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ἄρσην

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Forms of the word
Dictionary: 
ἄρσην, ενος, εν
Greek transliteration: 
arsēn
Simplified transliteration: 
arsen
Numbers
Strong's number: 
730
GK Number: 
781
Statistics
Frequency in New Testament: 
9
Morphology of Biblical Greek Tag: 
a-4c
Gloss: 
male
Definition: 
male, of the male sex, Mt. 19:4; Mk. 10:6; Lk. 2:23; Rom. 1:27; Gal. 3:28; Rev. 12:5, 13*

Greek-English Concordance for ἄρσην

Matthew 19:4 He answered, saying, “Have you not read that he who created them from the beginning ‘made them male (arsen | ἄρσεν | acc sg neut) and female?’”
Mark 10:6 But from the beginning of creation, ‘male (arsen | ἄρσεν | acc sg neut) and female’ he made them.
Luke 2:23 (as it is written in the law of the Lord: “Every male (arsen | ἄρσεν | nom sg neut) who first opens the womb will be called holy to the Lord”)
Romans 1:27 and likewise the men (arsenes | ἄρσενες | nom pl masc) also abandoned the natural sexual relation with women and burned in their passion for one another — men (arsenes | ἄρσενες | nom pl masc) with men (arsesin | ἄρσεσιν | dat pl masc) committing shameless acts and receiving in themselves the due penalty for their error.
Galatians 3:28 Now there is neither Jew nor Greek, neither slave nor free, neither male (arsen | ἄρσεν | nom sg neut) nor female; for you are all one in Christ Jesus.
Revelation 12:5 So the woman gave birth to a son, a male child (arsen | ἄρσεν | acc sg neut), who is going to rule all the nations with an iron rod; but her child was taken up to God and to his throne.
Revelation 12:13 So when the dragon saw that he had been thrown down to the earth, he pursued the woman who had given birth to the male child (arsena | ἄρσενα | acc sg masc).