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ἀνήρ
Vocabulary form:
ἀνήρ
Definition:
male, husband; man
Erasmian:
Modern:
Frequency:
216
GK:
467
Cognates:
Androgynous (ajndrovgunh) is being both male and female (i.e., hermaphroditic).
Mnemonics:
In some cultures, only a man can be an heir.
Biblical Concordance
| Acts 14:8 | Now there was a man (anēr | ἀνήρ | nom sg masc) sitting in Lystra, whose feet were useless, lame from the womb of his mother, who had never walked. |
| Acts 14:15 | saying, “Men (andres | ἄνδρες | voc pl masc), why are you doing these things? For we too are men subject to the same frailties as you, bringing you good news to turn away from these vain things to the living God, who made the heaven and the earth and the sea and everything in them, |
| Acts 15:7 | After there had been much debate, Peter stood up and said to them, “My brothers (andres | ἄνδρες | voc pl masc), you know that in days of old God made a choice among you, that through my mouth the Gentiles should hear the message of the gospel and believe. |
| Acts 15:13 | When they finished speaking, James replied, saying, “My brothers (andres | ἄνδρες | voc pl masc), listen to me. |
| Acts 15:22 | Then it seemed good to the apostles and the elders, together with the whole church, to send men (andras | ἄνδρας | acc pl masc) chosen from among them to Antioch with Paul and Barnabas — Judas called Barsabbas, and Silas, leading men (andras | ἄνδρας | acc pl masc) among the brothers — |
| Acts 15:25 | it seemed good to us, having reached agreement, to select men (andras | ἄνδρας | acc pl masc) to send to you with our beloved Barnabas and Paul, |
| Acts 16:9 | And a vision in the night appeared to Paul: a man (anēr | ἀνήρ | nom sg masc) of Macedonia was standing there, urging him and saying, “Come over to Macedonia and help us!” |
| Acts 17:5 | But the Jews, moved by envy, recruited certain wicked men (andras | ἄνδρας | acc pl masc) of the marketplace and, forming a mob, they set the city in an uproar. They attacked the house of Jason, trying to bring them out to the people. |
| Acts 17:12 | So many of them believed, with not a few prominent Greek women and men (andrōn | ἀνδρῶν | gen pl masc). |
| Acts 17:22 | So Paul, standing in the midst of the Areopagus, said: “Men (andres | ἄνδρες | voc pl masc) of Athens, I perceive that in every way you are a very devout people. |
| Acts 17:31 | because he has appointed a day on which he will judge the world in righteousness by the man (andri | ἀνδρί | dat sg masc) whom he has appointed, having provided proof to all by raising him from the dead.” |
| Acts 17:34 | But some men (andres | ἄνδρες | nom pl masc) joined him and believed; among whom also were Dionysius the Areopagite and a woman named Damaris and others with them. |
| Acts 18:24 | Now a Jew named Apollos, an Alexandrian by race, arrived in Ephesus. He was an eloquent man (anēr | ἀνήρ | nom sg masc), well-versed in the Scriptures. |
| Acts 19:7 | And the men (andres | ἄνδρες | nom pl masc) were in all about twelve. |
| Acts 19:25 | He called them together with workmen in similar trades, and said, “Men (andres | ἄνδρες | voc pl masc), you know that from this trade prosperity comes to us. |
| Acts 19:35 | And when the city clerk had quieted the crowd, he said, “Men (andres | ἄνδρες | voc pl masc) of Ephesus, what man is there who does not know that the city of the Ephesians is the temple keeper of the great Artemis and of her image that fell from heaven? |
| Acts 19:37 | For you have brought these men (andras | ἄνδρας | acc pl masc), who are neither temple robbers nor blasphemers against our goddess. |
| Acts 20:30 | Even from among your own group will men (andres | ἄνδρες | nom pl masc) arise, speaking distortions of the truth, to draw the disciples away after them. |
| Acts 21:11 | He came to us and, taking Paul’s belt, he tied his own hands and feet with it and said, “The Holy Spirit says this: ‘This is how the Jews will tie up in Jerusalem the man (andra | ἄνδρα | acc sg masc) whose belt this is, and will deliver him into the hands of the Gentiles.’” |
| Acts 21:23 | So, then, do what we tell you. There are with us four men (andres | ἄνδρες | nom pl masc) who have taken upon themselves a vow. |
| Acts 21:26 | Then Paul took the men (andras | ἄνδρας | acc pl masc) and on the next day he purified himself with them and went into the temple, giving notice of the completion of the days of the purification, at which time the sacrifice would be offered on behalf of each one of them. |
| Acts 21:28 | crying out, “Men (andres | ἄνδρες | voc pl masc) of Israel, help! This is the man who is teaching everyone everywhere against our people, our law, and this place. And besides, he even brought Greeks into the temple and has made this holy place unclean.” |
| Acts 21:38 | Then you are not the Egyptian who prior to these days stirred up a revolt and led into the desert the four thousand men (andras | ἄνδρας | acc pl masc) of the Assassins?” |
| Acts 22:1 | “My brothers (andres | ἄνδρες | voc pl masc) and fathers, listen now to me as I make my defense to you.” |
| Acts 22:3 | “I am a Jewish man (anēr | ἀνήρ | nom sg masc), born in Tarsus of Cilicia, but brought up in this city at the feet of Gamaliel, educated according to the strictness of the ancestral law, being zealous for God just as you all are today. |
| Acts 22:4 | I persecuted the followers of this Way even to their death, putting in chains both men (andras | ἄνδρας | acc pl masc) and women and delivering them to prison, |
| Acts 22:12 | “Then a certain Ananias, a devout man (anēr | ἀνήρ | nom sg masc) according to the law, well spoken of by all the Jews who lived there, |
| Acts 23:1 | Looking intently at the council, Paul said, “My brothers (andres | ἄνδρες | voc pl masc), I have lived in all good conscience before God up to this day.” |
| Acts 23:6 | Now when Paul perceived that one part were Sadducees and the other Pharisees, he cried out in the council, “My brothers (andres | ἄνδρες | voc pl masc), I am a Pharisee, a son of Pharisees. It is regarding my hope of a resurrection for the dead that I am on trial.” |
| Acts 23:21 | But you should not be persuaded by them, for more than forty of their men (andres | ἄνδρες | nom pl masc) are lying in wait for him and have bound themselves by an oath neither to eat nor drink until they kill him. And now they are ready, awaiting your consent.” |
| Acts 23:27 | This man (andra | ἄνδρα | acc sg masc) was seized by the Jews and was about to be killed by them, when I came upon him and, with the soldiers, rescued him, having learned that he was a Roman citizen. |
| Acts 23:30 | And when it was disclosed to me that there would be a plot against the man (andra | ἄνδρα | acc sg masc), I sent him to you at once, ordering his accusers also to speak against him to you.” |
| Acts 24:5 | For we found this man (andra | ἄνδρα | acc sg masc) to be a troublemaker, one who stirs up riots among all the Jews throughout the world, and a ringleader of the sect of the Nazarenes. |
| Acts 25:5 | “So,” he said, “let your leaders go down there with me, and if there is in this man (andri | ἀνδρί | dat sg masc) anything improper, let them bring charges against him.” |
| Acts 25:14 | Since they were staying there several days, Festus laid Paul’s case before the king, saying, “There is a man (anēr | ἀνήρ | nom sg masc) left by Felix, a prisoner. |
| Acts 25:17 | So when they met here, I made no delay, but on the next day took my seat on the judge’s bench and ordered the man (andra | ἄνδρα | acc sg masc) to be brought. |
| Acts 25:23 | So on the next day when Agrippa and Bernice came with great pomp and entered the audience hall along with the commanding officers and the prominent men (andrasin | ἀνδράσιν | dat pl masc) of the city, and when Festus had given the order, Paul was brought in. |
| Acts 25:24 | And Festus said, “King Agrippa, and all men (andres | ἄνδρες | voc pl masc) present with us, you see this man about whom the whole Jewish people petitioned me, both in Jerusalem and here, crying out that he ought not to live any longer. |
| Acts 27:10 | saying, “Gentlemen (andres | ἄνδρες | voc pl masc), I perceive that the voyage that is about to take place will involve injury and much loss, not only of the cargo and the ship, but also of our lives.” |
| Acts 27:21 | Since they had long been without food, Paul stood up in their midst and said, “Men (andres | ἄνδρες | voc pl masc), you should have followed my advice and not set sail from Crete and incurred this injury and loss. |
| Acts 27:25 | So be of good courage, men (andres | ἄνδρες | voc pl masc), for I have faith in God that it will be so, just as it has been told me. |
| Acts 28:17 | And it happened that after three days Paul called together the leaders of the Jews. And when they gathered, he said to them: “My brothers (andres | ἄνδρες | voc pl masc), though I have done nothing against our people or the customs of our fathers, yet I was delivered as a prisoner from Jerusalem into the hands of the Romans. |
| Romans 4:8 | Blessed is the man (anēr | ἀνήρ | nom sg masc) whose sin the Lord will not take into account.” |
| Romans 7:2 | Thus a married woman is bound by law to her husband (andri | ἀνδρί | dat sg masc) while he is living; but if her husband (anēr | ἀνήρ | nom sg masc) dies, she is released from the law of marriage (andros | ἀνδρός | gen sg masc). |
| Romans 7:3 | Accordingly, if she is joined to (andri | ἀνδρί | dat sg masc) another man (andri | ἀνδρί | dat sg masc) while her husband (andros | ἀνδρός | gen sg masc) is alive, she will be called an adulteress; but if her husband (anēr | ἀνήρ | nom sg masc) dies, she is free from that law, so that she is not an adulteress if she marries another man (andri | ἀνδρί | dat sg masc). |
| Romans 11:4 | But what was God’s response to him? “I have kept for myself seven thousand men (andras | ἄνδρας | acc pl masc) who have not bowed the knee to Baal.” |
| 1 Corinthians 7:2 | But because of cases of sexual immorality, each man should have his own wife and each woman her own husband (andra | ἄνδρα | acc sg masc). |
| 1 Corinthians 7:3 | The husband (anēr | ἀνήρ | nom sg masc) should fulfill his marital responsibility to his wife, and likewise the wife to her husband (andri | ἀνδρί | dat sg masc). |
| 1 Corinthians 7:4 | For the wife does not have authority over her own body, but the husband (anēr | ἀνήρ | nom sg masc) does. In the same way, the husband (anēr | ἀνήρ | nom sg masc) does not have authority over his own body, but the wife does. |
| 1 Corinthians 7:10 | To the married I give this command (not I, but the Lord): a wife should not separate from her husband (andros | ἀνδρός | gen sg masc) |
Mnemonics
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This man is an heir
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