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Lexicon :: Strong's G3384 - mētēr

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μήτηρ
Transliteration
mētēr (Key)
Pronunciation
may'-tare
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Part of Speech
feminine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
Apparently a primary word
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TDNT Reference: 4:642,592

Strong’s Definitions

μήτηρ mḗtēr, may'-tare; apparently a primary word; a "mother" (literally or figuratively, immediate or remote):—mother.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 85x

The KJV translates Strong's G3384 in the following manner: mother (85x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 85x
The KJV translates Strong's G3384 in the following manner: mother (85x).

  1. a mother

  2. metaph. the source of something, the motherland

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
μήτηρ mḗtēr, may'-tare; apparently a primary word; a "mother" (literally or figuratively, immediate or remote):—mother.
STRONGS G3384:
μήτηρ, genitive μητρός, dative μητρί, accusative μητέρα, ἡ (from Homer down; from Sanskritma, 'to measure'; but whether denoting the 'moulder,' or the 'manager' is debated; cf. Vanicek, p. 657; Curtius, § 472; (cf. μέτρον)), Hebrew אֵם, a mother; properly: Matthew 1:18; Matthew 2:11, and often; tropically, of that which is like a mother: Matthew 12:49; Mark 3:35; John 19:27; Romans 16:13, cf. 1 Timothy 5:2; a city is called ἡ μήτηρ τῶν πορνῶν, that produces and harbors the harlots, Revelation 17:5; of a city where races of men (i. e. Christians) originated, Galatians 4:26 (here G T Tr WH omit; L brackets παντον (on the origin of which cf. Lightfoot at the passage)).
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

Matthew
1:18; 2:11; 12:49
Mark
3:35
John
19:27
Romans
16:13
Galatians
4:26
1 Timothy
5:2
Revelation
17:5

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number G3384 matches the Greek μήτηρ (mētēr),
which occurs 83 times in 77 verses in the MGNT Greek.

Page 1 / 2 (Mat 1:18–Luk 8:19)

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 1:18

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 1:18 - Now the birth of Jesus Christ happened this way. While his mother Mary was engaged to Joseph, but before they came together, she was found to be pregnant through the Holy Spirit.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 2:11

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 2:11 - As they came into the house and saw the child with Mary his mother, they bowed down and worshiped him. They opened their treasure boxes and gave him gifts of gold, frankincense, and myrrh.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 2:13

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 2:13 - After they had gone, an angel of the Lord appeared to Joseph in a dream and said, "Get up, take the child and his mother and flee to Egypt, and stay there until I tell you, for Herod is going to look for the child to kill him."

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 2:14

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 2:14 - Then he got up, took the child and his mother during the night, and went to Egypt.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 2:20

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 2:20 - saying, "Get up, take the child and his mother, and go to the land of Israel, for those who were seeking the child's life are dead."

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 2:21

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 2:21 - So he got up and took the child and his mother and returned to the land of Israel.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 10:35

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 10:35 - For I have come to set a man against his father, a daughter against her mother, and a daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law,

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 10:37

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 10:37 - "Whoever loves father or mother more than me is not worthy of me, and whoever loves son or daughter more than me is not worthy of me.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 12:46

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 12:46 - While Jesus was still speaking to the crowds, his mother and brothers came and stood outside, asking to speak to him.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 12:47

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 12:47 - Someone told him, "Look, your mother and your brothers are standing outside wanting to speak to you."

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 12:48

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 12:48 - To the one who had said this, Jesus replied, "Who is my mother and who are my brothers?"

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 12:49

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 12:49 - And pointing toward his disciples he said, "Here are my mother and my brothers!

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 12:50

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 12:50 - For whoever does the will of my Father in heaven is my brother and sister and mother."

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 13:55

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 13:55 - Isn't this the carpenter's son? Isn't his mother named Mary? And aren't his brothers James, Joseph, Simon, and Judas?

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 14:8

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 14:8 - Instructed by her mother, she said, "Give me the head of John the Baptist here on a platter."

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 14:11

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 14:11 - His head was brought on a platter and given to the girl, and she brought it to her mother.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 15:4

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 15:4 - For God said, 'Honor your father and mother' and 'Whoever insults his father or mother must be put to death.'

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 15:5

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 15:5 - But you say, 'If someone tells his father or mother, "Whatever help you would have received from me is given to God,"

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 19:5

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 19:5 - and said, 'For this reason a man will leave his father and mother and will be united with his wife, and the two will become one flesh'?

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 19:12

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 19:12 - For there are some eunuchs who were that way from birth, and some who were made eunuchs by others, and some who became eunuchs for the sake of the kingdom of heaven. The one who is able to accept this should accept it."

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 19:19

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 19:19 - honor your father and mother, and love your neighbor as yourself."

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 19:29

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 19:29 - And whoever has left houses or brothers or sisters or father or mother or children or fields for my sake will receive a hundred times as much and will inherit eternal life.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 20:20

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 20:20 - Then the mother of the sons of Zebedee came to him with her sons, and kneeling down she asked him for a favor.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 27:56

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 27:56 - Among them were Mary Magdalene, Mary the mother of James and Joseph, and the mother of the sons of Zebedee.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mar 3:31

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 3:31 - Then Jesus' mother and his brothers came. Standing outside, they sent word to him, to summon him.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mar 3:32

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 3:32 - A crowd was sitting around him and they said to him, "Look, your mother and your brothers are outside looking for you."

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Unchecked Copy Box Mar 3:33

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 3:33 - He answered them and said, "Who are my mother and my brothers?"

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Unchecked Copy Box Mar 3:34

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 3:34 - And looking at those who were sitting around him in a circle, he said, "Here are my mother and my brothers!

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Unchecked Copy Box Mar 3:35

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 3:35 - For whoever does the will of God is my brother and sister and mother."

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Unchecked Copy Box Mar 5:40

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 5:40 - And they began making fun of him. But he put them all outside and he took the child's father and mother and his own companions and went into the room where the child was.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMar 6:24 - So she went out and said to her mother, "What should I ask for?" Her mother said, "The head of John the baptizer."

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Unchecked Copy Box Mar 6:28

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 6:28 - He brought his head on a platter and gave it to the girl, and the girl gave it to her mother.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mar 7:10

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 7:10 - For Moses said, 'Honor your father and your mother,' and, 'Whoever insults his father or mother must be put to death.'

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Unchecked Copy Box Mar 7:11

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 7:11 - But you say that if anyone tells his father or mother, 'Whatever help you would have received from me is corban' (that is, a gift for God),

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Unchecked Copy Box Mar 7:12

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 7:12 - then you no longer permit him to do anything for his father or mother.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMar 10:7 - For this reason a man will leave his father and mother,

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Unchecked Copy Box Mar 10:19

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 10:19 - You know the commandments: 'Do not murder, do not commit adultery, do not steal, do not give false testimony, do not defraud, honor your father and mother.'"

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Unchecked Copy Box Mar 10:29

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 10:29 - Jesus said, "I tell you the truth, there is no one who has left home or brothers or sisters or mother or father or children or fields for my sake and for the sake of the gospel

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Unchecked Copy Box Mar 10:30

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 10:30 - who will not receive in this age a hundred times as much - homes, brothers, sisters, mothers, children, fields, all with persecutions - and in the age to come, eternal life.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMar 15:40 - There were also women, watching from a distance. Among them were Mary Magdalene, and Mary the mother of James the younger and of Joses, and Salome.

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 1:15

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 1:15 - for he will be great in the sight of the Lord. He must never drink wine or strong drink, and he will be filled with the Holy Spirit, even before his birth.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 1:43 - And who am I that the mother of my Lord should come and visit me?

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 1:60

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 1:60 - But his mother replied, "No! He must be named John."

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 2:33 - So the child's father and mother were amazed at what was said about him.

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 2:34

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 2:34 - Then Simeon blessed them and said to his mother Mary, "Listen carefully: This child is destined to be the cause of the falling and rising of many in Israel and to be a sign that will be rejected.

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 2:48

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 2:48 - When his parents saw him, they were overwhelmed. His mother said to him, "Child, why have you treated us like this? Look, your father and I have been looking for you anxiously."

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 2:51 - Then he went down with them and came to Nazareth, and was obedient to them. But his mother kept all these things in her heart.

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 7:12

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 7:12 - As he approached the town gate, a man who had died was being carried out, the only son of his mother (who was a widow), and a large crowd from the town was with her.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 7:15 - So the dead man sat up and began to speak, and Jesus gave him back to his mother.

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 8:19

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 8:19 - Now Jesus' mother and his brothers came to him, but they could not get near him because of the crowd.

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