Contenders Edge said:
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The man of God is in reference to any follower of Christ in an individualistic sense in our own personal relationship with Christ. In a collective sense, we are called the Church, the body of Christ, and, for a number of reasons, we have even been called the Bride of Christ, though it is the New Jerusalem who is officially called the Bride.
jgr said:
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444 [e]
anthrōpos ἄνθρωπος , man
N-NMS
"There are two words in Greek which mean 'man,'
anēr, which refers to a
male individual of the human race, and
anthrōpos, which is the racial,
generic term, and which has the general idea of '
mankind' " (3,
Great Truths to Live By, 46).]
Contenders Edge said:
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But in an individualistic context.
Then Paul should have used anēr.
Greek G435 and Hebrew H376...........
Strong's Concordance with Hebrew and Greek Lexicon
435. aner an'-ayr a primary word (compare 444); a man (properly as an individual male):--fellow, husband, man, sir.
H435: ἀνήρ
ἀνήρ, ἀνδρός, ὁ,
a man, Latin vir.
The meanings of this word in the N. T. differ in no respect from classic usage; for it is employed
1. with a reference to sex, and so
to distinguish a man from a woman; either
a.
as a male: Acts 8:12; Acts 17:12; 1 Timothy 2:12; or
b.
as a husband: Matthew 1:16; Mark 10:2; John 4:16ff; Romans 7:2ff; 1 Corinthians 7:2ff; Galatians 4:27; 1 Timothy 3:2, 12; Titus 1:6, etc.; a betrothed or future husband: Matthew 1:19; Revelation 21:2, etc.
2. with a reference to age, and to distinguish an adult man from a boy: Matthew 14:21; Matthew 15:38 (where ἄνδρες, γυναῖκες and παιδία are discriminated): with the added notion also of intelligence and virtue: 1 Corinthians 13:11 (opposed to νήπιος); Ephesians 4:13; James 3:2 (in the last two passages τέλειος ἀνήρ).
3. universally, any male person, a man; so where τίς might have been used: Luke 8:41; Luke 9:38; Acts 6:11; Acts 10:5, etc. where ἀνήρ and τὶς are united: Luke 8:27; Acts 5:1; Acts 10:1. or ἀνήρ and ὅς he who, etc.: Romans 4:8; James 1:12. where mention is made of something usually done by men, not by women: Luke 22:63; Acts 5:36. where angels or other heavenly beings are said to have borne the forms of men: Luke 9:30; Luke 24:4; Acts 10:30. where it is so connected with an adjective as to give the adjective the force of a substantive: ἀνὴρ ἁμαρτωλός a sinner, Luke 5:8; λεπροὶ ἄνδρες, Luke 17:12; or is joined to appellatives: ἀνὴρ φονεύς, Acts 3:14; ἀν. προφήτης, Luke 24:19 (נָבִיא אִישׁ, Judges 6:8; [cf. Winers Grammar, 30; § 59, 1; Buttmann, 82 (72); other references under the word ἄνθρωπος, 4 a. at the end]) or to gentile names: ἄνδρες Νινευῖται, Matthew 12:41; ἀνὴρ Ἰουδαῖος, Acts 22:3; ἀνὴρ Αἰθίοψ, Acts 8:27; ἄνδ. Κύπριοι, Acts 11:20; especially in addresses of honor and respect [Winers Grammar, § 65, 5 d.; Buttmann, 82 (72)], Acts 1:11; Acts 2:14; Acts 13:16; Acts 17:22, etc.; even ἄνδρες ἀδελφοί, Acts 1:16; [Acts 2:29, 37; Acts 7:2]; Acts 13:26 [Acts 13:15], etc.
4. when persons of either sex are included, but named after the more important: Matthew 14:35; Acts 4:4; [Meyer seems inclined (see his commentary on Acts, the passage cited) to dispute even these examples; but others would refer several other instances (especially Luke 11:31; James 1:20) to the same entry].
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The equivalent Hebrew word appears to be:
376 'iysh eesh contracted for 582 (or perhaps rather from an unused root meaning to be extant); a man as an individual or a male person; often H376 אִישׁ ('iysh) occurs 1,639 times in 1,432 verses
אִישׁ ʼîysh, eesh; contracted for H582 (or perhaps rather from an unused root meaning to be extant);
a man as an individual or a male person; often used as an adjunct to a more definite term (and in such cases frequently not expressed in translation):—also, another, any (man), a certain, champion, consent, each, every (one), fellow, (foot-, husband-) man, (good-, great, mighty) man, he, high (degree), him (that is), husband, man(-kind), none, one, people, person, steward, what (man) soever, whoso(-ever), worthy. Compare H802.
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1st time used in OT:
Gen 2:23
and the adam<120> saith, 'This
is the
proper step! bone of my bone, and flesh of my flesh!' for this she is called Woman<802>, for from man<376> hath this been taken;
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Then Paul should have used both words.
both words used in this verse of Zech 8:23 concerning 10 men [of the 10 tribes of Israel?] following Jesus. Some have interpreted this as 10 men following any Jew.......
Churches view on Zech 8:23
LLoJ Feb 6, 2007
Zechariah 8:23 Thus says Yahweh of Hosts: "in those days which they shall-take-firm-hold a-hem/wing,
Ten Men/Mortals/
582 'enowsh, from-all Tongues-of the-Nations.
Yea, and-They-take-fast/hold in-hem-of a
Man/0376 'iysh, a-Judean/Jew/Y@huwdiy to-say of '
We-are-going with-Thee, that We-hear
Elohim with-Thee'". [Mark 6:56]
582 'enowsh en-oshe' from 605;
properly, a mortal (and thus differing from the more dignified 120); hence, a man in general (singly or collectively):-
H582 אֱנוֹשׁ (j'enlève) occurs 564 times in 530 verses
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Last 2 verses in OT
Malachi 3:
16 Then they are spoken to, ones fearing Yahweh,
man<376> with associate of him, and Yahweh is attending and is hearing.
And is being written a scroll of memorial/remembrance before Him, those fearing Yahweh and to those meditating on His Name.
17 “And they become to Me ,” says Yahweh of hosts,
for day which I making/doing a special/peculiar possession and I spare them, as a
man<376> spares his own son who serves him.”
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Fairly good Hebrew study site........
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