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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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Vine's Expository Dictionary: View Entry

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, (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 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 83 times in 77 verses in the MGNT Greek.

Page 2 / 2 (Luk 8:20–Rev 17:5)

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 8:20 -

He was told, “Your mother and your brothers are standing outside, wanting to see you.”

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 8:21 -

But he replied to them, “My mother and my brothers are those who hear and do the word of God.”

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 8:51 -

After he came to the house, he let no one enter with him except Peter, John, James, and the child’s father and mother.

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 12:53 -

“They will be divided, father against son,

son against father,

mother against daughter,

daughter against mother,

mother-in-law against her daughter-in-law,

and daughter-in-law against mother-in-law.

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 14:26 -

“If anyone comes to me and does not hate his own father and mother, wife and children, brothers and sisters ​— ​yes, and even his own life ​— ​he cannot be my disciple.

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 18:20 -

“You know the commandments: Do not commit adultery; do not murder; do not steal; do not bear false witness; honor your father and mother.

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 2:1 -

On the third day a wedding took place in Cana of Galilee. Jesus’s mother was there,

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 2:3 -

When the wine ran out, Jesus’s mother told him, “They don’t have any wine.”

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 2:5 -

“Do whatever he tells you,” his mother told the servants.

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 2:12 -

After this, he went down to Capernaum, together with his mother, his brothers, and his disciples, and they stayed there only a few days.

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 3:4 -

“How can anyone be born when he is old? ” Nicodemus asked him. “Can he enter his mother’s womb a second time and be born? ”

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 6:42 -

They were saying, “Isn’t this Jesus the son of Joseph, whose father and mother we know? How can he now say, ‘I have come down from heaven’? ”

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 19:25 -

Standing by the cross of Jesus were his mother, his mother’s sister, Mary the wife of Clopas, and Mary Magdalene.

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 19:26 -

When Jesus saw his mother and the disciple he loved standing there, he said to his mother, “Woman, here is your son.”

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 19:27 -

Then he said to the disciple, “Here is your mother.” And from that hour the disciple took her into his home.

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 1:14 -

They all were continually united in prayer,[fn] along with the women, including Mary the mother of Jesus, and his brothers.

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 3:2 -

A man who was lame from birth was being carried there. He was placed each day at the temple gate called Beautiful, so that he could beg from those entering the temple.

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 12:12 -

As soon as he realized this, he went to the house of Mary, the mother of John who was called Mark, where many had assembled and were praying.

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 14:8 -

In Lystra a man was sitting who was without strength in his feet, had never walked, and had been lame from birth.

Unchecked Copy BoxRom 16:13 -

Greet Rufus, chosen in the Lord; also his mother ​— ​and mine.

Unchecked Copy BoxGal 1:15 -

But when God, who from my mother’s womb set me apart and called me by his grace, was pleased

Unchecked Copy BoxGal 4:26 -

But the Jerusalem above is free, and she is our mother.

Unchecked Copy BoxEph 5:31 -

For this reason a man will leave his father and mother and be joined to his wife, and the two will become one flesh.

Unchecked Copy BoxEph 6:2 -

Honor your father and mother, which is the first commandment with a promise,

Unchecked Copy Box1Ti 5:2 -

older women as mothers, and the younger women as sisters with all purity.

Unchecked Copy Box2Ti 1:5 -

I recall your sincere faith that first lived in your grandmother Lois and in your mother Eunice and now, I am convinced, is in you also.

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 17:5 -

On her forehead was written a name, a mystery: Babylon the Great, the Mother of Prostitutes and of the Detestable Things of the Earth.


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