Man

The original-language words that the Berean Standard Bible translates with one of these: man, men, manned. English often uses one word where Hebrew or Greek has several, each with its own shade of meaning. Under each word are verses where it is translated this way; choose the word itself for its full study: every verse, how else it is translated, the forms it takes and what the dictionaries say.

At a glance

How often each original word is translated “man” or one of its forms.

• אִישׁ îsh897
• ἄνθρωπος ánthrōpos429
• אָדָם âdâm408
• אֱנוֹשׁ ĕnôsh405
• ἀνήρ anḗr132
• גִּבּוֹר gibbôr70
• נַעַר naar61
• גֶּבֶר geber57
• בֵּן bên49
• בָּחוּר bâchûr40
• רָשָׁע râshâ24
• צַדִּיק tsaddîq23

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Hebrew and Aramaic words (Old Testament)

• אִישׁ îshmantranslated this way 897 times of its 1,399 uses · Strong’s H376Noun  ·  Translated: man 650, men 198, one 79, each 79

  Genesis 2:23 And the man said: “This is now bone of my bones and flesh of my flesh; she shall be called ‘woman,’ for out of man she was taken.”

  Exodus 2:1 Now a man of the house of Levi married a Levite woman,

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• אָדָם âdâmman, mankindtranslated this way 408 times of its 509 uses · Strong’s H120Noun  ·  Translated: man 311, men 75, mankind 21, human 18

  Genesis 1:26 Then God said, “Let Us make man in Our image, after Our likeness, to rule over the fish of the sea and the birds of the air, over the livestock, and over all the earth itself and every creature that crawls upon it.”

  Exodus 4:11 And the LORD said to him, “Who gave man his mouth? Or who makes the mute or the deaf, the sighted or the blind? Is it not I, the LORD?

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• אֱנוֹשׁ ĕnôshman, mankindtranslated this way 405 times of its 470 uses · Strong’s H582Noun  ·  Translated: men 368, man 25, people 5, husbands 4

  Genesis 6:4 The Nephilim were on the earth in those days— and afterward as well— when the sons of God had relations with the daughters of men. And they bore them children who became the mighty men of old, men of renown.

  Exodus 4:19 Now the LORD had said to Moses in Midian, “Go back to Egypt, for all the men who sought to kill you are dead.”

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• גִּבּוֹר gibbôrstrong, mightytranslated this way 70 times of its 156 uses · Strong’s H1368Adjective  ·  Translated: mighty men 50, mighty 45, warriors 13, mighty man 12

  Genesis 6:4 The Nephilim were on the earth in those days— and afterward as well— when the sons of God had relations with the daughters of men. And they bore them children who became the mighty men of old, men of renown.

  Joshua 1:14 Your wives, your young children, and your livestock may remain in the land that Moses gave you on this side of the Jordan. But all your mighty men of valor must be armed for battle to cross over ahead of your brothers and help them,

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• נַעַר naara shaking, scatteringtranslated this way 61 times of its 227 uses · Strong’s H5288Noun  ·  Translated: boy 48, young men 30, young man 27, servant 25

  Genesis 14:24 I will accept nothing but what my men have eaten and the share for the men who went with me— Aner, Eshcol, and Mamre. They may take their portion.”

  Exodus 24:5 Then he sent out some young men of Israel, and they offered burnt offerings and sacrificed young bulls as peace offerings to the LORD.

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• גֶּבֶר gebermantranslated this way 57 times of its 63 uses · Strong’s H1397Noun  ·  Translated: man 38, men 7, like a man 4, man by man 2

  Exodus 10:11 No, only the men may go and worship the LORD, since that is what you have been requesting.” And Moses and Aaron were driven from Pharaoh’s presence.

  Numbers 24:3 and he lifted up an oracle, saying: “This is the prophecy of Balaam son of Beor, the prophecy of a man whose eyes are open,

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• בֵּן bênsontranslated this way 49 times of its 4,587 uses · Strong’s H1121Noun  ·  Translated: son 1,843, sons 892, Israelites 422, descendants 358

  Genesis 17:17 Abraham fell facedown. Then he laughed and said to himself, “Can a child be born to a man who is a hundred years old? Can Sarah give birth at the age of ninety?”

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• בָּחוּר bâchûryoung mantranslated this way 40 times of its 44 uses · Strong’s H970Noun  ·  Translated: young men 33, young man 4

  Deuteronomy 32:25 Outside, the sword will take their children, and inside, terror will strike the young man and the young woman, the infant and the gray-haired man.

  Ruth 3:10 Then Boaz said, “May the LORD bless you, my daughter. You have shown more kindness now than before, because you have not run after the younger men, whether rich or poor.

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• רָשָׁע râshâwicked, criminaltranslated this way 24 times of its 264 uses · Strong’s H7563Adjective  ·  Translated: wicked 221, wicked man 22, guilty 5

  Deuteronomy 25:2 If the guilty man deserves to be beaten, the judge shall have him lie down and be flogged in his presence with the number of lashes his crime warrants.

  1 Kings 8:32 then may You hear from heaven and act. May You judge Your servants, condemning the wicked man by bringing down on his own head what he has done, and justifying the righteous man by rewarding him according to his righteousness.

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• צַדִּיק tsaddîqjust, righteoustranslated this way 23 times of its 205 uses · Strong’s H6662Adjective  ·  Translated: righteous 162, righteous man 23, innocent 7, more righteous 3

  Genesis 6:9 This is the account of Noah. Noah was a righteous man, blameless in his generation; Noah walked with God.

  1 Kings 8:32 then may You hear from heaven and act. May You judge Your servants, condemning the wicked man by bringing down on his own head what he has done, and justifying the righteous man by rewarding him according to his righteousness.

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• חָכָם châkâmwisetranslated this way 23 times of its 136 uses · Strong’s H2450Adjective  ·  Translated: wise 86, wise men 8, wise man 6, skilled 5

  Genesis 41:8 In the morning his spirit was troubled, so he summoned all the magicians and wise men of Egypt. Pharaoh told them his dreams, but no one could interpret them for him.

  Exodus 7:11 But Pharaoh called the wise men and sorcerers and magicians of Egypt, and they also did the same things by their magic arts.

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• זָכָר zâkârmaletranslated this way 21 times of its 80 uses · Strong’s H2145Noun  ·  Translated: male 44, men 13, males 9, man 8

  Genesis 34:22 But only on this condition will the men agree to dwell with us and be one people: if all our men are circumcised as they are.

  Leviticus 18:22 You must not lie with a man as with a woman; that is an abomination.

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• עַם ampeopletranslated this way 16 times of its 1,751 uses · Strong’s H5971Noun  ·  Translated: people 1,346, peoples 111, troops 89, nations 65Full study and all 1,601 verses →
• גְּבַר gebarmantranslated this way 15 times of its 17 uses · Strong’s H1400Noun  ·  Translated: men 13, man 2, leaders 1, some 1

  Ezra 4:21 Now, therefore, issue an order for these men to stop, so that this city will not be rebuilt until I so order.

  Daniel 2:25 Arioch hastily brought Daniel before the king and said to him, “I have found a man among the exiles from Judah who will tell the king the interpretation.”

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• יֶלֶד yeledchild, son, boy, youthtranslated this way 12 times of its 88 uses · Strong’s H3206Noun  ·  Translated: child 26, children 25, young men 10, boy 7

  Genesis 4:23 Then Lamech said to his wives: “Adah and Zillah, hear my voice; wives of Lamech, listen to my speech. For I have slain a man for wounding me, a young man for striking me.

  1 Kings 12:8 But Rehoboam rejected the advice of the elders; instead, he consulted the young men who had grown up with him and served him.

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• אֱנָשׁ ĕnâshman, mankindtranslated this way 12 times of its 20 uses · Strong’s H606Noun  ·  Translated: man 8, mankind 7, men 3, human 1

  Ezra 4:11 (This is the text of the letter they sent to him.) To King Artaxerxes, From your servants, the men west of the Euphrates:

  Daniel 2:38 Wherever the sons of men or beasts of the field or birds of the air dwell, He has given them into your hand and has made you ruler over them all. You are that head of gold.

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• חַכִּים chakkîmwise mantranslated this way 12 times of its 14 uses · Strong’s H2445Noun  ·  Translated: wise men 11, wise 2, wise man 1

  Daniel 2:12 This response made the king so angry and furious that he gave orders to destroy all the wise men of Babylon.

  Daniel 2:13 So the decree went out that the wise men were to be executed, and men went to look for Daniel and his friends to execute them.

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• אֲשֶׁר ăsherparticle of relationtranslated this way 11 times of its 3,225 uses · Strong’s H834Pronoun  ·  Translated: that 886, who 451, as 247, which 160

  Genesis 38:25 As she was being brought out, Tamar sent a message to her father-in-law: “I am pregnant by the man to whom these items belong.” And she added, “Please examine them. Whose seal and cord and staff are these?”

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• מַת mathmale, mantranslated this way 11 times of its 20 uses · Strong’s H4962Noun  ·  Translated: men 10, few 5

  Deuteronomy 3:6 We devoted them to destruction, as we had done to Sihon king of Heshbon, utterly destroying the men, women, and children of every city.

  Job 11:11 Surely He knows the deceit of men. If He sees iniquity, does He not take note?

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• בּוֹא bôcome in, come, go in, gotranslated this way 9 times of its 2,442 uses · Strong’s H935Verb  ·  Translated: come 358, came 298, bring 209, brought 201Full study and all 2,217 verses →
• מֵאָה mêâhhundredtranslated this way 9 times of its 292 uses · Strong’s H3967Number  ·  Translated: hundred 137, hundreds 26, two hundred 17, 120 6

  Numbers 26:14 These were the clans of Simeon, and there were 22,200 men.

  1 Kings 20:15 So Ahab assembled the young officers of the district governors, and there were 232 men. And after them, he assembled the rest of the Israelite troops, 7,000 in all.

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• זוּב zûbflow, gushtranslated this way 8 times of its 42 uses · Strong’s H2100Verb  ·  Translated: flowing 18, discharge 7, man with the discharge 6, gushed 3

  Leviticus 15:4 Any bed on which the man with the discharge lies will be unclean, and any furniture on which he sits will be unclean.

  Leviticus 15:6 Whoever sits on furniture on which the man with the discharge was sitting must wash his clothes and bathe with water, and he will be unclean until evening.

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• אָמַר âmarutter, saytranslated this way 7 times of its 4,555 uses · Strong’s H559Verb  ·  Translated: said 1,531, says 576, say 352, replied 341Full study and all 3,827 verses →
• עָשִׁיר âshîrrichtranslated this way 6 times of its 23 uses · Strong’s H6223Adjective  ·  Translated: rich 14, rich man 5, wealthy 1, wealth 1

  Proverbs 10:15 The wealth of the rich man is his fortified city, but poverty is the ruin of the poor.

  Ecclesiastes 5:12 The sleep of the worker is sweet, whether he eats little or much, but the abundance of the rich man permits him no sleep.

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• חֲמִשִּׁים chămishshîmfiftytranslated this way 6 times of its 113 uses · Strong’s H2572Number  ·  Translated: fifty 70, 250 8, 50 4, fifties 4

  Exodus 38:26 a beka per person, that is, half a shekel, according to the sanctuary shekel, from everyone twenty years of age or older who had crossed over to be numbered, a total of 603,550 men.

  2 Kings 1:9 Then King Ahaziah sent to Elijah a captain with his company of fifty men. So the captain went up to Elijah, who was sitting on top of a hill, and said to him, “Man of God, the king declares, ‘Come down!’”

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• פָּקַד pâqadattend to, visit, muster, appointtranslated this way 6 times of its 294 uses · Strong’s H6485Verb  ·  Translated: punish 41, numbered 26, appointed 15, counted 14Full study and all 267 verses →
• אָרַב ârablie in waittranslated this way 6 times of its 41 uses · Strong’s H693Verb  ·  Translated: ambush 9, lie in wait 9, men in ambush 4, lay in wait 4Full study and all 39 verses →
• כֹּל kôlthe whole, alltranslated this way 5 times of its 5,107 uses · Strong’s H3605Noun  ·  Translated: all 1,589, and all 471, whole 223, every 196Full study and all 4,112 verses →
• בַּעַל baalowner, lordtranslated this way 5 times of its 76 uses · Strong’s H1167Noun  ·  Translated: owner 15, leaders 15, husband 6, bound 2Full study and all 72 verses →
• זֶה zehthis, thattranslated this way 5 times of its 984 uses · Strong’s H2088Pronoun  ·  Translated: this 478, in this 42, these 39, of this 27Full study and all 913 verses →
• רוּשׁ rûshbe in want, poortranslated this way 5 times of its 24 uses · Strong’s H7326Verb  ·  Translated: poor 15, poor man 5, go lacking 1, oppressed 1Full study and all 24 verses →
• עָרֵל ârêlhaving foreskintranslated this way 4 times of its 32 uses · Strong’s H6189Adjective  ·  Translated: uncircumcised 22, uncircumcised men 3, unskilled 2Full study and all 31 verses →
• שָׁלַח shâlachsendtranslated this way 4 times of its 829 uses · Strong’s H7971Verb  ·  Translated: sent 334, send 126, go 43, sending 19Full study and all 783 verses →
• מוּת mûthdietranslated this way 4 times of its 771 uses · Strong’s H4191Verb  ·  Translated: die 198, died 152, dead 89, put to death 47Full study and all 694 verses →
• לֹא lônottranslated this way 4 times of its 4,657 uses · Strong’s H3808Adverb  ·  Translated: no 309, not 269, never 218, will not 156Full study and all 3,775 verses →
• רַע rabad, eviltranslated this way 4 times of its 651 uses · Strong’s H7451Adjective  ·  Translated: evil 263, disaster 72, harm 38, wicked 31Full study and all 615 verses →
• קָרָא qârâcall, proclaim, readtranslated this way 4 times of its 709 uses · Strong’s H7121Verb  ·  Translated: called 211, call 104, named 58, summoned 50Full study and all 663 verses →
• זָקֵן zâqênoldtranslated this way 4 times of its 175 uses · Strong’s H2205Adjective  ·  Translated: elders 118, old 23, elderly 5, aged 3Full study and all 169 verses →
• אֵלֶּה êl-lehthesetranslated this way 4 times of its 693 uses · Strong’s H428Pronoun  ·  Translated: these 377, things 36, of these 28, this 25Full study and all 655 verses →
• אֶלֶף elephthousandtranslated this way 4 times of its 233 uses · Strong’s H505Number  ·  Translated: thousand 116, thousands 33, two thousand 10, clans 8Full study and all 201 verses →
• יְהוּדָה YehûdâhJudahtranslated this way 4 times of its 814 uses · Strong’s H3063Noun  ·  Translated: Judah 774, Judah's 7, people of judah 5, men of judah 3Full study and all 750 verses →
• הָיָה hâyâhfall out, come to pass, become, betranslated this way 3 times of its 2,848 uses · Strong’s H1961Verb  ·  Translated: will be 206, become 178, came 169, was 151Full study and all 2,573 verses →
• דַּל dallow, weak, poor, thintranslated this way 3 times of its 47 uses · Strong’s H1800Adjective  ·  Translated: poor 37, poor man 3, weak 2Full study and all 46 verses →
• חָלַץ châlatsdraw off or out, withdrawtranslated this way 3 times of its 42 uses · Strong’s H2502Verb  ·  Translated: armed 5, rescued 4, delivered 4, arm 4Full study and all 42 verses →
• יָצָא yâtsâgo or come outtranslated this way 3 times of its 1,035 uses · Strong’s H3318Verb  ·  Translated: brought 108, went 103, go 82, came 78Full study and all 975 verses →
• אֶחָד echâdonetranslated this way 3 times of its 855 uses · Strong’s H259Number  ·  Translated: one 278, first 43, and one 43, a 36Full study and all 688 verses →
• שׁוּב shûbturn back, returntranslated this way 3 times of its 1,007 uses · Strong’s H7725Verb  ·  Translated: return 218, returned 105, restore 62, turn 56Full study and all 920 verses →
• יָדַע yâdaknowtranslated this way 3 times of its 914 uses · Strong’s H3045Verb  ·  Translated: know 453, known 53, knows 48, knew 38Full study and all 863 verses →
• דָבַר dâbarspeaktranslated this way 3 times of its 1,113 uses · Strong’s H1696Verb  ·  Translated: speak 209, said 157, spoken 142, spoke 110Full study and all 1,025 verses →
• רֹאשׁ rôshheadtranslated this way 3 times of its 570 uses · Strong’s H7218Noun  ·  Translated: head 200, heads 113, chief 31, top 29Full study and all 530 verses →

Greek words (New Testament)

• ἄνθρωπος ánthrōposa man, one of the human racetranslated this way 429 times of its 479 uses · Strong’s G444Noun  ·  Translated: man 290, men 127, people 14, man's 8Full study and all 444 verses →
• ἀνήρ anḗra male human being, a mantranslated this way 132 times of its 183 uses · Strong’s G435Noun  ·  Translated: man 65, men 65, husband 37, husbands 12Full study and all 165 verses →
• νεανίσκος neanískosa young mantranslated this way 10 times of its 11 uses · Strong’s G3495Noun  ·  Translated: young man 7, young men 3, young 1Full study and all 11 verses →
• τὶς tìsany one, some onetranslated this way 10 times of its 449 uses · Strong’s G5100Interrogative / Indefinite Pronoun  ·  Translated: some 96, anyone 96, a 65, anything 30Full study and all 420 verses →
• τοιοῦτος toioûtosof such a kind, suchtranslated this way 7 times of its 49 uses · Strong’s G5108Demonstrative Pronoun  ·  Translated: such 18, things 6, man 4, so 3Full study and all 48 verses →
• πλούσιος ploúsiosrichtranslated this way 6 times of its 28 uses · Strong’s G4145Adjective  ·  Translated: rich 20, rich man 5, wealthy 2, rich man's 1Full study and all 28 verses →
• δαιμονίζομαι daimonízomaiI am demon-possessedtranslated this way 3 times of its 13 uses · Strong’s G1139Verb  ·  Translated: demon-possessed 6, demon-possessed man 3, possessed by a demon 1, possessed 1Full study and all 13 verses →
• εἷς heîsonetranslated this way 3 times of its 312 uses · Strong’s G1520Adjective  ·  Translated: one 223, a 16, single 13, first 9Full study and all 267 verses →
• νεανίας neaníasa young man, youthtranslated this way 3 times of its 3 uses · Strong’s G3494Noun  ·  Translated: young man 3Full study and all 3 verses →
• ὁ hothetranslated this way 3 times of its 9,898 uses · Strong’s G3588Article  ·  Translated: the 6,410, of the 748, of 344, who 329Full study and all 5,117 verses →

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Scripture text and translation counts: Berean Standard Bible. Full entry: Brown, Driver and Briggs, A Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906, public domain), in the digital edition Brown-Driver-Briggs Enhanced by unfoldingWord (Joel Ruark, J. de Joode), based on data by Eliran Wong and Stephen Ku; its additions are used under CC BY 4.0. Strong’s Hebrew Dictionary: Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible Project, CC BY 4.0. Hebrew-to-English verse numbering: original work of the Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible available at https://github.com/openscriptures/morphhb, CC BY 4.0. We reformatted the data, linked the references to this site’s Bible text and left out words in other scripts that the source holds only as images. These are historical reference works; an entry gives its authors’ view, and a word’s meaning in any verse depends on how it is used there.