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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