Words the Bible translates as man
English uses one word here. The Bible uses 9 words, and they do not mean the same thing. Each is listed with what it actually means, most frequent first.
- anērἀνήρa man: an adult male human, as distinct from a woman or a child
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- a husband: the male partner in a marriage
- anthrōposἄνθρωποςa human being; a person of either sex, as distinct from God, angels, or animals.
- ishאִישׁa man: one human being singled out, most often a grown male, but just as readily a husband, a person of a certain kind, or simply "each one".
- enoshאֱנוֹשׁa human being; a person, especially in poetry, where the word often hints at how small and short-lived a person is.
- adamאָדָםhumankind: the human being as a creature of the ground, used both for people as a whole and for any single person
- gaverגָּבֶרa man: the grown male, named with a poetic dignity by a word rooted in strength
- enashאֱנָשׁhuman being; mankind: a person, or humanity as a whole, set apart from God and from the animals
- matמַתmen, people: an old poetic word for a group of men or people, found almost only in the plural and mostly in set phrases
- gevarגְּבַרman: an adult male human being, an individual man
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