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certain, man

“Man in Christ” From Dictionary of Biblical Words:

This expression is found in 2 Cor. 12:2²I knew a man in Christ above fourteen years ago, (whether in the body, I cannot tell; or whether out of the body, I cannot tell: God knoweth;) such an one caught up to the third heaven. (2 Corinthians 12:2). There is no stress here on the word “man” as implying development as in Eph. 4:13¹³Till we all come in the unity of the faith, and of the knowledge of the Son of God, unto a perfect man, unto the measure of the stature of the fulness of Christ: (Ephesians 4:13). It is the same word as 1 Tim. 6:11¹¹But thou, O man of God, flee these things; and follow after righteousness, godliness, faith, love, patience, meekness. (1 Timothy 6:11), and simply means “a new man.”

“Man, The New” From Dictionary of Biblical Words:

Signifies the new nature, but not only the new nature in the abstract, but in the activity of its life and actions. Hence every child of God may be described as a person who has put on the new man, as in Eph. 4:24²⁴And that ye put on the new man, which after God is created in righteousness and true holiness. (Ephesians 4:24), or as being himself a new man as in 1 John 3:9⁹Whosoever is born of God doth not commit sin; for his seed remaineth in him: and he cannot sin, because he is born of God. (1 John 3:9).

Strong’s Dictionary of Greek Words:

Number:

444 (find all occurrences in KJV Bible)

Greek:

ἄνθρωπος

Transliteration:

anthropos

Phonic:

anth’-ro-pos

Meaning:

from 435 and ὤψ (the countenance; from 3700); man-faced, i.e. a human being

KJV Usage:

certain, man