. Understanding this context helps to appreciate the roles and responsibilities attributed to men in biblical narratives and teachings.

NAS Exhaustive Concordance
Word Origin
a prim. word
Definition
a man
NASB Translation
brethren* (13), gentlemen (1), husband (39), husbands (13), man (71), man's (2), men (70), virgin* (1).

Thayer's Greek Lexicon
STRONGS NT 435: ἀνήρ

ἀνήρ, ἀνδρός, , 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 áner
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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
GRK: δὲ ὁ ἀνὴρ αὐτῆς δίκαιος
NAS: And Joseph her husband, being
KJV: Joseph her husband, being a just
INT: moreover the husband of her righteous

Matthew 7:24 N-DMS
GRK: αὐτούς ὁμοιωθήσεται ἀνδρὶ φρονίμῳ ὅστις
NAS: to a wise man who
KJV: him unto a wise man, which built
INT: them will be like a man wise who

Matthew 7:26 N-DMS
GRK: αὐτοὺς ὁμοιωθήσεται ἀνδρὶ μωρῷ ὅστις
NAS: a foolish man who
KJV: unto a foolish man, which
INT: them he will be likened to a man foolish who

Matthew 12:41 N-NMP
GRK: ἄνδρες Νινευῖται ἀναστήσονται
NAS: The men of Nineveh will stand
KJV: The men of Nineveh shall rise
INT: the men of nineveh will stand up

Matthew 14:21 N-NMP
GRK: ἐσθίοντες ἦσαν ἄνδρες ὡσεὶ πεντακισχίλιοι
NAS: five thousand men who ate,
KJV: about five thousand men, beside women
INT: ate were men about five thousand

Matthew 14:35 N-NMP
GRK: αὐτὸν οἱ ἄνδρες τοῦ τόπου
NAS: And when the men of that place
KJV: And when the men of that place
INT: him the men the place

Matthew 15:38 N-NMP
GRK: ἦσαν τετρακισχίλιοι ἄνδρες χωρὶς γυναικῶν
NAS: were four thousand men, besides
KJV: were four thousand men, beside women
INT: were four thousand men besides women

Mark 6:20 N-AMS
GRK: εἰδὼς αὐτὸν ἄνδρα δίκαιον καὶ
NAS: and holy man, and he kept him safe.
KJV: that he was a just man and an holy,
INT: knowing him [to be] a man righteous and

Mark 6:44 N-NMP
GRK: ἄρτους πεντακισχίλιοι ἄνδρες
NAS: There were five thousand men who ate
KJV: about five thousand men.
INT: loaves five thousand men

Mark 10:2 N-DMS
GRK: εἰ ἔξεστιν ἀνδρὶ γυναῖκα ἀπολῦσαι
NAS: it was lawful for a man to divorce
KJV: lawful for a man to put away
INT: if it is lawful for a husband a wife to divorce

Mark 10:12 N-AMS
GRK: ἀπολύσασα τὸν ἄνδρα αὐτῆς γαμήσῃ
NAS: divorces her husband and marries
KJV: her husband, and
INT: should divorce the husband herself [and] be married

Luke 1:27 N-DMS
GRK: παρθένον ἐμνηστευμένην ἀνδρὶ ᾧ ὄνομα
NAS: engaged to a man whose
KJV: a virgin espoused to a man whose name
INT: a virgin betrothed to a man whose name [was]

Luke 1:34 N-AMS
GRK: τοῦτο ἐπεὶ ἄνδρα οὐ γινώσκω
NAS: can this be, since I am a virgin?
KJV: I know not a man?
INT: this since a man not I know

Luke 2:36 N-GMS
GRK: ζήσασα μετὰ ἀνδρὸς ἔτη ἑπτὰ
NAS: and had lived with [her] husband seven
KJV: with an husband seven
INT: having lived with a husband years seven

Luke 5:8 N-NMS
GRK: ἐμοῦ ὅτι ἀνὴρ ἁμαρτωλός εἰμι
NAS: for I am a sinful man, O Lord!
KJV: I am a sinful man, O Lord.
INT: me for a man sinful am I

Luke 5:12 N-NMS
GRK: καὶ ἰδοὺ ἀνὴρ πλήρης λέπρας
NAS: behold, [there was] a man covered
KJV: behold a man full of leprosy:
INT: that behold a man full of leprosy

Luke 5:18 N-NMP
GRK: καὶ ἰδοὺ ἄνδρες φέροντες ἐπὶ
NAS: And [some] men [were] carrying
KJV: And, behold, men brought in
INT: And behold men carrying upon

Luke 6:8 N-DMS
GRK: δὲ τῷ ἀνδρὶ τῷ ξηρὰν
NAS: and He said to the man with the withered
INT: moreover to the man who withered

Luke 7:20 N-NMP
GRK: αὐτὸν οἱ ἄνδρες εἶπαν Ἰωάννης
NAS: When the men came to Him, they said,
KJV: When the men were come unto
INT: him the men said John

Luke 8:27 N-NMS
GRK: γῆν ὑπήντησεν ἀνήρ τις ἐκ
NAS: He was met by a man from the city
KJV: the city a certain man, which had
INT: land met [him] a man certain out of

Luke 8:38 N-NMS
GRK: αὐτοῦ ὁ ἀνὴρ ἀφ' οὗ
NAS: But the man from whom the demons
KJV: Now the man out of whom
INT: him the man from whom

Luke 8:41 N-NMS
GRK: ἰδοὺ ἦλθεν ἀνὴρ ᾧ ὄνομα
NAS: And there came a man named Jairus,
KJV: behold, there came a man named Jairus,
INT: behold came a man whose name [was]

Luke 9:14 N-NMP
GRK: γὰρ ὡσεὶ ἄνδρες πεντακισχίλιοι εἶπεν
NAS: five thousand men.) And He said
KJV: about five thousand men. And he said
INT: for about men five thousand he said

Luke 9:30 N-NMP
GRK: καὶ ἰδοὺ ἄνδρες δύο συνελάλουν
NAS: two men were talking
KJV: with him two men, which were
INT: And behold men two talked with

Strong's Greek 435
216 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.

















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