Ánthrōpos — G444

Definition

masculine noun

from

1. universally, with reference to the genus or nature, without distinction of sex, a human being, whether male or female
1. so that a man is distinguished from beings of a different race or order
2. with the added notion of weakness, by which man is led into mistake or prompted to sin
3. with the adjunct notion of contempt (as sometimes in Greek writings)
4. with a reference to the twofold nature of man. ὁ ἔσω and ὁ ἔξω ἄνθρωπος, soul and body
5. 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)
6. with a reference to the sex, (contextually) a male
2. indefinitely, without the article, ἄνθρωπος, a. someone, a (certain) man, when who he is either is not known or is not important
1. where what is said holds of every man, so that ἄνθρωπος is equivalent to the German indefinite man, one
3. in the plural οἱ ἄνθρωποι is sometimes (the) people, German dieLeute
4. It is joined a. to another substantive — a quasi-predicate of office, or employment, or characteristic — the idea of the predicate predominating
1. to a gentile noun
5. ὁ ἄνθρωπος, with the article, the particular man under consideration, who he is being plain from the context
6. Phrases

Usually translated as

man, certain

Origin

from G435 and ṓps (the countenance

• anḗr (G435)
• optánomai (G3700)

Occurrences

Ánthrōpos occurs 556 times in 501 verses of the King James.

Distribution of the word across the Bible: Matthew (104), Mark (48), Luke (90), John (53), Acts (44), Romans (25), 1 Corinthians (25), 2 Corinthians (8), Galatians (11), Ephesians (9), Philippians (3), Colossians (5), 1 Thessalonians (5), 2 Thessalonians (2), 1 Timothy (9), 2 Timothy (5), Titus (5), Hebrews (8), James (7), 1 Peter (6), 2 Peter (3), 1 John (1), Jude (1), Revelation (24)

• Matthew 4:4 — But he answered and said, It is written, Man (ἄνθρωπος) shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceedeth out of the mouth of God.
• Matthew 4:19 — And he saith unto them, Follow me, and I will make you fishers of men (ἀνθρώπων).
• Matthew 5:13 — 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 (ἀνθρώπων).
• Matthew 5:16 — Let your light so shine before men (ἀνθρώπων), that they may see your good works, and glorify your Father which is in heaven.
• Matthew 5:19 — Whosoever therefore shall break one of these least commandments, and shall teach men (ἀνθρώπους) so, he shall be called the least in the kingdom of heaven: but whosoever shall do and teach them, the same shall be called great in the kingdom of heaven.
• Matthew 6:1 — Take heed that ye do not your alms before men (ἀνθρώπων), to be seen of them: otherwise ye have no reward of your Father which is in heaven.
• Matthew 6:2 — Therefore when thou doest thine 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 (ἀνθρώπων). Verily I say unto you, They have their reward.
• Matthew 6:5 — And when thou prayest, thou shalt not be as the hypocrites are: for they love to pray standing in the synagogues and in the corners of the streets, that they may be seen of men (ἀνθρώποις). Verily I say unto you, They have their reward.
• Matthew 6:14 — For if ye forgive men (ἀνθρώποις) their trespasses, your heavenly Father will also forgive you:
• Matthew 6:15 — But if ye forgive not men (ἀνθρώποις) their trespasses, neither will your Father forgive your trespasses.
• Matthew 6:16 — Moreover when ye fast, be not, as the hypocrites, of a sad countenance: for they disfigure their faces, that they may appear unto men (ἀνθρώποις) to fast. Verily I say unto you, They have their reward.
• Matthew 6:18 — That thou appear not unto men (ἀνθρώποις) to fast, but unto thy Father which is in secret: and thy Father, which seeth in secret, shall reward thee openly.
• Matthew 7:9 — Or what man (ἄνθρωπος) is there of you, whom if his son ask bread, will he give him a stone?
• Matthew 7:12 — Therefore all things whatsoever ye would that men (ἄνθρωποι) should do to you, do ye even so to them: for this is the law and the prophets.
• Matthew 8:9 — For I am a man (ἄνθρωπος) under authority, having soldiers under me: and I say to this man, Go, and he goeth; and to another, Come, and he cometh; and to my servant, Do this, and he doeth it.
• Matthew 8:20 — And Jesus saith unto him, The foxes have holes, and the birds of the air have nests; but the Son of man (ἀνθρώπου) hath not where to lay his head.
• Matthew 8:27 — But the men (ἄνθρωποι) marvelled, saying, What manner of man is this, that even the winds and the sea obey him!
• Matthew 9:6 — But that ye may know that the Son of man (ἀνθρώπου) 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.
• Matthew 9:8 — But when the multitudes saw it, they marvelled, and glorified God, which had given such power unto men (ἀνθρώποις).
• Matthew 9:9 — And as Jesus passed forth from thence, he saw a man (ἄνθρωπον), named Matthew, sitting at the receipt of custom: and he saith unto him, Follow me. And he arose, and followed him.
• Matthew 9:32 — As they went out, behold, they brought to him a dumb man (ἄνθρωπον) possessed with a devil.
• Matthew 10:17 — But beware of men (ἀνθρώπων): for they will deliver you up to the councils, and they will scourge you in their synagogues;
• Matthew 10:23 — 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 (ἀνθρώπου) be come.
• Matthew 10:32 — Whosoever therefore shall confess me before men (ἀνθρώπων), him will I confess also before my Father which is in heaven.
• Matthew 10:33 — But whosoever shall deny me before men (ἀνθρώπων), him will I also deny before my Father which is in heaven.
• Matthew 10:35 — For I am come to set a man at variance (ἄνθρωπον) against his father, and the daughter against her mother, and the daughter in law against her mother in law.
• Matthew 10:36 — And a man’s (ἀνθρώπου) foes shall be they of his own household.
• Matthew 11:8 — But what went ye out for to see? A man (ἄνθρωπον) clothed in soft raiment? behold, they that wear soft clothing are in kings’ houses.
• Matthew 11:19 — The Son of man (ἀνθρώπου) 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.
• Matthew 11:19 — The Son of man came eating and drinking, and they say, Behold a man (ἄνθρωπος) gluttonous, and a winebibber, a friend of publicans and sinners. But wisdom is justified of her children.
• Matthew 12:8 — For the Son of man (ἀνθρώπου) is Lord even of the sabbath day.
• Matthew 12:10 — And, behold, there was a man (ἄνθρωπος) which had his hand withered. And they asked him, saying, Is it lawful to heal on the sabbath days? that they might accuse him.
• Matthew 12:11 — And he said unto them, What man (ἄνθρωπος) shall there be among you, that shall have one sheep, and if it fall into a pit on the sabbath day, will he not lay hold on it, and lift it out?
• Matthew 12:12 — How much then is a man better (ἄνθρωπος) than a sheep? Wherefore it is lawful to do well on the sabbath days.
• Matthew 12:13 — Then saith he to the man (ἀνθρώπῳ), Stretch forth thine hand. And he stretched it forth; and it was restored whole, like as the other.
• Matthew 12:31 — Wherefore I say unto you, All manner of sin and blasphemy shall be forgiven unto men (ἀνθρώποις): but the blasphemy against the Holy Ghost shall not be forgiven unto men.
• Matthew 12:31 — Wherefore I say unto you, All manner of sin and blasphemy shall be forgiven unto men: but the blasphemy against the Holy Ghost shall not be forgiven unto men (ἀνθρώποις).
• Matthew 12:32 — And whosoever speaketh a word against the Son of man (ἀνθρώπου), it shall be forgiven him: but whosoever speaketh against the Holy Ghost, it shall not be forgiven him, neither in this world, neither in the world to come.
• Matthew 12:35 — A good man (ἄνθρωπος) out of the good treasure of the heart bringeth forth good things: and an evil man out of the evil treasure bringeth forth evil things.
• Matthew 12:35 — A good man out of the good treasure of the heart bringeth forth good things: and an evil man (ἄνθρωπος) out of the evil treasure bringeth forth evil things.
• Matthew 12:36 — But I say unto you, That every idle word that men (ἄνθρωποι) shall speak, they shall give account thereof in the day of judgment.
• Matthew 12:40 — For as Jonas was three days and three nights in the whale’s belly; so shall the Son of man (ἀνθρώπου) be three days and three nights in the heart of the earth.
• Matthew 12:43 — When the unclean spirit is gone out of a man (ἀνθρώπου), he walketh through dry places, seeking rest, and findeth none.
• Matthew 12:45 — Then goeth he, and taketh with himself seven other spirits more wicked than himself, and they enter in and dwell there: and the last state of that man (ἀνθρώπου) is worse than the first. Even so shall it be also unto this wicked generation.
• Matthew 13:24 — Another parable put he forth unto them, saying, The kingdom of heaven is likened unto a man (ἀνθρώπῳ) which sowed good seed in his field:
• Matthew 13:25 — But while men (ἀνθρώπους) slept, his enemy came and sowed tares among the wheat, and went his way.
• Matthew 13:31 — Another parable put he forth unto them, saying, The kingdom of heaven is like to a grain of mustard seed, which a man (ἄνθρωπος) took, and sowed in his field:
• Matthew 13:37 — He answered and said unto them, He that soweth the good seed is the Son of man (ἀνθρώπου);
• Matthew 13:41 — The Son of man (ἀνθρώπου) shall send forth his angels, and they shall gather out of his kingdom all things that offend, and them which do iniquity;
• Matthew 13:44 — Again, the kingdom of heaven is like unto treasure hid in a field; the which when a man (ἄνθρωπος) hath found, he hideth, and for joy thereof goeth and selleth all that he hath, and buyeth that field.