- ἄρσην
- ἄρσην, εν, gen. ενος (Hom.+; SIG 1033; 1044, 3; 13; PSI 569, 6; 7 [III B.C.]; PGM 15, 18; LXX; TestSol 1:7 B; TestJob [ἀρρ-]; TestJos 3:7; JosAs 2:11; ParJer 8:3; EpArist 152; SibOr 3, 133; Ath. 20, 2; 22, 5; 34, 1; Just., D. 88, 1. The Attic form ἄρρην appears in Ac 7:19 v.l.; Ro 1:27a v.l.; 1:27ab Tdf., S. [but the last reads ἄρσεσιν for the third occurrence]; Rv 12:5 v.l., 13 v.l., S., Vog.; oft. pap, also Philo, Joseph., TestJob, TestJos; JosAs 2:11; Ar. 8:2; Just.; Ath. 22:4, R. 76, 20; Mel., P. 53, 392; GEg 252, 57; B 10:7. See W-S. §5, 27b; B-D-F §34, 2; Mlt-H. 103f) male (opp. θῆλυς, as Pla., Leg. 2, 9 p. 665c; PGM 15, 18) subst. τὸ ἄ. W. strong emphasis on the sex (Syn. ἀνήρ ‘man’, s. ἀρσενοκοίτης) males Ro 1:27abc (cp. Demetr.: 722 Fgm. 1, 9 Jac.; Jos., C. Ap. 2, 199). ἄρσεν καὶ θῆλυ ἐποίησεν αὐτούς God created them male and female (Gen 1:27; cp. PGM 5, 105) Mt 19:4; Mk 10:6; 1 Cl 33:5; 2 Cl 14:2. οὐκ ἔνι ἄρσεν καὶ θῆλυ Gal 3:28; cp. GEg 252, 57; 2 Cl 12:2, 5; GNaass 252, 60 (s. ἀρσενόθηλυς); πᾶν ἄρσεν Lk 2:23. The masc. as subst. εἴτε ἄρσενα εἴτε θήλειαν a son or a daughter GJs 4:1. The neut. ἄρσεν Rv 12:5, difft. vs. 13, comes fr. Is 66:7 and is in apposition to υἱόν. On the juxtaposition s. FBoll, ZNW 15, 1914, 253; BOlsson, Glotta 23, ’34, 112.—Cp. ἄνθρωπος. Schmidt, Syn. II 385–95. B. 84. DELG. M-M.
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