noun · masculine
andreos
Strong’sG406
Andrew
stem andre-13 times in the New Testamentin 5 of 27 books4 of 10 forms occur
What it means
A plain-English reading of the word, with the lexicons it draws on — Abbott-Smith, Strong's, and Liddell-Scott-Jones — right below it, in full.
AI Summary
Ἀνδρέας (Andrew) is a personal name, that of one of the Apostles 134. The name derives from the Greek word for "man" or "manly" 2.
Sources: 1 Abbott-Smith 2 Strong's 3 LSJ 4 Dodson. Condensed by anthropic/claude-sonnet-5 on 2026-09-23 — it may still misstate what these say; check them yourself if it matters to you.
The lexicons it was drawn from, in full:
Abbott-Smith — the 1922 lexicon entry, in full
Strong’s G406 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from
Saidan-dreh'-as
manly; Andreas, an Israelite
Fromfrom G435;
King JamesAndrew.
James Strong, Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible, 1890 — public domain. The numbers in it link to the entries here.
Liddell-Scott-Jones — the classical dictionary this word appears in
Andrew, the Apostle:
(From Abbott-Smith. LSJ has no entry)
H. G. Liddell, R. Scott, H. S. Jones, A Greek-English Lexicon (9th ed., 1925–1940) — digitised by the Perseus Digital Library and corrected and expanded by Tyndale House, Cambridge, via STEPBible-Data's TFLSJ table, CC BY 4.0. Covers all of Greek literature, not just the Bible.
Translated as
Every occurrence, sorted by the English it was actually given — the evidence for what the word means, not a gloss of it.
Berean Standard Bible (BSB), dedicated to the public domain — berean.bible.
Biblang forms
Every form this word takes in Biblang, with the Greek it corresponds to and how often the New Testament uses it.
| Job in the sentence case | one singular | more than one plural |
|---|---|---|
| subject nominative | andreos6×Ἀνδρέας | andreois |
| object accusative | andreon4×Ἀνδρέαν | andreoin |
| direct address vocative | andreor | andreoir |
| of, belonging to genitive | andreou2×Ἀνδρέου | andreoiu |
| to, for dative | andreo1×Ἀνδρέᾳ | andreoi |
Tinted cells are forms the New Testament never uses, so there is no Greek to show against them — but they are still correct Biblang, built from the slots below like any other.
Why these forms, and no others — the slots that make them
andreo is this word in every one of its forms. The slots after it make all the rest.
same in every form varies — every value shown
Where it appears
Every verse the word appears in, filed under the form it takes there.
13 occurrences, every one of them listed
andreos“Andrew”subjectnominative singular6×
Matthew 10:2… prōtos Simōnos tos legorōntos Petros kai Andreos tos adelfos autou, Iakōbos tos tou …… Simon, called Peter, and his brother Andrew; James son of Zebedee, and his …
Mark 13:3… Petros kai Iakōbos kai Iōannos kai Andreos;… the temple, Peter, James, John, and Andrew asked Him privately,
John 1:40ate Andreos tos adelfos Simōnou Petrou henos ek …Andrew, Simon Peter’s brother, was one of …
John 6:8… auto henos ek toiu mathētoiu autou, Andreos tos adelfos Simōnou Petrou;One of His disciples, Andrew, Simon Peter’s brother, said to Him,
John 12:22“Andrew”… Filippos kai legatō to Andreo; erchotō Andreos kai Filippos kai legalō to Iēso.Philip relayed this appeal to Andrew, and both of them went and told Jesus.
Acts 1:13… Petros kai Iōannos kai Iakōbos kai Andreos, Filippos kai Thōmos, Bartholomaios kai Mathaios, …… staying: Peter and John, James and Andrew, Philip and Thomas, Bartholomew and Matthew …
andreon“Andrew”objectaccusative singular4×
Matthew 4:18… adelfoin, Simōnon ton legorōnton Petron kai Andreon ton adelfon autou, balarōntoin amfiblēstrem eis …… Simon called Peter and his brother Andrew. They were casting a net into …
Mark 1:16… thalassan tau Galilaiau horata Simōnon kai Andreon ton adelfon Simōnou amfiballarōntoin en ta …… He saw Simon and his brother Andrew. They were casting a net into …
Mark 3:18kai Andreon kai Filippon kai Bartholomaion kai Mathaion …Andrew, Philip, Bartholomew, Matthew, Thomas, James son …
Luke 6:14Simōnon hon kai onomazata Petron kai Andreon ton adelfon autou kai Iakōbon kai …… He named Peter, and his brother Andrew; James and John; Philip and Bartholomew;
andreou“Andrew”of, belonging togenitive singular2×
Mark 1:29… erchala eis tan oikian Simōnou kai Andreou meta Iakōbou kai Iōannou.… to the home of Simon and Andrew.
John 1:44… Filippos apo Bēthsaida, ek tau polau Andreou kai Petrou.… from Bethsaida, the same town as Andrew and Peter.
andreo“Andrew”to, fordative singular1×
John 12:22erchotō tos Filippos kai legatō to Andreo; erchotō Andreos kai Filippos kai legalō …Philip relayed this appeal to Andrew, and both of them went and …