ἀνήρ, 
ἀνδρός, 
ὁ, 
a man, Latin 
vir. The meanings of this word in the 
N. T. differ in no respect from classic usage; for it is employed
1. with a reference to sex, and so to distinguish a man from a woman; either
a. as 
a male: 
Acts 8:12; 
Acts 17:12; 
1 Timothy 2:12; or
b. as a 
husband: 
Matthew 1:16; 
Mark 10:2; 
John 4:16ff; 
Romans 7:2ff; 
1 Corinthians 7:2ff; 
Galatians 4:27; 
1 Timothy 3:2, 
12; 
Titus 1:6, etc.; a betrothed or future husband: 
Matthew 1:19; 
Revelation 21:2, etc.
2. with a reference to age, and to distinguish an adult man from a boy: 
Matthew 14:21; 
Matthew 15:38 (where 
ἄνδρες, 
γυναῖκες and 
παιδία are discriminated): with the added notion also of intelligence and virtue: 
1 Corinthians 13:11 (opposed to 
νήπιος); 
Ephesians 4:13; 
James 3:2 (in the last two passages 
τέλειος ἀνήρ).
3. universally, 
any male person, a man; so where 
τίς might have been used: 
Luke 8:41; 
Luke 9:38; 
Acts 6:11; 
Acts 10:5, etc. where 
ἀνήρ and 
τὶς are united: 
Luke 8:27; 
Acts 5:1; 
Acts 10:1. or 
ἀνήρ and 
ὅς he who, etc.: 
Romans 4:8; 
James 1:12. where mention is made of something usually done by men, not by women: 
Luke 22:63; 
Acts 5:36. where angels or other heavenly beings are said to have borne the forms of men: 
Luke 9:30; 
Luke 24:4; 
Acts 10:30. where it is so connected with an adjective as to give the adjective the force of a substantive: 
ἀνὴρ ἁμαρτωλός a sinner, 
Luke 5:8; 
λεπροὶ ἄνδρες, 
Luke 17:12; or is joined to appellatives: 
ἀνὴρ φονεύς, 
Acts 3:14; 
ἀν. 
προφήτης, 
Luke 24:19 (
נָבִיא אִישׁ, 
Judges 6:8; [cf. Winers Grammar, 30; § 59, 1; Buttmann, 82 (72); other references under the word 
ἄνθρωπος, 4 a. at the end]) or to gentile names: 
ἄνδρες Νινευῖται, 
Matthew 12:41; 
ἀνὴρ Ἰουδαῖος, 
Acts 22:3; 
ἀνὴρ Αἰθίοψ, 
Acts 8:27; 
ἄνδ. 
Κύπριοι, 
Acts 11:20; especially in addresses of honor and respect [Winers Grammar, § 65, 5 d.; Buttmann, 82 (72)], 
Acts 1:11; 
Acts 2:14; 
Acts 13:16; 
Acts 17:22, etc.; even 
ἄνδρες ἀδελφοί, 
Acts 1:16; [
Acts 2:29, 
37; 
Acts 7:2]; 
Acts 13:26 [
Acts 13:15], etc.
4. when persons of either sex are included, but named after the more important: 
Matthew 14:35; 
Acts 4:4; [Meyer seems inclined (see his commentary on Acts, the passage cited) to dispute even these examples; but others would refer several other instances (especially 
Luke 11:31; 
James 1:20) to the same entry]. 
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