ἄνθρωπος
human being
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Full lexicon entry — Thayer's Greek Lexicon
From Thayer's Greek Lexicon
Where this word appears
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Grammar key — what these labels mean
Part of speech
- Noun
- A naming word — a person, place, thing, or idea.
Case
- Genitive
- The case of source, possession, or “of” — answers “whose / from what.”
- Nominative
- The case of the subject (and the predicate nominative).
- Accusative
- The case of the direct object and of extent.
- Dative
- The case of the indirect object, means, or location — “to / for / with / in.”
- Vocative
- The case of direct address (“O Lord”).
Gender
- Masculine
- Grammatically masculine.
Number
- Singular
- One.
- Plural
- More than one.
49 verses where G444 appears in the Genitive case in the Book of Matthew. Filtered view — show all forms. Click any verse to open its interlinear word-by-word view. Verse text shown in the World English Bible for context — . Each verse’s Greek form is shown with its reference; the English is not keyword-highlighted, since the data carries no word-level English alignment. Use “Compare translations” on any verse to read it across multiple English versions. This concordance covers the Greek New Testament; Septuagint (Greek Old Testament) occurrences of this word are not indexed here.
Matthew
- Matthew 4:19 ἀνθρώπων n gen pl masc He said to them, "Come after me, and I will make you fishers for men."
- Matthew 5:13 ἀνθρώπων n gen pl masc "You are the salt of the earth, but if the salt has lost its flavor, with what will it be salted? It is then good for nothing, but to be cast out and trodden under the feet of men.
- Matthew 5:16 ἀνθρώπων n gen pl masc Even so, let your light shine before men; that they may see your good works, and glorify your Father who is in heaven.
- Matthew 6:1 ἀνθρώπων n gen pl masc "Be careful that you don't do your charitable giving before men, to be seen by them, or else you have no reward from your Father who is in heaven.
- Matthew 6:2 ἀνθρώπων n gen pl masc Therefore when you do merciful deeds, don't sound a trumpet before yourself, as the hypocrites do in the synagogues and in the streets, that they may get glory from men. Most assuredly I tell you, they have received their reward.
- Matthew 8:20 ἀνθρώπου n gen sg masc Jesus said 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 9:6 ἀνθρώπου n gen sg masc But that you may know that the Son of Man has authority on earth to forgive sins..." (then he said to the paralytic), "Get up, and take up your mat, and go up to your house."
- Matthew 10:17 ἀνθρώπων n gen pl masc But beware of men: for they will deliver you up to councils, and in their synagogues they will scourge you.
- Matthew 10:23 ἀνθρώπου n gen sg masc But when they persecute you in this city, flee into the next, for most assuredly I tell you, you will not have gone through the cities of Israel, until the Son of Man has come.
- Matthew 10:32 ἀνθρώπων n gen pl masc Everyone therefore who confesses me before men, him I will also confess before my Father who is in heaven.
- Matthew 10:33 ἀνθρώπων n gen pl masc But whoever denies me before men, him I will also deny before my Father who is in heaven.
- Matthew 10:36 ἀνθρώπου n gen sg masc A man's foes will be those of his own household.
- Matthew 11:19 ἀνθρώπου ἄνθρωπος n gen sg masc n nom sg masc The Son of Man came eating and drinking, and they say, 'Behold, a gluttonous man and a drunkard, a friend of tax collectors and sinners!' But wisdom is justified by her children."
- Matthew 12:8 ἀνθρώπου n gen sg masc For the Son of Man is Lord of the Sabbath."
- Matthew 12:32 ἀνθρώπου n gen sg masc Whoever speaks a word against the Son of Man, it will be forgiven him; but whoever speaks against the Holy Spirit, it will not be forgiven him, neither in this age, nor in that which is to come.
- Matthew 12:40 ἀνθρώπου n gen sg masc For as Jonah was three days and three nights in the belly of the whale, so will the Son of Man be three days and three nights in the heart of the earth.
- Matthew 12:43 ἀνθρώπου n gen sg masc But the unclean spirit, when he is gone out of the man, passes through waterless places, seeking rest, and doesn't find it.
- Matthew 12:45 ἀνθρώπου n gen sg masc Then he goes, and takes with himself seven other spirits more evil than he is, and they enter in and dwell there. The last state of that man becomes worse than the first. Even so will it be also to this evil generation."
- Matthew 13:37 ἀνθρώπου n gen sg masc He answered them, "He who sows the good seed is the Son of Man,
- Matthew 13:41 ἀνθρώπου n gen sg masc The Son of Man will send out his angels, and they will gather out of his Kingdom all things that cause stumbling, and those who do iniquity,
- Matthew 15:9 ἀνθρώπων n gen pl masc And in vain do they worship me, Teaching as doctrine rules made by men.'"
- Matthew 16:13 ἄνθρωποι ἀνθρώπου n nom pl masc n gen sg masc Now when Jesus came into the parts of Caesarea Philippi, he asked his disciples, saying, "Who do men say that I, the Son of Man, am?"
- Matthew 16:23 ἀνθρώπων n gen pl masc But he turned, and said to Peter, "Get behind me, Satan! You are a stumbling-block to me, for you are not setting your mind on the things of God, but on the things of men."
- Matthew 16:27 ἀνθρώπου n gen sg masc For the Son of Man will come in the glory of his Father with his angels, and then he will render to everyone according to his deeds.
- Matthew 16:28 ἀνθρώπου n gen sg masc Most assuredly I tell you, there are some standing here who will in no way taste of death, until they see the Son of Man coming in his Kingdom."
- Matthew 17:9 ἀνθρώπου n gen sg masc As they were coming down from the mountain, Jesus commanded them, saying, "Don't tell anyone what you saw, until the Son of Man has risen from the dead."
- Matthew 17:12 ἀνθρώπου n gen sg masc but I tell you that Elijah has come already, and they didn't recognize him, but did to him whatever they wanted to. Even so the Son of Man will also suffer by them."
- Matthew 17:22 ἀνθρώπου ἀνθρώπων n gen sg masc n gen pl masc While they were staying in Galilee, Jesus said to them, "The Son of Man is about to be delivered up into the hands of men,
- Matthew 19:10 ἀνθρώπου n gen sg masc His disciples said to him, "If this is the case of the man with his wife, it is not expedient to marry."
- Matthew 19:12 ἀνθρώπων n gen pl masc For there are eunuchs who were born that way from their mother's womb, and there are eunuchs who were made eunuchs by men; and there are eunuchs who made themselves eunuchs for the Kingdom of Heaven's sake. He who is able to receive it, let him receive it."
- Matthew 19:28 ἀνθρώπου n gen sg masc Jesus said to them, "Most assuredly I tell you that you who have followed me, in the regeneration when the Son of Man will sit on the throne of his glory, you also will sit on twelve thrones, judging the twelve tribes of Israel.
- Matthew 20:18 ἀνθρώπου n gen sg masc "Behold, we are going up to Jerusalem, and the Son of Man will be delivered to the chief priests and scribes, and they will condemn him to death,
- Matthew 20:28 ἀνθρώπου n gen sg masc even as the Son of Man came not to be served, but to serve, and to give his life as a ransom for many."
- Matthew 21:25 ἀνθρώπων n gen pl masc The baptism of John, where was it from? From heaven or from men?" They reasoned with themselves, saying, "If we say, 'From heaven,' he will ask us, 'Why then did you not believe him?'
- Matthew 21:26 ἀνθρώπων n gen pl masc But if we say, 'From men,' we fear the multitude, for all hold John as a prophet."
- Matthew 22:16 ἀνθρώπων n gen pl masc They sent their disciples to him, along with the Herodians, saying, "Teacher, we know that you are honest, and teach the way of God in truth, no matter who you teach, for you aren't partial to anyone.
- Matthew 23:4 ἀνθρώπων n gen pl masc For they bind heavy burdens that are grievous to be borne, and lay them on men's shoulders; but they themselves will not lift a finger to help them.
- Matthew 23:7 ἀνθρώπων n gen pl masc the salutations in the marketplaces, and to be called 'Rabbi, Rabbi' by men.
- Matthew 23:13 ἀνθρώπων n gen pl masc "Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you devour widows' houses, and as a pretense you make long prayers. Therefore you will receive greater condemnation.
- Matthew 24:27 ἀνθρώπου n gen sg masc For as the lightning comes forth from the east, and is seen even to the west, so will be the coming of the Son of Man.
- Matthew 24:30 ἀνθρώπου ἀνθρώπου n gen sg masc n gen sg masc and then the sign of the Son of Man will appear in the sky. Then all the tribes of the earth will mourn, and they will see the Son of Man coming on the clouds of the sky with power and great glory.
- Matthew 24:37 ἀνθρώπου n gen sg masc "As the days of Noah were, so will be the coming of the Son of Man.
- Matthew 24:39 ἀνθρώπου n gen sg masc and they didn't know until the flood came, and took them all away, so will be the coming of the Son of Man.
- Matthew 24:44 ἀνθρώπου n gen sg masc Therefore also be ready, for in an hour that you don't expect, the Son of Man will come.
- Matthew 25:31 ἀνθρώπου n gen sg masc "But when the Son of Man comes in his glory, and all the holy angels with him, then he will sit on the throne of his glory.
- Matthew 26:2 ἀνθρώπου n gen sg masc "You know that after two days the Passover is coming, and the Son of Man will be delivered up to be crucified."
- Matthew 26:24 ἀνθρώπου ἀνθρώπῳ ἀνθρώπου ἄνθρωπος n gen sg masc n dat sg masc n gen sg masc n nom sg masc The Son of Man goes, even as it is written of him, but woe to that man through whom the Son of Man is betrayed! It would be better for that man if he had not been born."
- Matthew 26:45 ἀνθρώπου n gen sg masc Then he came to his disciples, and said to them, "Sleep on now, and take your rest. Behold, the hour is at hand, and the Son of Man is betrayed into the hands of sinners.
- Matthew 26:64 ἀνθρώπου n gen sg masc Jesus said to him, "You have said it. Nevertheless, I tell you, henceforth you will see the Son of Man sitting at the right hand of Power, and coming on the clouds of the sky."
About this entry
At a glance — auto-summarized from this page’s data, not written by a person. Every figure links to its source below. This summary describes the numbers; it doesn’t interpret them.
ανθρωπος — transliterated ánthrōpos — is a Greek noun carrying the sense “human being.” Thayer's distinguishes 4 senses for it. The Greek New Testament uses it across 496 verses — common. Debuting at Matthew 4:4, it then recurs through the corpus. It shares a root with ανηρ, ανδραποδιστης and ανδριζομαι. Each statement above links to its evidence; the full detail follows below.
Gloss history
Strong's 1890 vs modern scholarship
About this word
Strong's G444 catalogs a Greek word from the Greek New Testament.
These counts are not copied from any lexicon or concordance. They are computed here, from the morphology-tagged Greek New Testament. What Lemma adds →
- 496
- distinct verses
- The word appears in 496 distinct verses.
- 24 / 27
- NT books
- The word appears in 24 of 27 New Testament books.
- #35
- by frequency
- Top 50 most frequent Greek words (rank 35 of 5,347 Greek words by occurrence).
View all 496 occurrences in the concordance →
By section of the New Testament
By traditional corpus
Conventional, traditional groupings — biblical authorship is debated, so this is a traditional corpus grouping, not an authorship claim. Some books belong to more than one corpus (Luke is in both the Gospels and the Lukan corpus, and so on), so these shares overlap and need not total 100%. Each figure is a share of the word’s 496 distinct verses.
- Gospels 291 verses · 59%
- Lukan (Luke–Acts) 131 verses · 26%
- Pauline corpus 111 verses · 22%
- Johannine 79 verses · 16%
- Revelation 24 verses · 5%
- General (Catholic) Epistles 17 verses · 3%
- Hebrews 8 verses · 2%
How translations render this word
Counts come from each version’s own published word-to-Strong’s tagging or interlinear alignment — an approximate guide to how each version renders this word, not a word-level alignment the data otherwise carries. Because each total is that version’s own tagged count, the per-version totals vary from one another and need not match the appearance or distinct-verse counts above. These counts may also differ from a printed concordance because Lemma counts each distinctly tagged rendering and does not collapse phrase taggings into a single head-word total. This is a fixed set of word-tagged versions (KJV, ASV, BSB, ULT) and does not change with the reading translation you choose elsewhere. Each version’s license is shown beside its name below (and on Sources).
- King James Version: Man 335×, Men 185×, Man's 10×
- American Standard Version: Man 337×, Men 182×, Certain 3×
- Berean Standard Bible: Man 284×, Men 124×, People 12×
- unfoldingWord Literal Text: Man 341×, Men 200×, A 21×
King James Version Public Domain
Renders G444 across 556 tagged occurrences — most commonly:
Plus 11 renderings that appear only once — usually multi-word phrases or single function words the recovered tagging swept in, not distinct renderings. Not rendered by a distinct English word in 3 further occurrences.
American Standard Version Public Domain
Renders G444 across 561 tagged occurrences — most commonly:
Plus 22 renderings that appear only once — usually multi-word phrases or single function words the recovered tagging swept in, not distinct renderings.
Berean Standard Bible Public Domain
Renders G444 across 479 tagged occurrences — most commonly:
Plus other, less common renderings. Plus 20 renderings that appear only once — usually multi-word phrases or single function words the recovered tagging swept in, not distinct renderings. Not rendered by a distinct English word in 66 further occurrences.
unfoldingWord Literal Text CC BY-SA 4.0
Renders G444 across 592 tagged occurrences — most commonly:
Plus 5 renderings that appear only once — usually multi-word phrases or single function words the recovered tagging swept in, not distinct renderings.
Senses in Thayer's
The 4 senses Thayer's distinguishes for this word, in lexicon order (not ranked by frequency or importance). The full entry — with sub-senses — is in the Lexicon Entry tab.
- a human being, whether male or female
- indefinitely, someone, a man, one
- in the plural, people
- joined with other words, merchantman
Word origin
Derived from ανηρ (anḗr) (G435) — man.
Forms in the corpus
The 14 distinct written forms G444 takes in the Greek New Testament, most frequent first — each parse links to that case’s occurrences in the concordance.
Same root — word family
Other Thayer's entries built from the same root as G444, grouped by Strong’s listed origin. These share a root / origin per the lexicon — not necessarily a shared meaning. Each links to that word’s own entry.
Derives from
Shares the same root
- ανδραποδιστης andrapodistḗs G405 man-stealer
- ανδριζομαι andrízomai G407 to show oneself brave
- ανδροφονος androphónos G409 murderer
Derived from this word
- ανηρ anḗr G435 man
- ανθρωπαρεσκος anthrōpáreskos G441 man-pleasing
- ανθρωπινος anthrṓpinos G442 human
- ανθρωποκτονος anthrōpoktónos G443 murderer
Proper names from this root
People and places named from this root — a name, not an additional meaning of the word.
Compare all same-root words → Showing 4 of 10 — not the complete family. 2 of the same-root words are proper names (people or places). They share a root, not necessarily a meaning.
Septuagint usage
The same Greek word ανθρωπος appears 1,098 times in the Greek Old Testament (Septuagint), across 983 verses in 36 books.
- 1,098
- LXX occurrences
- Tagged occurrences of this Greek word in the Septuagint.
- 983
- verses
- Distinct Septuagint verses containing this word.
- 36 / 39
- OT books
- The word appears in 36 of the 39 Old Testament books.
Sample Septuagint occurrences
- Genesis 1:26 ἄνθρωπος
- Exodus 2:11 ἄνθρωπος
- Leviticus 1:2 ἄνθρωπος
- Numbers 2:2 ἄνθρωπος
- Deuteronomy 1:17 ἄνθρωπος
- Joshua 1:5 ἄνθρωπος
- Judges 9:13 ἄνθρωπος
- 1 Samuel 1:1 ἄνθρωπος
- 2 Samuel 7:14 ἄνθρωπος
- 1 Kings 2:32 ἄνθρωπος
- 2 Kings 1:9 ἄνθρωπος
- 1 Chronicles 17:17 ἄνθρωπος
Septuagint occurrences (same lexeme)
Every verse where the same Strong’s number (G444) appears in the Greek Septuagint — showing the first 50 of 983. Verse text shown in the World English Bible for context; the Greek form is the matched word — the English is not keyword-highlighted.
- Genesis 1:26 ἄνθρωπος God said, "Let us make man in our image, after our likeness: and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the birds of the sky, and over the cattle, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creeps on the earth."
- Genesis 1:27 ἄνθρωπος God created man in his own image. In God's image he created him; male and female he created them.
- Genesis 2:5 ἄνθρωπος No plant of the field was yet in the earth, and no herb of the field had yet sprung up; for Yahweh God had not caused it to rain on the earth. There was not a man to till the ground,
- Genesis 2:7 ἄνθρωπος Yahweh God formed man from the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living soul.
- Genesis 2:8 ἄνθρωπος Yahweh God planted a garden eastward, in Eden, and there he put the man whom he had formed.
- Genesis 2:15 ἄνθρωπος Yahweh God took the man, and put him into the garden of Eden to dress it and to keep it.
- Genesis 2:18 ἄνθρωπος Yahweh God said, "It is not good that the man should be alone; I will make him a helper suitable for him."
- Genesis 2:24 ἄνθρωπος Therefore a man will leave his father and his mother, and will join with his wife, and they will be one flesh.
- Genesis 4:1 ἄνθρωπος The man knew Eve his wife. She conceived, and gave birth to Cain, and said, "I have gotten a man with Yahweh's help."
- Genesis 5:1 ἄνθρωπος This is the book of the generations of Adam. In the day that God created man, he made him in God's likeness.
- Genesis 6:1 ἄνθρωπος It happened, when men began to multiply on the surface of the ground, and daughters were born to them,
- Genesis 6:2 ἄνθρωπος that God's sons saw that men's daughters were beautiful, and they took for themselves wives of all that they chose.
- Genesis 6:3 ἄνθρωπος Yahweh said, "My Spirit will not strive with man forever, because he also is flesh; yet will his days be one hundred twenty years."
- Genesis 6:4 ἄνθρωπος The Nephilim were in the earth in those days, and also after that, when God's sons came to men's daughters. They bore children to them: the same were the mighty men who were of old, men of renown.
- Genesis 6:5 ἄνθρωπος Yahweh saw that the wickedness of man was great in the earth, and that every imagination of the thoughts of his heart was only evil continually.
- Genesis 6:6 ἄνθρωπος Yahweh was sorry that he had made man on the earth, and it grieved him in his heart.
- Genesis 6:7 ἄνθρωπος Yahweh said, "I will destroy man whom I have created from the surface of the ground; man, along with animals, creeping things, and birds of the sky; for I am sorry that I have made them."
- Genesis 6:9 ἄνθρωπος This is the history of the generations of Noah. Noah was a righteous man, blameless among the people of his time. Noah walked with God.
- Genesis 6:13 ἄνθρωπος God said to Noah, "The end of all flesh has come before me, for the earth is filled with violence through them. Behold, I will destroy them with the earth.
- Genesis 7:21 ἄνθρωπος All flesh died that moved on the earth, including birds, cattle, animals, every creeping thing that creeps on the earth, and every man.
- Genesis 7:23 ἄνθρωπος Every living thing was destroyed that was on the surface of the ground, including man, cattle, creeping things, and birds of the sky. They were destroyed from the earth. Only Noah was left, and those who were with him in the ark.
- Genesis 8:21 ἄνθρωπος Yahweh smelled the sweet savor. Yahweh said in his heart, "I will not again curse the ground any more for man's sake, because the imagination of man's heart is evil from his youth; neither will I ever again strike everything living, as I have done.
- Genesis 9:5 ἄνθρωπος I will surely require your blood of your lives. At the hand of every animal I will require it. At the hand of man, even at the hand of every man's brother, I will require the life of man.
- Genesis 9:6 ἄνθρωπος Whoever sheds man's blood, by man will his blood be shed, for in the image of God made he man.
- Genesis 9:20 ἄνθρωπος Noah began to be a farmer, and planted a vineyard.
- Genesis 11:3 ἄνθρωπος They said one to another, "Come, let's make brick, and burn them thoroughly." They had brick for stone, and they used tar for mortar.
- Genesis 11:5 ἄνθρωπος Yahweh came down to see the city and the tower, which the children of men built.
- Genesis 13:8 ἄνθρωπος Abram said to Lot, "Please, let there be no strife between me and you, and between my herdsmen and your herdsmen; for we are relatives.
- Genesis 13:13 ἄνθρωπος Now the men of Sodom were exceedingly wicked and sinners against Yahweh.
- Genesis 16:12 ἄνθρωπος He will be like a wild donkey among men. His hand will be against every man, and every man's hand against him. He will live opposite all of his brothers."
- Genesis 20:7 ἄνθρωπος Now therefore, restore the man's wife. For he is a prophet, and he will pray for you, and you will live. If you don't restore her, know for sure that you will die, you, and all who are yours."
- Genesis 20:8 ἄνθρωπος Abimelech rose early in the morning, and called all his servants, and told all these things in their ear. The men were very scared.
- Genesis 24:21 ἄνθρωπος The man looked steadfastly at her, holding his peace, to know whether Yahweh had made his journey prosperous or not.
- Genesis 24:22 ἄνθρωπος It happened, as the camels had done drinking, that the man took a golden ring of half a shekel weight, and two bracelets for her hands of ten shekels weight of gold,
- Genesis 24:26 ἄνθρωπος The man bowed his head, and worshiped Yahweh.
- Genesis 24:29 ἄνθρωπος Rebekah had a brother, and his name was Laban. Laban ran out to the man, to the spring.
- Genesis 24:30 ἄνθρωπος It happened, when he saw the ring, and the bracelets on his sister's hands, and when he heard the words of Rebekah his sister, saying, "This is what the man said to me," that he came to the man. Behold, he was standing by the camels at the spring.
- Genesis 24:32 ἄνθρωπος The man came into the house, and he unloaded the camels. He gave straw and provender for the camels, and water to wash his feet and the feet of the men who were with him.
- Genesis 24:43 ἄνθρωπος Behold, I am standing by the spring of water. Let it happen, that the maiden who comes forth to draw, to whom I will say, Give me, I pray you, a little water from your pitcher to drink.
- Genesis 24:58 ἄνθρωπος They called Rebekah, and said to her, "Will you go with this man?" She said, "I will go."
- Genesis 24:61 ἄνθρωπος Rebekah arose with her ladies. They rode on the camels, and followed the man. The servant took Rebekah, and went his way.
- Genesis 24:65 ἄνθρωπος She said to the servant, "Who is the man who is walking in the field to meet us?" The servant said, "It is my master." She took her veil, and covered herself.
- Genesis 25:27 ἄνθρωπος The boys grew. Esau was a skillful hunter, a man of the field. Jacob was a quiet man, living in tents.
- Genesis 26:11 ἄνθρωπος Abimelech charged all the people, saying, "He who touches this man or his wife will surely be put to death."
- Genesis 26:13 ἄνθρωπος The man grew great, and grew more and more until he became very great.
- Genesis 26:31 ἄνθρωπος They rose up some time in the morning, and swore one to another. Isaac sent them away, and they departed from him in peace.
- Genesis 30:43 ἄνθρωπος The man increased exceedingly, and had large flocks, maid-servants and men-servants, and camels and donkeys.
- Genesis 32:25 ἄνθρωπος When he saw that he didn't prevail against him, he touched the hollow of his thigh, and the hollow of Jacob's thigh was strained, as he wrestled.
- Genesis 32:29 ἄνθρωπος Jacob asked him, "Please tell me your name." He said, "Why is it that you ask what my name is?" He blessed him there.
- Genesis 34:14 ἄνθρωπος and said to them, "We can't do this thing, to give our sister to one who is uncircumcised; for that is a reproach to us.
These are occurrences of the same Greek lexeme (G444) in the Septuagint — not a translation of any one Hebrew word. The store carries no word-level Hebrew↔Greek alignment, so no Hebrew original is asserted here. Counts come from the recovered LXX Strong's tagging — high-frequency vocabulary is well covered, while rare or late forms may be untagged — so they reflect tagged occurrences and may slightly undercount.
