Lexical Definition

‎ἀνήρ‎ anḗr (an'-ayr) man ^G:N-M
a primary word (compare ‎ἄνθρωπος‎)

fellow, husband, man, sir.

• a man (properly as an individual male)

Abbott-Smith

ἀνήρ, ἀνδρός, ὁ, [in LXX chiefly for אִישׁ, freq. אֱנוֹשׁ, also אָדָם, etc.;]
a man, Lat. vir.
1. As opp. to a woman, Ac 8:12, I Ti 2:12; as a husband, Mt 1:16, Jo 4:16, Ro 7:2, Tit 1:6.
2. As opp. to a boy or infant, I Co 13:11, Eph 4:13, Ja 3:2.
3. In appos. with a noun or adj., as ἀ. ἁμαρτωλός, Lk 5:8; ἀ. προφήτης, 24:19; freq. in terms of address, as ἀ. ἀδελφοί, Ac 1:16; and esp. with gentilic names, as ἀ. Ἰουδαῖος, Ac 22:3; ἀ. Ἐφέσιοι, 19:35.
4. In general, a man, a male person: = τις, Lk 8:41, Ac 6:11.
SYN.: ἄνθρωπος, q.v. (cf. MM, VGT, s.v.).

Abbott-Smith References

Liddell-Scott-Jones

meaning of: ἀνήρ

ἀνήρ, ὁ, ἀνδρός, ἀνδρί, ἄνδρα,

vocative ἄνερ: plural ἄνδρες, -δρῶν, -δράσι [ᾰ], -dras: Aeolic dialect dative plural ἄνδρεσι[ἀνήρ, τἀνδρός, τἀνδρί for τοῦ ἀνδρός, etc., ἅνδρες">Refs 7th c.BC+] for οἱ ἄνδρε; the Ionic dialect crasis is ὡνήρ, ὧνδρες, [Refs 5th c.BC+] [Epic dialect Poets mostly use ᾱ in arsi, ᾰ in thesi; but in trisyllable forms with stem ἀνέρ- always ; so also Trag. in Lyric poetry, [Refs 5th c.BC+] in nominative by analogy; cf. Sanskrit nar- from I.-[Refs 5th c.BC+] ner-, nṛ- from nṛ-, Gk. ἀνδρ- from ṇr-):—man, opposed to woman (ἄνθρωπος being man as opposed to to beast), [Refs 8th c.BC+]; τῶν ἀνδρῶν ἄπαις without male children, [Refs 8th c.BC+] mostly of princes, leaders, etc., but also of free men; ἀ δήμου one of the people, [Refs 8th c.BC+]; with a qualifying word to indicate rank, ἀ. βουληφόρος[Refs 8th c.BC+]

__II man, opposed to god, πατὴρ ἀνδρῶν τε θεῶν τε [Refs]; Διὸς ἄγγελοι ἠδὲ καὶ ἀνδρῶν [Refs 5th c.BC+]: most common in plural, yet sometimes in singular, e.g. [Refs 8th c.BC+]:—also of men, opposed to monsters, [Refs 8th c.BC+]:—of men in societies and cities, οὔτε παρ᾽ ἀνδράσιν οὔτ᾽ ἐν ναυσὶ κοίλαις[Refs 5th c.BC+]; and so probably, ἄλλοτε μέν τ᾽ ἐπὶ Κύνθου ἐβήσαο.., ἄλλοτε δ᾽ ἂν νήσους τε καὶ ἀνέρας..[Refs]
__III man, opposed to youth, unless the context determines the meaning, as in οὔ πως ἔστι νεωτέρῳ ἀνδρὶ μάχεσθαι ἄνδρα γέροντα[Refs 8th c.BC+]; but ἀ. alone always means a man in the prime of life, especially warrior, ἀ. ἕλεν ἄνδρα[Refs 8th c.BC+]; the several ages are given as παῖς, μειράκιον, ἀ., πρεσβύτης[Refs 5th c.BC+]; εἰς ἄνδρας ἐγγράφεσθαι, συντελεῖν, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; in Inscrr. relating to contests, opposed to παῖδες, [Refs]
__IV man emphatically, man indeed, ἀνέρες ἄστε, φίλοι[Refs 8th c.BC+]; οὐκ ἐν ἀνδράσι not like a man, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἀνδρὸς τὰ προσπίπτοντα γενναίως φέρειν 'tis the part of a man.., [Refs 4th c.BC+]
__V husband, [Refs 8th c.BC+]:—also of a paramour, opposed to πόσις, [Refs 5th c.BC+]
__VI Special usages:
__VI.1 joined with titles, professions, etc., ἰητρὸς ἀ.[Refs 8th c.BC+]; ἀ. μάντις, ἀ. στρατηγός, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; with names of nations, as Φοίνικες ἄ.[Refs 5th c.BC+]; ὦ ἄνδρες gentlemen of the jury, [Refs 5th c.BC+]: hence in Comedy, ἄ. ἰχθύες[Refs 5th c.BC+]
__VI.2 ὁ ἀνήρ, by crasis Attic dialect ἁνήρ, Ionic dialect ὡνήρ, is frequently used emphatically for αὐτός, ἐκεῖνος[Refs 5th c.BC+]: sometimes so in oblique cases without the Article, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; but not in Prose.
__VI.3 ἀ. ὅδε, ὅδ᾽ ἀ., in Trag., ={ἐγώ}, [Refs 5th c.BC+]
__VI.4 πᾶς ἀ. every man, every one, frequently in [Refs 5th c.BC+]
__VI.5 a man, any man, εἶτ᾽ ἄνδρα τῶν αὑτοῦ τι χρὴ προϊένα;[Refs 5th c.BC+]; οὐ παντὸς ἀνδρὸς.. ἐσθ᾽ ὁ πλοῦς 'tis not every one that can go, [Refs 4th c.BC+]
__VI.6 ὦ δαιμόνι᾽ ἀνδρῶν[Refs 5th c.BC+]; and often with a superlative, ὦ φίλτατ᾽ ἀνδρῶν[Refs 5th c.BC+]
__VI.7 κατ᾽ ἄνδρα viritim, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; so τοὺς κατ᾽ ἄνδρα individuals, opposed to κοινῇ τὴν πόλιν, [Refs 1st c.AD+]
__VI.8 In [ἀνήρ ={ἕκαστος, δότε μοι ἀνὴρ ἐνώτιον} LXX.Judg.8.24">LXX]; ἀ. τῷ ἀδελφῷ αὐτοῦ προσκολληθήσεται 'each to his fellow', of leviathan's scales, [LXX]; with negatives, ἀ. μὴ ἐπισκεπήτω[ἀνήρ ">Refs]any one, Le. [Refs]
__VI.9 ἄνδρας γράφειν· τὸ ἐν διδασκάλου τὰ παιδία ὀνόματα γράφειν, [Refs 5th c.AD+]
__VII male animal, [Refs 4th c.BC+]

_{LSJ Scripture Refs: LXX.Judg.8.24 ☩ LXX.Job.41.8*}