Strong's Lexicon
G444 — ἄνθρωπος
Greek entry for Bible study and original-language reference.
Definition / Gloss
| Strong's Number: | G444 |
|---|---|
| Word: | ἄνθρωπος |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Etymology: | from G435 and ops "the countenance" (from G3700) |
| Language: | Greek |
| Occurrences: | 550 |
| Transliteration: | anthropos |
| Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation: | anth'-ro-pos |
| Meaning: | 1. (properly) man-faced 2. (concretely) a human being (man or female) 3. (generally) all human beings 4. (indefinitely) a man, someone, one |
| KJV Renderings: | certain, man |
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
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: Joh 16:21. And in this sense a. with the article, generically, so as to include all human individuals: Mat 4:4 (ἐπ’ ἄρτῳ ζήσεται ὁ ἄνθρωπος); Mat 12:35 (ὁ ἀγαθός ἄνθρωπος every good person); Mat 15:11; Mat 15:18; Mar 2:27; Mar 7:15; Mar 7:18; Mar 7:20; Luk 4:4; Joh 2:25 (Winer’s Grammar, § 18, 8); Joh 7:51; Rom 7:1, etc.
b. so that a man is distinguished from beings of a different race or order; α. from animals, plants, etc.: Luk 5:10; Mat 4:19; Mat 12:12; 2Pe 2:16; Rev 9:4; Rev 9:7; Rev 9:10; Rev 9:15; Rev 9:18; Rev 11:13, etc. (beta). from God, from Christ as divine, and from angels: Mat 10:32; Mat 19:6; Mar 10:9; Luk 2:15 (T WH omit; L Tr brackets) (opposed to angels); Joh 10:33; Act 10:26; Act 14:11; 1Th 2:13; Gal 1:10; Gal 1:12; 1Co 3:21; 1Co 7:23; Php 2:7; Php 2:7 (8); 1Ti 2:5; Heb 8:2; Heb 13:6; 1Pe 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; 1Co 3:4; σοφία ἀνθρώπων, 1Co 2:5; ἀνθρώπων ἐπιθυμίαι, 1Pe 4:2; κατά ἄνθρωπον περιπατεῖτε ye conduct yourselves as men, 1Co 3:3; λαλεῖν or λέγειν κατά ἄνθρωπον, to speak according to human modes of thinking, 1Co 9:8; Rom 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, Gal 3:15; κατά ἄνθρωπον θηριομάχειν, as man is accustomed to fight, urged on by the desire of gain, honor and other earthly advantages, 1Co 15:32: οὐκ ἐστι κατά ἄνθρωπον is not accommodated to the opinions and desires of men, Gal 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, Mat 10:17; εἰς χεῖρας ἀνθρώπων, Mat 17:22; Luk 9:44.
d. with the adjunct notion of contempt (as sometimes in Greek writings): Joh 5:12; the address ὦ ἄνθρωπε, or ἄνθρωπε, is one either of contempt and disdainful pity, Rom 9:20 (Plato, Gorgias, p. 452 b. σύ δέ ... τίς εἰ, ὦ ἄνθρωπε), or of gentle rebuke, Luk 22:58; Luk 22:60. The word serves to suggest commiseration: ἴδε (T Tr WH ἰδού) ὁ ἄνθρωπος behold the man in question, maltreated, defenseless, Joh 19:5.
e. with a reference to the twofold nature of man. ὁ ἔσω and ὁ ἔξω ἄνθρωπος, soul and body: Rom 7:22; Eph 3:16; 2Co 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. 1Pe 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): Rom 6:6; Eph 2:15; Eph 4:22; Eph 4:24; Col 3:9 f.
g. with a reference to the sex, (contextually) a male: Joh 7:22 f.
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, Mat 17:14; Mat 21:28; Mat 22:11; Mar 12:1; Mar 14:13; Luk 5:18; Luk 13:19, etc. with the addition of τίς, Mat 18:12; Luk 10:30; Luk 14:2; Luk 14:16; Luk 15:11; Luk 16:1; Luk 16:19; Joh 5:5. in address, where the speaker either cannot or will not give the name, Luk 5:20; or where the writer addresses any and every reader, Rom 2:1; Rom 2:3.
b. where what is said holds of every man, so that ἄνθρωπος is equivalent to the German indefinite man, one: Rom 3:28; 1Co 4:1; 1Co 7:1; 1Co 11:28; Gal 2:16. So also where opposed to domesties, Mat 10:36; to a wife, Mat 19:10; to a father, Mat 10:35; to the master of a household, Luk 12:36 f — 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 dieLeute: Mat 5:13; Mat 5:16; Mat 6:5; Mat 6:18; Mat 8:27; Mat 16:13; Luk 11:44; Mar 8:24; Mar 8:27; Joh 4:28; οὐδείς ἀνθρώπων (nemohominum) no one, Mar 11:2; 1Ti 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), Mat 13:45 (WH text omits ἀνθρώπῳ); οἰκοδεσπότης, Mat 13:52; Mat 20:1; Mat 21:33; βασιλεύς, Mat 18:23; Mat 20:2; φάγος, Mat 11:19. (So in Hebrew ñÈøÄéñ àÄéùÑ a eunuch, Jer 38:7 f, ëÉÌäÅï àÄéùÑ a priest, Lev 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 Latinhomogladiator, Cicero, epistles ad diversos 12, 22, 1).
b. to a gentile noun: ἄνθρωπον Κυρηναῖος, Mat 27:32; Κουδαιος, Act 21:39; Ῥωμαῖος, Act 16:37; Act 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: Mat 12:13; Mat 26:72; Mar 3:5; Luk 23:6; Joh 4:50. οὗτος ὁ ἄνθρωπος, Luk 14:30; Joh 9:16; Joh 9:24 (L Tr marginal reading WH); ; ὁ ἄνθρωπος οὗτος, Mar 14:71; Luk 23:4; Luk 23:14; Luk 23:47; Joh 9:24 (R G T Tr text): Joh 18:17; Act 6:13; Act 22:26; Act 26:31-32. ὁ ἀνθωπος ἐκεῖνος, Mat 12:45; Mat 26:24; Mar 14:21.
6. Phrases: ὁ ἄνθρωπος τῆς ἁμαρτίας (or with T Tr text WH text, τῆς ἀνομίας), 2Th 2:3, see ἁμαρτία, 1, p. 30f ἄνθρωπος τοῦ Θεοῦ a man devoted to the service of God, God’s minister: 1Ti 6:11; 2Ti 3:17 (of the evangelists, the associates of the apostles); 2Pe 1:21 (of prophets, like àÁìÉäÄéí àÄéùÑ often in the O. T.; cf. Gesenius, Thesaurus i., p. 85). For ὁ υἱός τοῦ ἀνθρώπου and υἱοί τῶν ἀνθρώπων, see under υἱός.
Other Resources
Englishman's Greek Concordance
ἄνθρωπος (certain)
Matthew 4:4
- KJV: But he answered and said It is written Man shall not live by bread alone but by every word that proceedeth out of the mouth of God
- GK: ο δε αποκριθείς είπε γέγραπται ουκ επ΄ άρτω μόνω ζήσεται άνθρωπος αλλ΄ επί παντί ρήματι εκπορευομένω διά στόματος θεού
Matthew 4:19
- KJV: And he saith unto them Follow me and I will make you fishers of men
- GK: και λέγει αυτοίς δεύτε οπίσω μου και ποιήσω υμάς αλιείς ανθρώπων
Matthew 5:13
- KJV: Ye are the salt of the earth but if the salt have lost his savour wherewith shall it be salted it is thenceforth good for nothing but to be cast out and to be trodden under foot of men
- GK: υμείς εστέ το άλας της γης εάν δε το άλας μωρανθή εν τίνι αλισθήσεται εις ουδέν ισχύει έτι ει βληθήναι έξω και καταπατείσθαι υπό των ανθρώπων
Matthew 5:16
- KJV: your light so shine before men that they may see your good works and glorify your Father which is in heaven
- GK: ούτω λαμψάτω το φως υμών έμπροσθεν των ανθρώπων όπως ίδωσιν υμών τα καλά έργα και δοξάσωσι τον πατέρα υμών τον εν τοις ουρανοίς
Matthew 5:19
- KJV: Whosoever therefore shall break one of these least commandments and shall teach men so shall be called the least in the kingdom of heaven but whosoever shall do and teach the same shall be called great in the kingdom of heaven
- GK: ος εάν ουν λύση μίαν των εντολών τούτων των ελαχίστων και διδάξη ούτως τους ανθρώπους ελάχιστος κληθήσεται εν τη βασιλεία των ουρανών ος δ΄ αν ποιήση και διδάξη ούτος μέγας κληθήσεται εν τη βασιλεία των ουρανών
Matthew 6:1
- KJV: Take heed that ye do not your alms before men to be seen of them otherwise ye have no reward of your Father which is in heaven
- GK: προσέχετε την ελεημοσύνην υμών μη ποιείν έμπροσθεν των ανθρώπων προς το θεαθήναι αυτοίς ει μισθόν ουκ έχετε παρά τω πατρί υμών τω εν τοις ουρανοίς
Matthew 6:2
- KJV: Therefore when thou doest alms do not sound a trumpet before thee as the hypocrites do in the synagogues and in the streets that they may have glory of men Verily I say unto you They have their reward
- GK: όταν ουν ποιής ελεημοσύνην μη σαλπίσης έμπροσθέν σου ώσπερ οι υποκριταί ποιούσιν εν ταις συναγωγαίς και εν ταις ρύμαις όπως δοξασθώσιν υπό των ανθρώπων αμήν λέγω υμίν απέχουσι τον μισθόν αυτών
Matthew 6:5
- KJV: And when thou prayest thou shalt not be as the hypocrites for they love to pray standing in the synagogues and in the corners of the streets that they may be seen of men Verily I say unto you They have their reward
- GK: και όταν προσεύχη ουκ έση ώσπερ οι υποκριταί ότι φιλούσιν εν ταις συναγωγαίς και εν ταις γωνίαις των πλατειών εστώτες προσεύχεσθαι όπως αν φανώσι τοις ανθρώποις αμήν λέγω υμίν ότι απέχουσι τον μισθόν αυτών
Matthew 6:14
- KJV: For if ye forgive men their trespasses your heavenly Father will also forgive you
- GK: εάν γαρ αφήτε τοις ανθρώποις τα παραπτώματα αυτών αφήσει και υμίν ο πατήρ υμών ο ουράνιος
Matthew 6:15
- KJV: But if ye forgive not men their trespasses neither will your Father forgive your trespasses
- GK: εάν δε μη αφήτε τοις ανθρώποις τα παραπτώματα αυτών ουδέ ο πατήρ υμών ο ουράνιος αφήσει τα παραπτώματα υμών
Matthew 6:16
- KJV: Moreover when ye fast be not as the hypocrites of a sad countenance for they disfigure their faces that they may appear unto men to fast Verily I say unto you They have their reward
- GK: όταν δε νηστεύσητε μη γίνεσθε ώσπερ οι υποκριταί σκυθρωποί αφανίζουσι γαρ τα πρόσωπα αυτών όπως φανώσι τοις ανθρώποις νηστεύοντες αμήν λέγω υμίν ότι απέχουσι τον μισθόν αυτών
Matthew 6:18
- KJV: That thou appear not unto men to fast but unto thy Father which is in secret and thy Father which seeth in secret shall reward thee openly
- GK: όπως μη φανής τοις ανθρώποις νηστεύων αλλά τω πατρί σου τω εν τω κρυπτώ και ο πατήρ σου ο βλέπων εν τω κρυπτώ αποδώσει σοι εν τω φανερώ
Matthew 7:9
- KJV: Or what man is there of you whom if his son ask bread will he give him a stone
- GK: η τις εστιν εξ υμών άνθρωπος ον εάν αιτήση ο υιός αυτού άρτον μη λίθον επιδώσει αυτώ
Matthew 7:12
- KJV: Therefore all things whatsoever ye would that men should do to you do ye even so to them for this is the law and the prophets
- GK: πάντα ουν όσα αν θέλητε ίνα ποιώσιν υμίν οι άνθρωποι ούτω και υμείς ποιείτε αυτοίς ούτος γαρ εστιν ο νόμος και οι προφήται
Matthew 8:9
- KJV: For I am a man under authority having soldiers under me and I say to this Go and he goeth and to another Come and he cometh and to my servant Do this and he doeth
- GK: και γαρ εγώ άνθρωπός ειμι υπό εξουσίαν έχων υπ΄ εμαυτόν στρατιώτας και λέγω τούτω πορεύθητι και πορεύεται και άλλω έρχου και έρχεται και τω δούλω μου ποίησον τούτο και ποιεί
Matthew 8:20
- KJV: And Jesus saith unto him The foxes have holes and the birds of the air nests but the Son of man hath not where to lay head
- GK: και λέγει αυτώ ο Ιησούς αι αλώπεκες φωλεούς έχουσι και τα πετεινά του ουρανού κατασκηνώσεις ο δε υιός του ανθρώπου ουκ έχει που την κεφαλήν κλίνη
Matthew 8:27
- KJV: But the men marvelled saying What manner of man is this that even the winds and the sea obey him
- GK: οι δε άνθρωποι εθαύμασαν λέγοντες ποταπός εστιν ούτος ότι και οι άνεμοι και η θάλασσα υπακούουσιν αυτώ
Matthew 9:6
- KJV: But that ye may know that the Son of man hath power on earth to forgive sins then saith he to the sick of the palsy Arise take up thy bed and go unto thine house
- GK: ίνα δε ειδήτε ότι εξουσίαν έχει ο υιός του ανθρώπου επί της γης αφιέναι αμαρτίας τότε λέγει τω παραλυτικώ εγερθείς άρόν σου την κλίνην και ύπαγε εις τον οίκόν σου
Matthew 9:8
- KJV: But when the multitudes saw they marvelled and glorified God which had given such power unto men
- GK: ιδόντες δε οι όχλοι εθαύμασαν και εδόξασαν τον θεόν τον δόντα εξουσίαν τοιαύτην τοις ανθρώποις
Matthew 9:9
- KJV: And as Jesus passed forth from thence he saw a man named Matthew sitting at the receipt of custom and he saith unto him Follow me And he arose, and followed him
- GK: και παράγων ο εκείθεν είδεν άνθρωπον καθήμενον επί το τελώνιον Ματθαίον λεγόμενον και λεγεί αυτώ ακολούθει μοι και αναστάς ηκολούθησεν αυτώ
Matthew 9:32
- KJV: As they went out behold they brought to him a dumb man possessed with a devil
- GK: αυτών δε εξερχομένων ιδού προσήνεγκαν αυτώ άνθρωπον κωφόν δαιμονιζόμενον
Matthew 10:17
- KJV: But beware of men for they will deliver you up to the councils and they will scourge you in their synagogues
- GK: προσέχετε δε από των ανθρώπων παραδώσουσιν γαρ υμάς εις συνέδρια και εν ταις συναγωγαίς αυτών μαστιγώσουσιν υμάς
Matthew 10:23
- KJV: But when they persecute you in this city flee ye into another for verily I say unto you Ye shall not have gone over the cities of Israel till the Son of man be come
- GK: όταν δε διώκωσιν υμάς εν τη πόλει ταύτη φεύγετε εις την άλλην αμήν γαρ λέγω υμίν ου τελέσητε τας πόλεις του Ισραήλ έως αν έλθη ο υιός του ανθρώπου
Matthew 10:32
- KJV: Whosoever therefore shall confess me before men him will I confess also before my Father which is in heaven
- GK: πας ουν όστις ομολογήσει εν εμοί έμπροσθεν των ανθρώπων ομολογήσω καγώ εν αυτώ έμπροσθεν του πατρός μου του εν ουρανοίς
Matthew 10:33
- KJV: But whosoever shall deny me before men him will I also deny before my Father which is in heaven
- GK: όστις δ΄ αν αρνήσηταί με έμπροσθεν των ανθρώπων αρνήσομαι αυτόν καγώ έμπροσθεν του πατρός μου του εν ουρανοίς
Matthew 10:35
- KJV: For I am come to set a man at variance against his father and the daughter against her mother and the daughter in law against her mother in law
- GK: ήλθον γαρ διχάσαι άνθρωπον κατά του πατρός αυτού και θυγατέρα κατά της μητρός αυτής και νύμφην κατά της πενθεράς αυτής
Matthew 10:36
- KJV: And a man’s foes they of his own household
- GK: και εχθροί του ανθρώπου οι οικιακοί αυτού
Matthew 11:8
- KJV: But what went ye out for to see A man clothed in soft raiment behold they that wear soft are in kings’ houses
- GK: αλλά τι εξήλθετε ιδείν άνθρωπον εν μαλακοίς ιματίοις ημφιεσμένον ιδού οι τα μαλακά φορούντες εν τοις οίκοις των βασιλείων εισίν
Matthew 11:19
- KJV: The Son of man came eating and drinking and they say Behold a man gluttonous and a winebibber a friend of publicans and sinners But wisdom is justified of her children
- GK: ήλθεν ο υιός του ανθρώπου εσθίων και πίνων και λέγουσιν ιδού άνθρωπος φάγος και οινοπότης τελωνών φίλος και αμαρτωλών και εδικαιώθη η σοφία από των τέκνων αυτής
Matthew 12:8
- KJV: For the Son of man is Lord even of the sabbath day
- GK: κύριος γαρ εστι του σαββάτου ο υιός του ανθρώπου