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Lexicon :: Strong's G282 - amētōr

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ἀμήτωρ
Transliteration
amētōr (Key)
Pronunciation
am-ay'-tore
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Part of Speech
masculine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
From ἄλφα (G1) (as a negative particle) and μήτηρ (G3384)
mGNT
1x in 1 unique form(s) TR
1x in 1 unique form(s) LXX
0x in 0 unique form(s)
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Strong’s Definitions

ἀμήτωρ amḗtōr, am-ay'-tore; from G1 (as a negative particle) and G3384; motherless, i.e. of unknown maternity:—without mother.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 1x

The KJV translates Strong's G282 in the following manner: without mother (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 1x
The KJV translates Strong's G282 in the following manner: without mother (1x).

  1. born without a mother

  2. bereft of a mother

  3. born of a base or unknown mother

  4. unmotherly, not worthy of the name of mother

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
ἀμήτωρ amḗtōr, am-ay'-tore; from G1 (as a negative particle) and G3384; motherless, i.e. of unknown maternity:—without mother.
STRONGS G282:
ἀμήτωρ, -ορος, ὁ, ἡ, (μήτηρ), without a mother, motherless; in Greek writings:
1. born without a mother, e. g. Minerva, Euripides, Phoen. 666f, others; God himself, inasmuch as he is without origin, Lactantius, instt. 4, 13, 2.
2. bereft of a mother, Herodotus 4, 154, elsewhere.
3. born of a base or unknown mother, Euripides, Ion 109 cf. 837.
4. unmotherly, unworthy of the name of mother: μήτηρ ἀμήτωρ, Sophocles El. 1154. Cf. Bleek on Heb. vol. ii., 2, p. 305ff.
5. in a significance unused by the Greeks, 'whose mother is not recorded in the genealogy': of Melchizedek, Hebrews 7:3; (of Sarah by Philo in de temul. § 14, and rer. div. haer. § 12; [cf. Bleek as above]); cf. the classic ἀνολυμπιάς.
THAYER’S GREEK LEXICON, Electronic Database.
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Hebrews
7:3

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Strong's Number G282 matches the Greek ἀμήτωρ (amētōr),
which occurs 1 times in 1 verses in the MGNT Greek.

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Unchecked Copy BoxHeb 7:3 - Without [[fn]any record of] father or mother, nor ancestral line, without [any record of] beginning of days (birth) nor ending of life (death), but having been made like the Son of God, he remains a priest without interruption and without successor.
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