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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 17 times in 16 verses in 'Mar' in the TR Greek.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMar 3:31

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 3:31 - And his mother and his brothers came, and standing outside they sent to him and called him.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMar 3:32

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 3:32 - And a crowd was sitting around him, and they said to him, “Your mother and your brothers[fn] are outside, seeking you.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxMar 3:33

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 3:33 - And he answered them, “Who are my mother and my brothers?”

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Unchecked Copy BoxMar 3:34

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 3:34 - And looking about at those who sat around him, he said, “Here are my mother and my brothers!

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Unchecked Copy BoxMar 3:35

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

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Unchecked Copy BoxMar 5:40

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

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Unchecked Copy BoxMar 6:24

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 6:24 - And she went out and said to her mother, “For what should I ask?” And she said, “The head of John the Baptist.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxMar 6:28

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 6:28 - and 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 BoxMar 7:10

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 7:10 - For Moses said, ‘Honor your father and your mother’; and, ‘Whoever reviles father or mother must surely die.’

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Unchecked Copy BoxMar 7:11

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 7:11 - But you say, ‘If a man tells his father or his mother, “Whatever you would have gained from me is Corban”’ (that is, given to God)[fn]—

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Unchecked Copy BoxMar 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

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 10:7 - ‘Therefore a man shall leave his father and mother and hold fast to his wife,[fn]

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Unchecked Copy BoxMar 10:19

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 10:19 - You know the commandments: ‘Do not murder, Do not commit adultery, Do not steal, Do not bear false witness, Do not defraud, Honor your father and mother.’”

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Unchecked Copy BoxMar 10:29

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 10:29 - Jesus said, “Truly, I say to you, there is no one who has left house or brothers or sisters or mother or father or children or lands, for my sake and for the gospel,

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Unchecked Copy BoxMar 10:30

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 10:30 - who will not receive a hundredfold now in this time, houses and brothers and sisters and mothers and children and lands, with persecutions, and in the age to come eternal life.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMar 15:40

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 15:40 - There were also women looking on from a distance, among whom were Mary Magdalene, and Mary the mother of James the younger and of Joses, and Salome.
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