Dictionary entry

G00435

An Intermediate Greek-English Lexicon Keyed to Strong's Numbers

ἀνήρ

Etym. Root ΑΝΕΡ

"a man", Lat. vir (not "homo"):

I. "a man", opp. to "a woman", Hom., etc.

II. "a man", opp. to a god, πατὴρ ἀνδρῶν τε θεῶν τε id=Hom.

III. "a man", opp. to a youth, "a man in the prime of life", id=Hom., etc.; εἰς ἄνδρας ἐγγράφεσθαι to be enrolled among "the men", Dem.

IV. "a man" emphatically, "a man indeed", ἀνέρες ἔστε, φίλοι Il.; πολλοὶ μὲν ἄνθρωποι, ὀλίγοι δὲ ἄνδρες many human beings, but few "men", Hdt.

V. "a man", opp. to his "wife, a husband", Hom., etc.; αἰγῶν ἄνερ, Virgil's "vir gregis", Theocr.