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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, 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 227 times in 208 verses in the LXX Greek.

Page 3 / 5 (2Ki 4:19–Psa 69:8)

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 4:19 - And he said to his father, “Oh, my head, my head!” The father said to his servant, “Carry him to his mother.”

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 4:20

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 4:20 - And when he had lifted him and brought him to his mother, the child sat on her lap till noon, and then he died.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 4:30 - Then the mother of the child said, “As the LORD lives and as you yourself live, I will not leave you.” So he arose and followed her.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 8:26 - Ahaziah was twenty-two years old when he began to reign, and he reigned one year in Jerusalem. His mother’s name was Athaliah; she was a granddaughter of Omri king of Israel.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 9:22 - And when Joram saw Jehu, he said, “Is it peace, Jehu?” He answered, “What peace can there be, so long as the whorings and the sorceries of your mother Jezebel are so many?”

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 11:1 - Now when Athaliah the mother of Ahaziah saw that her son was dead, she arose and destroyed all the royal family.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 12:1 - In the seventh year of Jehu, Jehoash[fn] began to reign, and he reigned forty years in Jerusalem. His mother’s name was Zibiah of Beersheba.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 14:2 - He was twenty-five years old when he began to reign, and he reigned twenty-nine years in Jerusalem. His mother’s name was Jehoaddin of Jerusalem.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 15:2 - He was sixteen years old when he began to reign, and he reigned fifty-two years in Jerusalem. His mother’s name was Jecoliah of Jerusalem.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 15:33

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 15:33 - He was twenty-five years old when he began to reign, and he reigned sixteen years in Jerusalem. His mother’s name was Jerusha the daughter of Zadok.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 18:2 - He was twenty-five years old when he began to reign, and he reigned twenty-nine years in Jerusalem. His mother’s name was Abi the daughter of Zechariah.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 21:1 - Manasseh was twelve years old when he began to reign, and he reigned fifty-five years in Jerusalem. His mother’s name was Hephzibah.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 21:19 - Amon was twenty-two years old when he began to reign, and he reigned two years in Jerusalem. His mother’s name was Meshullemeth the daughter of Haruz of Jotbah.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 22:1 - Josiah was eight years old when he began to reign, and he reigned thirty-one years in Jerusalem. His mother’s name was Jedidah the daughter of Adaiah of Bozkath.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 23:31 - Jehoahaz was twenty-three years old when he began to reign, and he reigned three months in Jerusalem. His mother’s name was Hamutal the daughter of Jeremiah of Libnah.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 23:36 - Jehoiakim was twenty-five years old when he began to reign, and he reigned eleven years in Jerusalem. His mother’s name was Zebidah the daughter of Pedaiah of Rumah.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 24:8 - Jehoiachin was eighteen years old when he became king, and he reigned three months in Jerusalem. His mother’s name was Nehushta the daughter of Elnathan of Jerusalem.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 24:12 - and Jehoiachin the king of Judah gave himself up to the king of Babylon, himself and his mother and his servants and his officials and his palace officials. The king of Babylon took him prisoner in the eighth year of his reign

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 24:15 - And he carried away Jehoiachin to Babylon. The king’s mother, the king’s wives, his officials, and the chief men of the land he took into captivity from Jerusalem to Babylon.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 24:18

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 24:18 - Zedekiah was twenty-one years old when he became king, and he reigned eleven years in Jerusalem. His mother’s name was Hamutal the daughter of Jeremiah of Libnah.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 2:26 - Jerahmeel also had another wife, whose name was Atarah; she was the mother of Onam.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 4:9 - Jabez was more honorable than his brothers; and his mother called his name Jabez, saying, “Because I bore him in pain.”[fn]

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 2:14 - the son of a woman of the daughters of Dan, and his father was a man of Tyre. He is trained to work in gold, silver, bronze, iron, stone, and wood, and in purple, blue, and crimson fabrics and fine linen, and to do all sorts of engraving and execute any design that may be assigned him, with your craftsmen, the craftsmen of my lord, David your father.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 12:13 - So King Rehoboam grew strong in Jerusalem and reigned. Rehoboam was forty-one years old when he began to reign, and he reigned seventeen years in Jerusalem, the city that the LORD had chosen out of all the tribes of Israel to put his name there. His mother’s name was Naamah the Ammonite.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 13:2 - He reigned for three years in Jerusalem. His mother’s name was Micaiah[fn] the daughter of Uriel of Gibeah. Now there was war between Abijah and Jeroboam.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 15:16 - Even Maacah, his mother, King Asa removed from being queen mother because she had made a detestable image for Asherah. Asa cut down her image, crushed it, and burned it at the brook Kidron.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 20:31 - Thus Jehoshaphat reigned over Judah. He was thirty-five years old when he began to reign, and he reigned twenty-five years in Jerusalem. His mother’s name was Azubah the daughter of Shilhi.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 22:2 - Ahaziah was twenty-two[fn] years old when he began to reign, and he reigned one year in Jerusalem. His mother’s name was Athaliah, the granddaughter of Omri.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 22:3 - He also walked in the ways of the house of Ahab, for his mother was his counselor in doing wickedly.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 22:10

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 22:10 - Now when Athaliah the mother of Ahaziah saw that her son was dead, she arose and destroyed all the royal family of the house of Judah.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 24:1

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 24:1 - Joash[fn] was seven years old when he began to reign, and he reigned forty years in Jerusalem. His mother’s name was Zibiah of Beersheba.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 25:1 - Amaziah was twenty-five years old when he began to reign, and he reigned twenty-nine years in Jerusalem. His mother’s name was Jehoaddan of Jerusalem.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 26:3 - Uzziah was sixteen years old when he began to reign, and he reigned fifty-two years in Jerusalem. His mother’s name was Jecoliah of Jerusalem.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 27:1 - Jotham was twenty-five years old when he began to reign, and he reigned sixteen years in Jerusalem. His mother’s name was Jerushah the daughter of Zadok.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 29:1 - Hezekiah began to reign when he was twenty-five years old, and he reigned twenty-nine years in Jerusalem. His mother’s name was Abijah[fn] the daughter of Zechariah.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 36:2 - Jehoahaz was twenty-three years old when he began to reign, and he reigned three months in Jerusalem.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 36:5 - Jehoiakim was twenty-five years old when he began to reign, and he reigned eleven years in Jerusalem. He did what was evil in the sight of the LORD his God.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 1:21 - And he said, “Naked I came from my mother’s womb, and naked shall I return. The LORD gave, and the LORD has taken away; blessed be the name of the LORD.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 3:10

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 3:10 - because it did not shut the doors of my mother’s womb,
nor hide trouble from my eyes.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 3:16

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 3:16 - Or why was I not as a hidden stillborn child,
as infants who never see the light?

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 17:14

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 17:14 - if I say to the pit, ‘You are my father,’
and to the worm, ‘My mother,’ or ‘My sister,’

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 31:18

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 31:18 - (for from my youth the fatherless[fn] grew up with me as with a father,
and from my mother’s womb I guided the widow[fn]),

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 38:8

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 38:8 - “Or who shut in the sea with doors
when it burst out from the womb,

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 42:17

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 42:17 - And Job died, an old man, and full of days.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 22:9

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 22:9 - Yet you are he who took me from the womb;
you made me trust you at my mother’s breasts.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 22:10

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 22:10 - On you was I cast from my birth,
and from my mother’s womb you have been my God.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 27:10

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 27:10 - For my father and my mother have forsaken me,
but the LORD will take me in.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 50:20

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 50:20 - You sit and speak against your brother;
you slander your own mother’s son.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 51:5

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 51:5 - Behold, I was brought forth in iniquity,
and in sin did my mother conceive me.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 69:8

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 69:8 - I have become a stranger to my brothers,
an alien to my mother’s sons.

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