man
aner denotes a male person, often a husband in marriage contexts and sometimes men addressed directly.
The occurrences most often identify male individuals or groups in narrative, description, and instruction. In marriage-focused clauses the term identifies a husband in relation to a wife, while vocative plural forms address a gathered group of men.
Senses in use
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Male person or group · dominant
The term identifies particular males and groups: in Acts 10:1 the APB renders a certain individual in Caesarea as “A certain man,” while Acts 10:17 and Acts 19:7 describe men who arrive or are counted. It also marks males alongside women in Acts 17:12 and identifies David in the description quoted in Acts 13:22.
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Husband in relation to a wife · common
In marriage clauses, the term occurs of the wife’s marital counterpart: 1 Corinthians 7:3 sets his obligation alongside the wife’s obligation, and 1 Corinthians 7:39 states that a wife is bound while her husband lives. In 1 Peter 3:7, the nominative plural addresses husbands living with their wives.
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Direct address to men · occasional
Vocative plural forms introduce public speech. In Acts 13:16 the APB renders the opening address “Men, Israelites,” and in Acts 14:15 the speakers address those performing the reported actions as “Men.”
In the Anselm Project Bible: Across these verses, the APB commonly presents the term as “man” or “men,” and in marital clauses as “husband” or “husbands.” Because the APB translates whole verses rather than marking individual correspondences, those renderings confirm the clauses’ contexts rather than supplying a word-by-word definition.