ἀνδρίζω: (ἀνήρ); to make a man of or make brave (Xenophon, oec. 5, 4). Middle present ἀνδρίζομαι; to show oneself a man, be brave: 1Co_16:13 (A. V. quit you like men). (Often in the Sept.; Sir_34:25; 1Ma_2:64; Xenophon, Plato, Appian, Plutarch, others.)

ἀνδρίζομαι andrizomai 1x to render brave or manly; mid. to show or behave one s self like a man, 1Co_16:13

ἀνδρίζω , [in LXX for H2388, H553 ( Jos_1:6 ff. , 1Ch_22:19 , al. ; in 2Sa_10:12 , Psa_27:14; Psa_31:24 combined with κρατιοῦσθαι , as in 1Co, l.c .);] to make a man of. Mid ., to play the man ( cf. MM , VGT , s.v. ): 1Co_16:13 .†

ἀνδρίζομαι [page 40] P Petr II. 40 ( a ) .12 ( c. B.C. 233) (= Witkowski .2 p. 41) μὴ οὖν ὀλιγοψυχήσητε , ἀλλ᾽ ἀνδρίζεσθε a good parallel to 1Co_16:13 . Cf. also BGU IV. 1205 .13 (B.C. 28) μόνον ἀνδραγάθι ἐν τῆι ἀριθμήσ [ι ], work hard or the like (διανδρ . in ib. 1206 .13 , etc.), P Oxy II. 291 .8 (A.D. 25 6) καὶ προέγραψ [ά σοι ] ἀνδραγαθῖ [ν ], I have already written to you to be firm (Edd.). The adj. ἀνδρεῖος is found in a eulogy on the good deeds of the Emperor Aurelian, P Lips I. 119 ii. 3 (A.D. 274) τηλικαῦτα ἀθρόως ἔχοντας ἀγαθὰ παρὰ τῆς ἀκηράτου μεγαλοδωρίας τοῦ ἀνδριοτάτου τῶν πώποτε Αὐτοκρατόρων Αὐρηλιανοῦ . The subst. is defined in Aristeas 199 (ed. Wendland) τί πέρας ἀνδρείας ἐστίν ; ὁ δὲ εἶπεν· εἰ τὸ βουλευθὲν ὀρθῶς ἐν ταῖς τῶν κινδύνων πράξεσιν ἐπιτελοῖτο κατὰ πρόθεσιν , What is the the true aim of courage? And he said, To execute in the hour of danger, in accordance with one s plan, resolutions that have been rightly formed (Thackeray). Cf. OGIS 339 .71 ( c. B.C. 120) προτρεπόμενος δὲ διὰ τῆς τοιαύτης φιλοδοξίας πρὸς ἄσκησιν καὶ φιλοπονίαν τοὺς νέους ἐξ ὧν αἱ τῶν νεωτέρων ψυχαὶ πρὸς ἀνδρείαν ἁμιλλώμεναι καλῶς ἄγονται τοῖς ἤθεσιν πρὸς ἀρετήν .

ἀνδρίζω [in LXX for חָזַק אָמַץ (Jos.1:6 ff., 1Ch.22:19, al.; in 2Ki.10:12, Psa.27:14 31:24 combined with κρατιοῦσθαι, as in 1Co, l.with) ;] to make a man of. Mid., to play the man (cf. MM, VGT, see word): 1Co.16:13.† (AS)