Meaning
"human, belonging to man" (from anthropos, see MAN, No. 1), is used (a) of man's wisdom, in 1Co 2:13 (some mss. have it in 1Co 2:4, where indeed it is implied; see, however, the RV); (b) of "man's judgement," 1Co 4:3 (marg., "day:" see DAY); (c) of "mankind," Jam 3:7, lit., "the human nature," RV marg. (AV marg., "nature of man"); (d) of human ordinance, 1Pe 2:13; Moulton and Milligan show from the papyri how strongly antithetic to the Divine the use of the word is in this respect; (e) of temptation, 1Co 10:13, RV, "such as man can bear" (AV, "such as is common to man"), i.e., such as must and does come to "men;" (f) of "men's" hands, Act 17:25; (g) in the phrase "after the manner of men," Rom 6:19.
Notes: (1) In Luk 16:12, AV, allotrios, "belonging to another" (allos, "another"), here used as a pronoun, is translated "another man's" (RV, "another's"); so, as an adjective, in Rom 14:4, Rom 15:20, 2Co 1:10-16 (in this last the RV omits "man"). (2) In Act 27:22 there is no word representing "man's;" the RV has "of life." (3) In Rom 5:17, the RV rightly has "the trespass of the one," for AV, "one man's offense."
