anthrōpos · human being, man

What it means

anthrōpos (ἄνθρωπος) is a Greek word of the Bible that means “human being, man”.

Human being, person, man (without distinguishing male or female).

How to say it

Approximate pronunciation. Vowels sound as in Spanish (a as in father, e as in bed, i as in machine, o as in note, u as in rule); the syllable in bold is stressed. The voice is your device's.

Its senses in the Bible

1. A person, man or woman.
2. Any person, without saying who, as in the parables.
3. Humans, weak before God.
4. "The Son of Man": what Jesus calls himself.
5. The person within: the old self and the new.

From Abbott-Smith (1922) · Thayer (1889)

Word study

Human being, person, without distinguishing male and female. Abbott-Smith and Thayer define it as “man” in the sense of a human being; in the plural, people. For the adult male or the husband, Greek has another word, ἀνήρ (G435).

• The human being in general Matthew 4:4Mark 2:27
• Any man, someone Luke 10:30
• Human beings over against God Acts 5:29
• “The Son of Man”, a title Jesus uses of himself Matthew 8:20

How we translate it

“Man” 267 times, “people” 123, “person” 52, “men” 43, “human being” 20, “human beings” 17. This edition keeps ἄνθρωπος, the human being, apart from ἀνήρ, the male or husband. Where the text speaks of anyone at all it says “person” or “people” (“A person will not live on bread alone”, Matthew 4:4; “obey God rather than people”, Acts 5:29). “Son of Man” is written so, capitalized, as a title.

How it is translated

The words this translation uses for it, most frequent first.

• man ×267
• people ×123
• person ×52
• men ×43
• human being ×20
• human beings ×17
• human ×12
• humanity ×4
• mankind ×4
• one ×3
• others ×5

Related words

Words of the same family, by Strong’s numbering.

Where it appears

• Matthew×115
• Mark×56
• Luke×95
• John×59
• Acts×46
• Romans×27
• 1 Corinthians×31
• 2 Corinthians×8
• Galatians×14
• Ephesians×9
• Philippians×3
• Colossians×7
• 1 Thessalonians×5
• 2 Thessalonians×2
• 1 Timothy×10
• 2 Timothy×5
• Titus×5
• Hebrews×10
• James×7
• 1 Peter×5
• 2 Peter×4
• 1 John×1
• Jude×1
• Revelation×25

• Matthew 4:4

  But he answered and said, “It is written, ‘A person will not live on bread alone, but on every word that comes out through the mouth of God.’”

• Matthew 4:19

  And he says to them, “Come after me, and I will make you fishers of people.”

• Matthew 5:13

  “You are the salt of the earth; but if the salt becomes tasteless, with what will it be salted? It is good for nothing any longer except to be thrown out and trampled by people.

• Matthew 5:16

  In the same way, let your light shine before people, so that they may see your good works and glorify your Father who is in heaven.

• Matthew 5:19

  So whoever breaks one of these least commandments and teaches people to do so will be called least in the kingdom of heaven; but whoever does and teaches them, this one will be called great in the kingdom of heaven.

• Matthew 6:1

  “Be careful not to practice your righteousness before people in order to be seen by them; otherwise you have no reward with your Father who is in heaven.

• Matthew 6:2

  So when you give alms, do not sound a trumpet before you, as the hypocrites do in the synagogues and in the streets, so that they may be glorified by people. Truly I tell you, they have received in full their reward.

• Matthew 6:5

  “And when you pray, you shall not be like the hypocrites, for they are fond of praying standing in the synagogues and on the corners of the main streets, so that they may be seen by people. Truly I tell you, they have received in full their reward.

• Matthew 6:14

  For if you forgive people their trespasses, your heavenly Father will also forgive you;

• Matthew 6:15

  but if you do not forgive people, neither will your Father forgive your trespasses.

• Matthew 6:16

  “And when you fast, do not become gloomy like the hypocrites, for they disfigure their faces so that they may appear to people as fasting. Truly I tell you, they have received in full their reward.

• Matthew 6:18

  so that you may not appear to people as fasting, but to your Father who is in secret; and your Father who sees in secret will repay you.

• Matthew 7:9

  Or which man is there among you whose son will ask him for bread— he will not give him a stone, will he?

• Matthew 7:12

  So everything that you want people to do to you, so also you do to them; for this is the law and the prophets.

• Matthew 8:9

  For I too am a man under authority, having soldiers under me; and I say to this one, ‘Go,’ and he goes; and to another, ‘Come,’ and he comes; and to my slave, ‘Do this,’ and he does it.”

• Matthew 8:20

  And Jesus says to him, “The foxes have holes, and the birds of the sky have nests, but the Son of Man has nowhere to lay his head.”

• Matthew 8:27

  And the men were amazed, saying, “What sort of man is this, that even the winds and the sea obey him?”

• Matthew 9:6

  But so that you may know that the Son of Man has authority on earth to forgive sins”— then he says to the paralytic— “Get up, pick up your bed, and go to your home.”

• Matthew 9:8

  Seeing it, the crowds were afraid and glorified God, who had given such authority to human beings.

• Matthew 9:9

  And passing on from there, Jesus saw a man named Matthew sitting at the tax booth; and he says to him, “Follow me.” And he got up and followed him.

• Matthew 9:32

  As they were going out, look, people brought to him a mute man possessed by a demon.

• Matthew 10:17

  But beware of people; for they will hand you over to councils, and in their synagogues they will flog you;

• Matthew 10:23

  When they persecute you in this town, flee to the next; for truly I tell you, you will never finish going through the towns of Israel before the Son of Man comes.

• Matthew 10:32

  So everyone who acknowledges me before people, I too will acknowledge him before my Father who is in heaven;

• Matthew 10:33

  but whoever denies me before people, I too will deny him before my Father who is in heaven.

• Matthew 10:35

  For I came to set a man against his father, and a daughter against her mother, and a daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law;

• Matthew 10:36

  and a person’s enemies will be the members of his household.

• Matthew 11:8

  But what did you go out to see? A man dressed in soft clothes? Look, those who wear soft clothes are in the houses of kings.

• Matthew 11:19

  The Son of Man came eating and drinking, and they say, ‘Look, a man who is a glutton and a drunkard, a friend of tax collectors and sinners!’ And wisdom was declared righteous by her works.”

• Matthew 12:8

  For the Son of Man is Lord of the Sabbath.”

• Matthew 12:10

  And look, there was a man with a withered hand. And they asked him, saying, “Is it lawful to heal on the Sabbath?” so that they might accuse him.

• Matthew 12:11

  But he said to them, “What man will there be among you who has one sheep, and if it falls into a pit on the Sabbath, will not take hold of it and lift it out?

• Matthew 12:12

  How much more valuable, then, is a human being than a sheep! So it is lawful to do good on the Sabbath.”

• Matthew 12:13

  Then he says to the man, “Stretch out your hand.” And he stretched it out, and it was restored, healthy like the other.

• Matthew 12:31

  Therefore I tell you, people will be forgiven every sin and blasphemy, but the blasphemy against the Spirit will not be forgiven.

• Matthew 12:32

  And whoever speaks a word against the Son of Man will be forgiven; but whoever speaks against the Holy Spirit will not be forgiven, either in this age or in the age to come.

• Matthew 12:35

  The good person brings out good things from his good treasure, and the evil person brings out evil things from his evil treasure.

• Matthew 12:36

  And I tell you that for every careless word that people speak, they will give an account of it on the day of judgment;

• Matthew 12:40

  For just as Jonah was in the belly of the sea monster three days and three nights, so will the Son of Man be in the heart of the earth three days and three nights.

• Matthew 12:43

  When the unclean spirit goes out of the man, it passes through waterless places seeking rest, and does not find it.

And 510 more times.