1. male, man (as opposed to female) — A human male or the male sex, used both of individual males and of the category 'male' in contrast to 'female.' Singular and plural forms represent the same lexical meaning with only grammatical number variation. Multilingual evidence consistently renders a single concept: spa 'varón/varones,' hin 'नर/पुरुषों,' arb 'ذَكَرًا/ذُكورٍ,' kor '남자/남자들,' swa 'mwanaume/wanaume.' Used in contexts of male children (Rev 12:5, Matt 19:4), homosexual relations (Rom 1:27), and gender distinction (Gal 3:28). 9×
AR["الذَّكَرَ","الذُّكورُ","ذَكَرًا","ذَكَرٌ","ذَكَرٍ","ذُكورٌ","ذُكورٍ"]·ben["পুরুষ","পুরুষকে","পুরুষগণ,","পুরুষদের-"]·DE["maennlich","ἄρσεν"]·EN["male","males"]·FR["mâle"]·heb["הַזָּכָר","זְכָרִים","זָכָר"]·HI["नर","नर-बच्चे।","पुरुष","पुरुषों"]·ID["laki-laki","laki-laki,","laki-laki-","laki-laki."]·IT["arsen","arsena","maschio"]·jav["jaler","jaler,","jaler-","kakung"]·KO["남성","남자","남자-가","남자-와","남자들","남자를","남자의"]·PT["macho","machos","varão"]·RU["мужеского","мужеского-пола","мужеского-пола,","мужчинами","мужчиной","мужчину.","мужчины"]·ES["varones","varón"]·SW["mtoto-wa-kiume.","mume","mwanaume","na","wa-kiume,","wanaume","wanaume,"]·TR["erkek","erkek-çocuğu","erkekler","erkeklerde"]·urd["مرد","مردوں-نے","مردوں-کے","نر"]
Senses
BDB / Lexicon Reference
ἄρσην, ὁ, ἡ, ἄρσεν, τό, genitive ἄρσενος, Epic dialect, Ionic dialect, and Trag.: Attic dialect ἄρρην Refs 5th c.BC+: Aeolic dialect, Cretan dialect, Epid., and Refs 5th c.BC+ ἔρσην, which see; ἀρσ- prevails in LXX and NT, ἀρρ- is more common in Papyrus (exc. Papyrus Mag.): nominative ἄρσης Refs 2nd c.AD+:—male, μήτε τις οὖν θήλεια θεὸς.. μήτε τις ἄρσηνRefs 8th c.BC+; γονήRefs 5th c.BC+ the male,…