Words the Bible translates as male
English uses one word here. The Bible uses 5 words, and they do not mean the same thing. Each is listed with what it actually means, most frequent first.
- zakharזָכָרmale: of the male sex, as opposed to female, whether of people or of animals
- arrēn, arsēnἄρρην, ἄρσηνmale: of the male sex, whether named as the category set beside female or as a particular male individual
- gaverגָּבֶרa man: the grown male, named with a poetic dignity by a word rooted in strength
- shatanשָׁתַןto urinate: in the Bible only ever inside the coarse phrase "one who urinates against a wall", a contemptuous way of saying "a male", used when a whole household is to be wiped out
- zakhurזָכוּרmalenot studied yet
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