male

Greek Adjective

ἄρσην (ἄρρην, T, in Rom.1:27; Rec. in Rev.12:5, 13) -ενος, ὁ, ἡ, ἄρσεν, τό (old Attic for ἄρρην, see supr; both forms are found in π; MM, see word), [in LXX chiefly for זָכָר;] male: Mat.19:4, Mrk.10:6, Luk.2:23, Rom.1:27, Gal.3:28, Rev.12:5, 13. (AS)

male

Greek Adjective

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 ἄρσην[Refs 8th c.BC+]; γονή[Refs 5th c.BC+] the male, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; οἱ ἄρσενες the male sex, [Refs 5th c.BC+] 2) masculine, [Refs 5th c.BC+]: metaphorically, mighty, κτύπος ἄρσην πόντου[Refs 5th c.BC+]; of plants, robust, coarse, opposed to θῆλυς (tender, delicate), [Refs 5th c.BC+] 3) of gender of nouns, masculine, ὀνόματα[Refs 5th c.BC+] 4) of sex in plants, ἀπὸ τοῦ ἄρρενος τοῖς θήλεσι βοήθεια[Refs 4th c.BC+]:—but also, coarse, tough, γογγυλίς [Refs]ἀρρέντερος (compare θηλύτερος), κὰ τὠρρέντερον γένος in the male line, [Refs 5th c.BC+] 5) adverb ἀρρένως[Refs 4th c.BC+]; cf. Sanskrit ṛ[snull]abhás 'bull', Avest. aršan- 'man'.)

Greek

Adjective

male (as stronger for lifting); male, man; probably from g142 (αἴρω)