Dictionary entry

ἀνήρ

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

ἀνήρ, ἀνδρός, ,

[in LXX chiefly for אִישׁ, freq. אֱנוֹשׁ, also אָדָם, etc.;]

a man, Lat. vir.

1. As opp. to a woman, Ac 8:12, I Ti 2:12; as a husband, Mt 1:16, Jo 4:16, Ro 7:2, Tit 1:6.

2. As opp. to a boy or infant, I Co 13:11, Eph 4:13, Ja 3:2.

3. In appos. with a noun or adj., as ἀ. ἁμαρτωλός, Lk 5:8; ἀ. προφήτης, 24:19; freq. in terms of address, as ἀ. ἀδελφοί, Ac 1:16; and esp. with gentilic names, as ἀ. Ἰουδαῖος, Ac 22:3; ἀ. Ἐφέσιοι, 19:35.

4. In general, a man, a male person: = τις, Lk 8:41, Ac 6:11.

SYN.: ἄνθρωπος, q.v. (cf. MM, VGT, s.v.).