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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)).
THAYER’S GREEK LEXICON, Electronic Database.
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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 85 times in 79 verses in the TR Greek.

Page 1 / 2 (Mat 1:18–Luk 7:12)

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 1:18

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 1:18 - This is how the birth of Jesus the Messiah came about[fn]: His mother Mary was pledged to be married 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 - On coming to the house, they saw the child with his mother Mary, and they bowed down and worshiped him. Then they opened their treasures and presented him with gifts of gold, frankincense and myrrh.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 2:13

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 2:13 - When they had gone, an angel of the Lord appeared to Joseph in a dream. “Get up,” he said, “take the child and his mother and escape to Egypt. Stay there until I tell you, for Herod is going to search for the child to kill him.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 2:14

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 2:14 - So he got up, took the child and his mother during the night and left for Egypt,

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 2:20

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 2:20 - and said, “Get up, take the child and his mother and go to the land of Israel, for those who were trying to take 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, took the child and his mother and went 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 turn “ ‘a man against his father, a daughter against her mother, a daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law—

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 10:37

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 10:37 - “Anyone who loves their father or mother more than me is not worthy of me; anyone who loves their 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 talking to the crowd, his mother and brothers stood outside, wanting to speak to him.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 12:47

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 12:47 - Someone told him, “Your mother and brothers are standing outside, wanting to speak to you.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 12:48

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 12:48 - He replied to him, “Who is my mother, and who are my brothers?”

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 12:49

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 12:49 - Pointing to 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’s name Mary, and aren’t his brothers James, Joseph, Simon and Judas?

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

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 14:11

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 14:11 - His head was brought in on a platter and given to the girl, who carried 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’[fn] and ‘Anyone who curses their father or mother is to be put to death.’[fn]

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 15:5

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 15:5 - But you say that if anyone declares that what might have been used to help their father or mother is ‘devoted to God,’

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 15:6

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 15:6 - they are not to ‘honor their father or mother’ with it. Thus you nullify the word of God for the sake of your tradition.

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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 be united to his wife, and the two will become one flesh’[fn]?

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 19:12

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 19:12 - For there are eunuchs who were born that way, and there are eunuchs who have been made eunuchs by others—and there are those who choose to live like eunuchs for the sake of the kingdom of heaven. The one who can 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,’[fn] and ‘love your neighbor as yourself.’[fn]”

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 19:29

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 19:29 - And everyone who has left houses or brothers or sisters or father or mother or wife[fn] 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 Zebedee’s sons came to Jesus with her sons and, kneeling down, asked a favor of him.

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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,[fn] and the mother of Zebedee’s sons.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mar 3:31

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 3:31 - Then Jesus’ mother and brothers arrived. Standing outside, they sent someone in to call him.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mar 3:32

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 3:32 - A crowd was sitting around him, and they told him, “Your mother and brothers are outside looking for you.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Mar 3:33

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 3:33 - “Who are my mother and my brothers?” he asked.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mar 3:34

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 3:34 - Then he looked at those seated in a circle around him and said, “Here are my mother and my brothers!

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Unchecked Copy Box Mar 3:35

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 3:35 - Whoever does God’s will is my brother and sister and mother.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Mar 5:40

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 5:40 - But they laughed at him. After he put them all out, he took the child’s father and mother and the disciples who were with him, and went in where the child was.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMar 6:24 - She went out and said to her mother, “What shall I ask for?” “The head of John the Baptist,” she answered.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mar 6:28

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 6:28 - and brought back his head on a platter. He presented it to the girl, and she 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 mother,’[fn] and, ‘Anyone who curses their father or mother is to be put to death.’[fn]

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Unchecked Copy Box Mar 7:11

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 7:11 - But you say that if anyone declares that what might have been used to help their father or mother is Corban (that is, devoted to God)—

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Unchecked Copy BoxMar 7:12 - then you no longer let them do anything for their father or mother.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMar 10:7 - ‘For this reason a man will leave his father and mother and be united to his wife,[fn]

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Unchecked Copy Box Mar 10:19

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 10:19 - You know the commandments: ‘You shall not murder, you shall not commit adultery, you shall not steal, you shall not give false testimony, you shall not defraud, honor your father and mother.’[fn]”

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Unchecked Copy Box Mar 10:29

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 10:29 - “Truly I tell you,” Jesus replied, “no one who has left home or brothers or sisters or mother or father or children or fields for me and the gospel

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Unchecked Copy Box Mar 10:30

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 10:30 - will fail to receive a hundred times as much in this present age: homes, brothers, sisters, mothers, children and fields—along with persecutions—and in the age to come eternal life.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMar 15:40 - Some women were watching from a distance. Among them were Mary Magdalene, Mary the mother of James the younger and of Joseph,[fn] 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 is never to take wine or other fermented drink, and he will be filled with the Holy Spirit even before he is born.

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 1:43

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 1:43 - But why am I so favored, that the mother of my Lord should come to me?

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 1:60

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 1:60 - but his mother spoke up and said, “No! He is to be called John.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 2:33

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 2:33 - The child’s father and mother marveled 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 Mary, his mother: “This child is destined to cause the falling and rising of many in Israel, and to be a sign that will be spoken against,

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 2:43

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 2:43 - After the festival was over, while his parents were returning home, the boy Jesus stayed behind in Jerusalem, but they were unaware of it.

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 2:48

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 2:48 - When his parents saw him, they were astonished. His mother said to him, “Son, why have you treated us like this? Your father and I have been anxiously searching for you.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 2:51

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 2:51 - Then he went down to Nazareth with them and was obedient to them. But his mother treasured 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 dead person was being carried out—the only son of his mother, and she was a widow. And a large crowd from the town was with her.

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