Strong’s G435 · Greek
ἀνήρ
anḗr
Definition
a man (properly as an individual male)
Etymology
a primary word (compare G444 (ἄνθρωπος));
Where the KJV renders it
- fellow
- husband
- man
- sir
Every distinct English word the King James Version uses to translate this Greek term. The variety shows what readers in English receive across many different surface words — the same underlying word, scattered across the English Bible under different names.
What the first audience heard
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