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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 224 times in 205 verses in the LXX Greek.

Page 1 / 5 (Gen 2:24–Deu 21:19)

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 2:24

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 2:24 - That is why a man leaves his father and mother and is united to his wife, and they become one flesh.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 3:20

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 3:20 - Adam[fn] named his wife Eve,[fn] because she would become the mother of all the living.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 20:12

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 20:12 - Besides, she really is my sister, the daughter of my father though not of my mother; and she became my wife.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 21:21

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 21:21 - While he was living in the Desert of Paran, his mother got a wife for him from Egypt.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 24:28

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 24:28 - The young woman ran and told her mother’s household about these things.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 24:53

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 24:53 - Then the servant brought out gold and silver jewelry and articles of clothing and gave them to Rebekah; he also gave costly gifts to her brother and to her mother.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 24:55

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 24:55 - But her brother and her mother replied, “Let the young woman remain with us ten days or so; then you[fn] may go.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 24:67

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 24:67 - Isaac brought her into the tent of his mother Sarah, and he married Rebekah. So she became his wife, and he loved her; and Isaac was comforted after his mother’s death.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 27:11

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 27:11 - Jacob said to Rebekah his mother, “But my brother Esau is a hairy man while I have smooth skin.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 27:13

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 27:13 - His mother said to him, “My son, let the curse fall on me. Just do what I say; go and get them for me.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 27:14

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 27:14 - So he went and got them and brought them to his mother, and she prepared some tasty food, just the way his father liked it.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 28:2

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 28:2 - Go at once to Paddan Aram,[fn] to the house of your mother’s father Bethuel. Take a wife for yourself there, from among the daughters of Laban, your mother’s brother.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 28:5

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 28:5 - Then Isaac sent Jacob on his way, and he went to Paddan Aram, to Laban son of Bethuel the Aramean, the brother of Rebekah, who was the mother of Jacob and Esau.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 28:7

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 28:7 - and that Jacob had obeyed his father and mother and had gone to Paddan Aram.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 29:1

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 29:1 - Then Jacob continued on his journey and came to the land of the eastern peoples.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 29:10

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 29:10 - When Jacob saw Rachel daughter of his uncle Laban, and Laban’s sheep, he went over and rolled the stone away from the mouth of the well and watered his uncle’s sheep.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 30:14

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 30:14 - During wheat harvest, Reuben went out into the fields and found some mandrake plants, which he brought to his mother Leah. Rachel said to Leah, “Please give me some of your son’s mandrakes.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 32:11

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 32:11 - Save me, I pray, from the hand of my brother Esau, for I am afraid he will come and attack me, and also the mothers with their children.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 37:10

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 37:10 - When he told his father as well as his brothers, his father rebuked him and said, “What is this dream you had? Will your mother and I and your brothers actually come and bow down to the ground before you?”

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 44:20

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 44:20 - And we answered, ‘We have an aged father, and there is a young son born to him in his old age. His brother is dead, and he is the only one of his mother’s sons left, and his father loves him.’

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 48:7

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 48:7 - As I was returning from Paddan,[fn] to my sorrow Rachel died in the land of Canaan while we were still on the way, a little distance from Ephrath. So I buried her there beside the road to Ephrath” (that is, Bethlehem).

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 49:26

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 49:26 - Your father’s blessings are greater than the blessings of the ancient mountains, than[fn] the bounty of the age-old hills. Let all these rest on the head of Joseph, on the brow of the prince among[fn] his brothers.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 2:3 - But when she could hide him no longer, she got a papyrus basket[fn] for him and coated it with tar and pitch. Then she placed the child in it and put it among the reeds along the bank of the Nile.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 2:8 - “Yes, go,” she answered. So the girl went and got the baby’s mother.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 20:12

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 20:12 - “Honor your father and your mother, so that you may live long in the land the LORD your God is giving you.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 21:15

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 21:15 - “Anyone who attacks[fn] their father or mother is to be put to death.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 21:17

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 21:17 - “Anyone who curses their father or mother is to be put to death.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 22:30

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 22:30 - Do the same with your cattle and your sheep. Let them stay with their mothers for seven days, but give them to me on the eighth day.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 23:19

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 23:19 - “Bring the best of the firstfruits of your soil to the house of the LORD your God. “Do not cook a young goat in its mother’s milk.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 34:26

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 34:26 - “Bring the best of the firstfruits of your soil to the house of the LORD your God. “Do not cook a young goat in its mother’s milk.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 18:7 - “ ‘Do not dishonor your father by having sexual relations with your mother. She is your mother; do not have relations with her.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 18:9

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 18:9 - “ ‘Do not have sexual relations with your sister, either your father’s daughter or your mother’s daughter, whether she was born in the same home or elsewhere.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 18:13

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 18:13 - “ ‘Do not have sexual relations with your mother’s sister, because she is your mother’s close relative.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 19:3

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 19:3 - “ ‘Each of you must respect your mother and father, and you must observe my Sabbaths. I am the LORD your God.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 20:9

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 20:9 - “ ‘Anyone who curses their father or mother is to be put to death. Because they have cursed their father or mother, their blood will be on their own head.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 20:14

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 20:14 - “ ‘If a man marries both a woman and her mother, it is wicked. Both he and they must be burned in the fire, so that no wickedness will be among you.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 20:17 - “ ‘If a man marries his sister, the daughter of either his father or his mother, and they have sexual relations, it is a disgrace. They are to be publicly removed from their people. He has dishonored his sister and will be held responsible.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 20:19

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 20:19 - “ ‘Do not have sexual relations with the sister of either your mother or your father, for that would dishonor a close relative; both of you would be held responsible.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 21:2

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 21:2 - except for a close relative, such as his mother or father, his son or daughter, his brother,

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 21:11

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 21:11 - He must not enter a place where there is a dead body. He must not make himself unclean, even for his father or mother,

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 22:27

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 22:27 - “When a calf, a lamb or a goat is born, it is to remain with its mother for seven days. From the eighth day on, it will be acceptable as a food offering presented to the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 24:11 - The son of the Israelite woman blasphemed the Name with a curse; so they brought him to Moses. (His mother’s name was Shelomith, the daughter of Dibri the Danite.)

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 6:7 - Even if their own father or mother or brother or sister dies, they must not make themselves ceremonially unclean on account of them, because the symbol of their dedication to God is on their head.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 12:12

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 12:12 - Do not let her be like a stillborn infant coming from its mother’s womb with its flesh half eaten away.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 5:16

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 5:16 - “Honor your father and your mother, as the LORD your God has commanded you, so that you may live long and that it may go well with you in the land the LORD your God is giving you.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 13:6

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 13:6 - If your very own brother, or your son or daughter, or the wife you love, or your closest friend secretly entices you, saying, “Let us go and worship other gods” (gods that neither you nor your ancestors have known,

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 14:21

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 14:21 - Do not eat anything you find already dead. You may give it to the foreigner residing in any of your towns, and they may eat it, or you may sell it to any other foreigner. But you are a people holy to the LORD your God. Do not cook a young goat in its mother’s milk.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 21:13

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 21:13 - and put aside the clothes she was wearing when captured. After she has lived in your house and mourned her father and mother for a full month, then you may go to her and be her husband and she shall be your wife.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 21:18

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 21:18 - If someone has a stubborn and rebellious son who does not obey his father and mother and will not listen to them when they discipline him,

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 21:19

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 21:19 - his father and mother shall take hold of him and bring him to the elders at the gate of his town.

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