ἄρρην, ἄρσην
arrēn, arsēn
“male”
Definition
male (as stronger for lifting)
probably from G142 (αἴρω);
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logos (G3056)
word, saying, account
Grammar & Morphology
Adjective
G:A
Greek Adjective
Occurrences
ἄρρην, ἄρσην appears 7 times in the New Testament.
Distribution by Book
Key Passages
There is neither Jew nor Greek, slave nor free, male nor female, for you are all one in Christ Jesus.
(as it is written in the Law of the Lord: “Every firstborn male shall be consecrated to the Lord”),
Jesus answered, “Have you not read that from the beginning the Creator ‘made them male and female,’
However, from the beginning of creation, ‘God made them male and female.’
And she gave birth to a son, a male child, who will rule all the nations with an iron scepter. And her child was caught up to God and to His throne.
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