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Lexicon :: Strong's G3388 - mētra

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μήτρα
Transliteration
mētra (Key)
Pronunciation
may'-trah
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Part of Speech
feminine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
mGNT
2x in 2 unique form(s) TR
2x in 2 unique form(s) LXX
28x in 4 unique form(s)
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Strong’s Definitions

μήτρα mḗtra, may'-trah; from G3384; the matrix:—womb.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 2x

The KJV translates Strong's G3388 in the following manner: womb (2x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 2x
The KJV translates Strong's G3388 in the following manner: womb (2x).

  1. the womb

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
μήτρα mḗtra, may'-trah; from G3384; the matrix:—womb.
STRONGS G3388:
μήτρα, μήτρας, ἡ (μήτηρ), the womb: Luke 2:23 (on which see διανοίγω, 1); Romans 4:19. (Herodotus, Plato, others; the Sept. for רֶחֶם.)
THAYER’S GREEK LEXICON, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

Luke
2:23
Romans
4:19

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number G3388 matches the Greek μήτρα (mētra),
which occurs 28 times in 26 verses in the LXX Greek.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 20:18

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 20:18 - For the LORD had fast closed up all the wombs of the house of Abimelech, because of Sarah Abraham's wife.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 29:31

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 29:31 - And when the LORD saw that Leah was hated, he opened her womb: but Rachel was barren.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 30:22

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 30:22 - And God remembered Rachel, and God hearkened to her, and opened her womb.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 49:25

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 49:25 - Even by the God of thy father, who shall help thee; and by the Almighty, who shall bless thee with blessings of heaven above, blessings of the deep that lieth under, blessings of the breasts, and of the womb:

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 13:2

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 13:2 - Sanctify unto me all the firstborn, whatsoever openeth the womb among the children of Israel, both of man and of beast: it is mine.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 13:12

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 13:12 - That thou shalt set apart unto the LORD all that openeth the matrix, and every firstling that cometh of a beast which thou hast; the males shall be the LORD'S.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 13:13

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 13:13 - And every firstling of an ass thou shalt redeem with a lamb; and if thou wilt not redeem it, then thou shalt break his neck: and all the firstborn of man among thy children shalt thou redeem.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 13:15

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 13:15 - And it came to pass, when Pharaoh would hardly let us go, that the LORD slew all the firstborn in the land of Egypt, both the firstborn of man, and the firstborn of beast: therefore I sacrifice to the LORD all that openeth the matrix, being males; but all the firstborn of my children I redeem.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 34:19

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 34:19 - All that openeth the matrix is mine; and every firstling among thy cattle, whether ox or sheep, that is male.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 3:12

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 3:12 - And I, behold, I have taken the Levites from among the children of Israel instead of all the firstborn that openeth the matrix among the children of Israel: therefore the Levites shall be mine;

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 8:16

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 8:16 - For they are wholly given unto me from among the children of Israel; instead of such as open every womb, even instead of the firstborn of all the children of Israel, have I taken them unto me.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 12:12

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 12:12 - Let her not be as one dead, of whom the flesh is half consumed when he cometh out of his mother's womb.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 18:15

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 18:15 - Every thing that openeth the matrix in all flesh, which they bring unto the LORD, whether it be of men or beasts, shall be thine: nevertheless the firstborn of man shalt thou surely redeem, and the firstling of unclean beasts shalt thou redeem.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 25:8

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 25:8 - And he went after the man of Israel into the tent, and thrust both of them through, the man of Israel, and the woman through her belly. So the plague was stayed from the children of Israel.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 1:5

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 1:5 - But unto Hannah he gave a worthy portion; for he loved Hannah: but the LORD had shut up her womb.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 1:6

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 1:6 - And her adversary also provoked her sore, for to make her fret, because the LORD had shut up her womb.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 3:26

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 3:26 - Then spake the woman whose the living child was unto the king, for her bowels yearned upon her son, and she said, O my lord, give her the living child, and in no wise slay it. But the other said, Let it be neither mine nor thine, but divide it.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 3:16

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 3:16 - Or as an hidden untimely birth I had not been; as infants which never saw light.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 22:10

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 22:10 - I was cast upon thee from the womb: thou art my God from my mother's belly.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 58:3

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 58:3 - The wicked are estranged from the womb: they go astray as soon as they be born, speaking lies.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 1:5

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 1:5 - Before I formed thee in the belly I knew thee; and before thou camest forth out of the womb I sanctified thee, and I ordained thee a prophet unto the nations.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 20:17

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 20:17 - Because he slew me not from the womb; or that my mother might have been my grave, and her womb to be always great with me.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 20:18

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 20:18 - Wherefore came I forth out of the womb to see labour and sorrow, that my days should be consumed with shame?

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 20:26

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 20:26 - And I polluted them in their own gifts, in that they caused to pass through the fire all that openeth the womb, that I might make them desolate, to the end that they might know that I am the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy Box Hos 9:14

Unchecked Copy BoxHos 9:14 - Give them, O LORD: what wilt thou give? give them a miscarrying womb and dry breasts.

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Unchecked Copy Box Amo 1:11

Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 1:11 - Thus saith the LORD; For three transgressions of Edom, and for four, I will not turn away the punishment thereof; because he did pursue his brother with the sword, and did cast off all pity, and his anger did tear perpetually, and he kept his wrath for ever:
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