adjective
arsēnos
Greekἄρσην (arsēn)
Strong’sG730
male
stem arsēn-9 times in the New Testamentin 6 of 27 books4 of 26 forms occur
Translated as
What it means
ἄρσην (ἄρρην, T, in Ro 1:27; Rec. in Re 12:5, 13), -ενος, ὁ, ἡ, ἄρσεν, τό
(old Attic for ἄρρην, v. supr.; both forms are found in π.; MM, s.v.), [in LXX chiefly for זָכָר;]
G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.
Strong’s G730 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from
Saidar'-hrane
male (as stronger for lifting)
Fromprobably from G142;
King Jamesmale, man.
James Strong, Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible, 1890 — public domain. The numbers in it link to the entries here.
Every form
| Job in the sentence case | masculine singular | feminine singular | neuter singular | masculine plural | feminine plural | neuter plural |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| subject nominative | arsēnos | arsēnas | arsēnem5×ἄρσεν | arsēnois2×ἄρσενες | arsēnais | arsēneim |
| object accusative | arsēnon1×ἄρσενα | arsēnan | arsēnoin | arsēnain | ||
| direct address vocative | arsēnor | arsēnar | arsēnoir | arsēnair | ||
| of, belonging to genitive | arsēnou | arsēnau | arsēneu | arsēnoiu | arsēnaiu | arsēneiu |
| to, for dative | arsēno | arsēna | arsēne | arsēnoi1×ἄρσεσιν | arsēnai | arsēnei |
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
arsēn 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
9 occurrences, every one of them listed
arsēnon“male”objectaccusative singular1×
Revelation 12:13“male”Kai hote horata tos drakōnos hoti ballita eis tan gēan, diōkata tan gunaikan hotinas tiktata ton arsēnon.And when the dragon saw that he had been thrown to the earth, he pursued the woman who had given birth to the male child.
arsēnem“male”subject or objectdirect singular5×
Matthew 19:4“male”tos de apokriniratos legata; Ouk anaginōskava hoti tos ktizaratos apo archau arsēnem kai thēluem poiata autoinJesus answered, “Have you not read that from the beginning the Creator ‘made them male and female,’
Mark 10:6“male”apo de archau ktisiau arsēnem kai thēluem poiata autoin;However, from the beginning of creation, ‘God made them male and female.’
Revelation 12:5“male”kai tiktata huion, arsēnem, hos mellatō poimainarō panteim teim ethneim en rabda sidēroua; kai harpazita tem teknem autau pros ton theon kai pros ton thronon autou.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.
Luke 2:23“male”kathōs grafitē en nomo kuriou hoti Pantem arsēnem dianoigarōtem mētran hagiem to kurio kaliti,(as it is written in the Law of the Lord: “Every firstborn male shall be consecrated to the Lord”),
Galatians 3:28“male”ouk eniatō Ioudaios oude Hellēnos, ouk eniatō doulos oude eleutheros, ouk eniatō arsēnem kai thēluem; pantois gar vis henos avō en Christo Iēso.There is neither Jew nor Greek, slave nor free, male nor female, for you are all one in Christ Jesus.
arsēnois“men”subjectnominative plural2×
Romans 1:27“men”homoiōs tē kai tois arsēnois afiēkaratois tan fusikan chrēsian tau thēluau ekkaiila en ta orexia autoiu eis allēloin, arsēnois en arsēnoi tan aschēmosunan katergazerōtois kai tan antimisthian han date tau planau autoiu en heautoi apolambarōtois.Likewise, the men abandoned natural relations with women and burned with lust for one another. Men committed indecent acts with other men and received in themselves the due penalty for their error.
Romans 1:27“men”homoiōs tē kai tois arsēnois afiēkaratois tan fusikan chrēsian tau thēluau ekkaiila en ta orexia autoiu eis allēloin, arsēnois en arsēnoi tan aschēmosunan katergazerōtois kai tan antimisthian han date tau planau autoiu en heautoi apolambarōtois.Likewise, the men abandoned natural relations with women and burned with lust for one another. Men committed indecent acts with other men and received in themselves the due penalty for their error.
arsēnoi“men”to, fordative plural1×
Romans 1:27“men”homoiōs tē kai tois arsēnois afiēkaratois tan fusikan chrēsian tau thēluau ekkaiila en ta orexia autoiu eis allēloin, arsēnois en arsēnoi tan aschēmosunan katergazerōtois kai tan antimisthian han date tau planau autoiu en heautoi apolambarōtois.Likewise, the men abandoned natural relations with women and burned with lust for one another. Men committed indecent acts with other men and received in themselves the due penalty for their error.