Dictionary entry

ἀνδρίζω

G. Abbott-Smith's A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament

ἀνδρίζω,

[in LXX for חזק, אמץ (Jos 1:6 ff., I Ch 22:19, al.; in II Ki 10:12, Ps 27:14 31:25 combined with κρατιοῦσθαι, as in I Co 16:13);]

to make a man of. Mid., to play the man (cf. MM, VGT, s.v.): I Co 16:13.†