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ἄνθρωπος anthrōpos

“a human” · 550 times in the New Testament

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  • “man” 286
  • “men” 126
  • “people” 14
  • “everyone” 12
  • “(not translated)” 9
  • other ways 103
As a table, book by book
BookTimes
Matthew115
Mark56
Luke95
John59
Acts46
Romans27
1 Corinthians31
2 Corinthians8
Galatians14
Ephesians9
Philippians3
Colossians7
1 Thessalonians5
2 Thessalonians2
1 Timothy10
2 Timothy5
Titus5
Hebrews10
James7
1 Peter5
2 Peter4
1 John1
Jude1
Revelation25

How the BSB translates it

Each way the Berean Standard Bible puts it into English, and how often.

  1. man286
  2. men126
  3. people14
  4. everyone12
  5. Not translated: the English carries it without a word9
  6. human7
  7. self5
  8. he4
  9. him4
  10. them4
  11. mankind3
  12. those3
  13. 61 other ways73

Where it occurs

Grouped by how it’s translated, then by book. Each reference opens the verse.

“man” 286
  • Matthew 65

    • 4:4 …answered It is written Man shall not live on…
    • 8:9 …For I myself am a man under authority with soldiers…
    • 8:20 …nests but the Son of Man has no place to…
    • 9:6 …know that the Son of Man has authority on earth…
    • 9:9 …from there He saw a man named Matthew sitting at…
    • 9:32 …leaving a demon possessed man who was mute was…
    • 10:23 …before the Son of Man comes…
    • 10:35 …have come to turn a man against his father a…
    • 10:36 A man’s enemies will be the…
    • 11:8 …go out to see A man dressed in fine clothes…
    • 11:19 …The Son of Man came eating and drinking…
    • 12:8 …For the Son of Man is Lord of the…
    • 12:10 …and a man with a withered hand…
    • 12:12 …much more valuable is a man than a sheep Therefore…
    • 12:13 …Then Jesus said to the man Stretch out your hand…
    • 12:32 …word against the Son of Man will be forgiven but…
    • 12:35 …The good man brings good things out…
    • 12:35 …treasure and the evil man brings evil things out…
    • 12:40 …fish so the Son of Man will be three days…
    • 12:43 …comes out of a man it passes through arid…
    • 12:45 …final plight of that man is worse than the…
    • 13:24 …of heaven is like a man who sowed good seed…
    • 13:31 …a mustard seed that a man took and planted in…
    • 13:37 …seed is the Son of Man
    • 13:41 …The Son of Man will send out His…
    • 15:11 …A man is not defiled by…
    • 15:18 …these things defile a man
    • 15:20 …are what defile a man but eating with unwashed…
    • 16:13 …say the Son of Man is…
    • 16:26 …What will it profit a man if he gains the…
    • 16:27 …For the Son of Man will come in His…
    • 16:28 …they see the Son of Man coming in His kingdom…
    • 17:9 …vision until the Son of Man has been raised from…
    • 17:12 …same way the Son of Man will suffer at their…
    • 17:14 …came to the crowd a man came up to Jesus…
    • 17:22 …told them The Son of Man is about to be…
    • 18:7 …but woe to the man through whom they come…
    • 18:12 …you think If a man has a hundred sheep…
    • 19:3 …asking Is it lawful for a man to divorce his wife…
    • 19:5 …said For this reason a man will leave his father…
    • 19:6 …God has joined together let man not separate…
    • 19:10 …is the case between a man and his wife it…
    • 19:26 …them and said With man this is impossible but…
    • 19:28 …things when the Son of Man sits on His glorious…
    • 20:18 …Jerusalem and the Son of Man will be delivered over…
    • 20:28 …just as the Son of Man did not come to…
    • 22:11 …the guests he spotted a man who was not dressed…
    • 24:27 …coming of the Son of Man
    • 24:30 …sign of the Son of Man will appear in heaven…
    • 24:30 …will see the Son of Man coming on the clouds…
    • 24:37 …coming of the Son of Man
    • 24:39 …coming of the Son of Man
    • 24:44 …ready because the Son of Man will come at an…
    • 25:14 …it is just like a man going on a journey…
    • 25:24 …you are a hard man reaping where you have…
    • 25:31 …When the Son of Man comes in His glory…
    • 26:2 …away and the Son of Man will be handed over…
    • 26:24 …The Son of Man will go just as…
    • 26:24 …but woe to that man by whom He is…
    • 26:45 …near and the Son of Man is betrayed into the…
    • 26:64 …will see the Son of Man sitting at the right…
    • 26:72 …do not know the man
    • 26:74 …do not know the man And immediately a rooster…
    • 27:32 …the way they found a man from Cyrene named Simon…
    • 27:57 …there came a rich man from Arimathea named Joseph…
  • Mark 15

    • 1:23 …Suddenly a man with an unclean spirit…
    • 2:10 …know that the Son of Man has authority on earth…
    • 2:27 …Sabbath was made for man not man for the…
    • 2:27 …made for man not man for the Sabbath…
    • 2:28 …Therefore the Son of Man is Lord even of…
    • 3:1 …entered the synagogue and a man with a withered hand…
    • 3:3 …Jesus said to the man with the withered hand…
    • 3:5 …He said to the man Stretch out hand So…
    • 4:26 …of God is like a man who scatters seed on…
    • 5:2 …He was met by a man with an unclean spirit…
    • 5:8 …Come out of this man you unclean spirit…
    • 7:11 …you say that if a man says to his father…
    • 7:15 …Nothing that enters a man from the outside can…
    • 7:15 …come out of a man these are what defile…
    • 7:18 …Nothing that enters a man from the outside can…

And 206 more, on the full page.

“men” 126
  • Matthew 25

    • 4:19 …will make you fishers of men
    • 5:13 …out and trampled by men
    • 5:16 …your light shine before men that they may see…
    • 6:1 …your righteous acts before men to be seen by…
    • 6:2 …to be honored by men Truly I tell you…
    • 6:5 …corners to be seen by men Truly I tell you…
    • 6:14 …For if you forgive men their trespasses your heavenly…
    • 6:15 …you do not forgive men neither will your Father…
    • 6:16 …their faces to show men they are fasting Truly…
    • 6:18 …will not be obvious to men but only to your…
    • 8:27 The men were amazed and asked…
    • 9:8 …had given such authority to men
    • 10:17 …But beware of men for they will hand…
    • 10:32 …who confesses Me before men I will also confess…
    • 10:33 …whoever denies Me before men I will also deny…
    • 12:31 …blasphemy will be forgiven men but the blasphemy against…
    • 12:36 …I tell you that men will give an account…
    • 15:9 …as doctrine the precepts of men
    • 16:23 …God but the things of men
    • 17:22 …delivered into the hands of men
    • 19:12 …made that way by men and still others live…
    • 21:25 …from heaven or from men They deliberated among themselves…
    • 21:26 …if we say From men we are afraid of…
    • 23:4 …and lay them on men’s shoulders but they themselves…
    • 23:5 …deeds are done for men to see They broaden…
  • Mark 9

    • 1:17 …will make you fishers of men
    • 3:28 …tell you the sons of men will be forgiven all…
    • 7:7 …as doctrine the precepts of men
    • 7:8 …to keep the tradition of men
    • 7:21 …from within the hearts of men come evil thoughts sexual…
    • 8:33 …God but the things of men
    • 9:31 …delivered into the hands of men They will kill Him…
    • 11:30 …from heaven or from men Answer Me…
    • 11:32 …if we say From men they were afraid of…
  • Luke 18

    • 2:14 …on earth peace to men on whom His favor…
    • 5:10 …on you will catch men
    • 6:26 …to you when all men speak well of you…
    • 7:31 …can I compare the men of this generation What…
    • 9:44 …delivered into the hands of men
    • 11:44 …like unmarked graves which men walk over without even…
    • 12:8 …who confesses Me before men the Son of Man…
    • 12:9 …whoever denies Me before men will be denied before…
    • 16:15 …who justify yourselves before men but God knows your…
    • 16:15 …what is prized among men is detestable before God…
    • 18:2 …feared God nor respected men
    • 18:4 …fear God nor respect men
    • 18:10 …Two men went up to the…
    • 18:11 …am not like other men swindlers evildoers adulterers or…
    • 20:4 …from heaven or from men
    • 20:6 …if we say From men all the people will…
    • 21:26 Men will faint from fear…
    • 24:7 …the hands of sinful men and be crucified and…
  • John 5

    • 1:4 …life was the light of men
    • 3:19 …into the world but men loved the darkness rather…
    • 5:41 …not accept glory from men
    • 8:17 …the testimony of two men is valid…
    • 12:43 …For they loved praise from men more than praise from…
  • Acts 14

    • 4:12 …under heaven given to men by which we must…
    • 4:13 …they were unschooled ordinary men they marveled and took…
    • 4:16 …we do with these men they asked It is…
    • 5:4 …You have not lied to men but to God…
    • 5:29 …obey God rather than men
    • 5:34 …and ordered that the men be put outside for…
    • 5:35 …to do to these men
    • 14:15 …We too are only men human like you We…
    • 15:17 …so that the remnant of men may seek the Lord…
    • 15:26 men who have risked their…
    • 16:17 …of us shouting These men are servants of the…
    • 16:20 …magistrates and said These men are Jews and are…
    • 16:35 …the order Release those men
    • 17:26 …He made every nation of men that they should inhabit…
  • Romans 7

    • 1:18 …the godlessness and wickedness of men who suppress the truth…
    • 2:16 …when God will judge men’s secrets through Christ Jesus…
    • 2:29 …does not come from men but from God…
    • 5:12 …passed on to all men because all sinned…
    • 5:18 …brought condemnation for all men so also one act…
    • 5:18 …and life for all men
    • 14:18 …to God and approved by men
  • 1 Corinthians 2

    • 2:5 …would not rest on men’s wisdom but on God’s…
    • 3:21 …Therefore stop boasting in men All things are yours…

And 46 more, on the full page.

“people” 14
  • Mark 1

    • 8:24 …I can see the people but they look like…
  • Luke 2

    • 1:25 …away my disgrace among the people
    • 6:22 …Blessed are you when people hate you and when…
  • John 3

    • 4:28 …and said to the people
    • 6:10 …Have the people sit down Jesus said…
    • 6:14 …When the people saw the sign that…
  • Acts 2

    • 17:30 …He now commands all people everywhere to repent…
    • 18:13 …man is persuading the people to worship God in…
  • Titus 1

    • 3:8 …and profitable for the people
  • Revelation 5

    • 8:11 …wormwood oil and many people died from the bitter…
    • 9:10 …the power to injure people for five months…
    • 13:13 …earth in the presence of the people
    • 16:8 …power to scorch the people with fire…
    • 16:9 …And the people were scorched by intense…
“everyone” 12
  • Matthew 1

    • 13:25 …But while everyone was asleep his enemy…
  • John 1

    • 1:9 …who gives light to everyone was coming into the…
  • Acts 2

    • 19:35 …Men of Ephesus doesn’t everyone know that the city…
    • 22:15 …be His witness to everyone of what you have…
  • Romans 1

    • 12:18 …live at peace with everyone
  • 2 Corinthians 1

    • 3:2 …known and read by everyone
  • 1 Timothy 3

    • 2:1 …thanksgiving be offered for everyone
    • 2:4 …who wants everyone to be saved and…
    • 4:10 …who is the Savior of everyone and especially of those…
  • Titus 2

    • 2:11 …has appeared bringing salvation to everyone
    • 3:2 …showing full consideration to everyone
  • James 1

    • 1:19 …beloved brothers understand this Everyone should be quick to…
Not translated: the English carries it without a word 9
“human” 7
  • John 1

    • 5:34 …I do not accept human testimony I say these…
  • Romans 1

    • 2:9 …and distress for every human being who does evil…
  • Colossians 2

    • 2:8 …which are based on human tradition and the spiritual…
    • 2:22 …they are based on human commands and teachings…
  • 1 Peter 1

    • 4:2 …remaining time on earth for human passions but for the…
  • 1 John 1

    • 5:9 …Even if we accept human testimony the testimony of…
  • Revelation 1

    • 21:17 …wall to be cubits by the human measure the angel was…
“self” 5
  • Romans 1

    • 6:6 …know that our old self was crucified with Him…
  • 2 Corinthians 1

    • 4:16 …heart Though our outer self is wasting away yet…
  • Ephesians 2

    • 4:22 …of life your old self which is being corrupted…
    • 4:24 …put on the new self created to be like…
  • Colossians 1

    • 3:9 …taken off the old self with its practices…
“him” 4
  • Matthew 1

    • 15:20 …hands does not defile him
  • Mark 2

    • 7:15 …these are what defile him
    • 7:20 …that is what defiles him
  • Luke 1

    • 23:14 …your presence and found Him not guilty of your…
“he” 4
  • Matthew 2

    • 26:24 …that man by whom He is betrayed It would…
    • 26:24 …better for him if he had not been born…
  • Mark 2

    • 14:21 …that man by whom He is betrayed It would…
    • 14:21 …better for him if he had not been born…
“them” 4
  • Luke 1

    • 6:31 …as you would have them do to you…
  • 1 Timothy 1

    • 6:9 …harmful desires that plunge them into ruin and destruction…
  • Hebrews 1

    • 5:1 …among men to represent them in matters relating to…
  • Revelation 1

    • 16:21 …each rained down on them from above And men…
“those” 3
  • John 1

    • 17:6 …have revealed Your name to those You have given Me…
  • Revelation 2

    • 9:4 …or tree but only those who did not have…
    • 16:2 …sores broke out on those who had the mark…
“mankind” 3
  • Revelation 3

    • 9:15 …to kill a third of mankind
    • 9:18 …A third of mankind was killed by the…
    • 9:20 …Now the rest of mankind who were not killed…
“others” 2
  • Matthew 1

    • 5:19 …these commandments and teaches others to do likewise will…
  • Luke 1

    • 13:4 …sinful than all the others living in Jerusalem…
“this” 2
  • Matthew 1

    • 11:19 …and they say Look at this glutton and drunkard a…
  • Luke 1

    • 7:34 …and you say Look at this glutton and drunkard a…
“one” 2
  • Matthew 1

    • 12:11 …He replied If one of you has a…
  • John 1

    • 5:7 …replied I have no one to help me into…
“do people” 2
  • Matthew 1

    • 16:13 …questioned His disciples Who do people say the Son of…
  • Mark 1

    • 8:27 …questioned His disciples Who do people say I am…
“can a man” 2
  • Matthew 1

    • 16:26 …his soul Or what can a man give in exchange for…
  • Mark 1

    • 8:37 …Or what can a man give in exchange for…
“landowner” 2
  • Matthew 2

    • 20:1 …of heaven is like a landowner who went out early…
    • 21:33 …another parable There was a landowner who planted a vineyard…
“no one” 2
  • Mark 1

    • 11:2 …tied there on which no one has ever sat Untie…
  • Luke 1

    • 19:30 …tied there on which no one has ever sat Untie…
“boy” 2
  • John 2

    • 7:22 …you circumcision you circumcise a boy on the Sabbath not…
    • 7:23 …If a boy can be circumcised on…
“anyone” 2
  • John 1

    • 7:46 …Never has anyone spoken the officers answered…
  • Acts 1

    • 4:17 …not to speak to anyone in this name…
“any man” 2
  • Acts 1

    • 10:28 …I should not call any man impure or unclean…
  • Galatians 1

    • 1:12 …not receive it from any man nor was I taught…
“human terms” 2
  • Romans 1

    • 3:5 …I am speaking in human terms
  • Galatians 1

    • 3:15 …let me put this in human terms Even a human covenant…
“being” 2
  • Romans 1

    • 7:22 …For in my inner being I delight in God’s…
  • Ephesians 1

    • 3:16 …Spirit in your inner being
“which” 1
  • Matthew 1

    • 7:9 Which of you if his…
“them do” 1
  • Matthew 1

    • 7:12 …as you would have them do to you For this…
“enemy” 1
  • Matthew 1

    • 13:28 An enemy did this he replied…
“when a man” 1
  • Matthew 1

    • 13:44 …hidden in a field When a man found it he hid…
“merchant” 1
  • Matthew 1

    • 13:45 …of heaven is like a merchant in search of fine…
“homeowner” 1
  • Matthew 1

    • 13:52 …of heaven is like a homeowner who brings out of…
“there was a man” 1
  • Matthew 1

    • 21:28 …what do you think There was a man who had two sons…
“king” 1
  • Matthew 1

    • 22:2 …of heaven is like a king who prepared a wedding…
“external appearance” 1
  • Matthew 1

    • 22:16 …pay no attention to external appearance
“which they are addressed” 1
  • Matthew 1

    • 23:7 …title of Rabbi by which they are addressed
“men’s faces” 1
  • Matthew 1

    • 23:13 …the kingdom of heaven in men’s faces You yourselves do not…
“appear to be” 1
  • Matthew 1

    • 23:28 …on the outside you appear to be righteous but on the…
“impartial” 1
  • Mark 1

    • 12:14 …from no one Indeed You are impartial and teach the way…
“who” 1
  • Luke 1

    • 2:25 …in Jerusalem named Simeon who was righteous and devout…
“friend” 1
  • Luke 1

    • 5:20 …their faith He said Friend your sins are forgiven…
“weigh men down” 1
  • Luke 1

    • 11:46 …law He replied For you weigh men down with heavy burdens but…
“servants” 1
  • Luke 1

    • 12:36 …you will be like servants waiting for their master…
“child” 1
  • John 1

    • 16:21 …of her joy that a child has been born into…
“men alone” 1
  • Acts 1

    • 5:38 …advise you Leave these men alone Let them go For…
“human origin” 1
  • Acts 1

    • 5:38 …or endeavor is of human origin it will fail…
“human form” 1
  • Acts 1

    • 14:11 …come down to us in human form
“without a trial” 1
  • Acts 1

    • 16:37 …They beat us publicly without a trial and threw us into…
“jew” 1
  • Acts 1

    • 21:39 …Paul answered I am a Jew from Tarsus in Cilicia…
“a” 1
  • Acts 1

    • 22:25 …for you to flog a Roman citizen without a…
“man over” 1
  • Acts 1

    • 25:16 …custom to hand a man over before he has had…
“you” 1
  • Romans 1

    • 2:1 …therefore have no excuse you who pass judgment on…
“man who” 1
  • Romans 1

    • 10:5 …law Moses writes The man who does these things will…
“everybody” 1
  • Romans 1

    • 12:17 …in the eyes of everybody
“than man’s wisdom” 1
  • 1 Corinthians 1

    • 1:25 …of God is wiser than man’s wisdom and the weakness of…
“than man’s strength” 1
  • 1 Corinthians 1

    • 1:25 …of God is stronger than man’s strength
“imagined” 1
  • 1 Corinthians 1

    • 2:9 …has heard no heart has imagined what God has prepared…
“among men” 1
  • 1 Corinthians 1

    • 2:11 …For who among men knows the thoughts of…
“own” 1
  • 1 Corinthians 1

    • 2:11 …thoughts of man except his own spirit within him So…
“mere men” 1
  • 1 Corinthians 1

    • 3:4 …Apollos are you not mere men
“abstain from sexual relations” 1
  • 1 Corinthians 1

    • 7:1 …about It is good to abstain from sexual relations
“human perspective” 1
  • 1 Corinthians 1

    • 9:8 …Do I say this from a human perspective Doesn’t the Law say…
“each one” 1
  • 1 Corinthians 1

    • 11:28 Each one must examine himself before…
“human motives” 1
  • 1 Corinthians 1

    • 15:32 …beasts in Ephesus for human motives what did I gain…
“men have” 1
  • 1 Corinthians 1

    • 15:39 …flesh is the same Men have one kind of flesh…
“does not show favoritism” 1
  • Galatians 1

    • 2:6 …difference to me God does not show favoritism those leaders added nothing…
“human covenant” 1
  • Galatians 1

    • 3:15 …in human terms Even a human covenant once it is ratified…
“someone” 1
  • Galatians 1

    • 6:1 …Brothers if someone is caught in a…
“human likeness” 1
  • Philippians 1

    • 2:7 …servant being made in human likeness
“all” 1
  • Philippians 1

    • 4:5 …your gentleness be apparent to all The Lord is near…
“between men” 1
  • 1 Timothy 1

    • 6:5 …and constant friction between men of depraved mind who…
“can man” 1
  • Hebrews 1

    • 13:6 …not be afraid What can man do to me…
“disposition” 1
  • 1 Peter 1

    • 3:4 …but from the inner disposition of your heart the…
“killed” 1
  • Revelation 1

    • 11:13 …city collapsed Seven thousand were killed in the quake and…
“slaves” 1
  • Revelation 1

    • 18:13 …of bodies and souls of slaves

The Hebrew and Greek words, their glosses and grammar: STEP Bible (CC BY 4.0). The English: the Berean Standard Bible, which also gives which English words render which. Counts are ours.