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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.
Copyright © 2002, 2003, 2006, 2011 by Biblesoft, Inc.
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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 Yahweh had utterly shut all the wombs of the household of Abimelech because of Sarah, Abraham’s wife.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 29:31

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 29:31 -

And Yahweh saw that Leah was [fn]unloved, and He opened her womb, but Rachel was barren.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 30:22

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 30:22 -

Then God remembered Rachel, and God listened to her and opened her womb.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 49:25

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 49:25 -

From the God of your father who helps you,

And [fn]by the [fn]Almighty who blesses you

With blessings of heaven above,

Blessings of the deep that lies beneath,

Blessings of the breasts and of the womb.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 13:2

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 13:2 - “Sanctify to Me every firstborn, the first [fn]offspring of every womb among the sons of Israel, both of man and beast; it belongs to Me.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 13:12

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 13:12 - and you shall [fn]devote to Yahweh the first [fn]offspring of every womb and [fn]the first offspring of every beast that you own; the males belong to Yahweh.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 13:13

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 13:13 - “But every first [fn]offspring of a donkey you shall redeem with a lamb, but if you do not redeem it, then you shall break its neck; and every firstborn of man among your sons you shall redeem.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 13:15

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 13:15 - ‘And it happened, when Pharaoh hardened his heart with stiffness about letting us go, that Yahweh killed every firstborn in the land of Egypt, both the firstborn of man and the firstborn of beast. Therefore, I sacrifice to Yahweh the males, the first [fn]offspring of every womb, but every firstborn of my sons I redeem.’

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 34:19

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 34:19 -

“The first offspring from every womb belongs to Me, even of all your male livestock, the first offspring from [fn]cattle and sheep.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 3:12

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 3:12 - “Now, behold, I have taken the Levites from among the sons of Israel instead of every firstborn, the first offspring of the womb among the sons of Israel. So 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 to Me from among the sons of Israel. I have taken them for Myself instead of every first issue of the womb, the firstborn of all the sons of Israel.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 12:12

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 12:12 - “Oh, do not let her be like one dead, whose flesh is half eaten away when he comes from his mother’s womb!”

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 18:15

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 18:15 - “[fn]Every first issue of the womb of all flesh, whether man or animal, which they bring near to Yahweh, shall be yours; nevertheless the firstborn of man you shall surely redeem, and the firstborn of unclean animals you shall 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 [fn]tent and pierced both of them through, the man of Israel and the woman, through the [fn]body. Then the plague on the sons of Israel was checked.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 1:5

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 1:5 - but to Hannah he would give a double portion, for he loved Hannah, but Yahweh had closed her womb.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 1:6

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 1:6 - Her rival, however, would provoke her bitterly to irritate her because Yahweh had closed her womb.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 3:26

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 3:26 - Then the woman whose son was the living one spoke to the king, for [fn]she was deeply stirred with compassion over her son and said, “Oh, my lord, give her the living child, and by no means put him to death.” But the other said, “He shall be neither mine nor yours; divide him!”

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 3:16

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 3:16 -

“Or why was I not like a miscarriage hidden away,

As infants that never saw light?

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 22:10

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 22:10 -

Upon You I was cast from [fn]birth;

You have been my God from my mother’s womb.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 58:3

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 58:3 -

The wicked are estranged from the womb;

These who speak falsehood wander in error from [fn]birth.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 1:5

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 1:5 -

“Before I formed you in the [fn]innermost parts I knew you,

And before you came out from the womb I set you apart;

I have given you as a prophet to the nations.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 20:17 -

Because he did not put me to death from the womb,

So that my mother would have been my grave,

And her womb ever pregnant.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 20:18

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 20:18 -

Why did I ever come forth from the womb

To look on trouble and sorrow,

So that my days have been spent in shame?

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 20:26

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 20:26 - and I pronounced them unclean because of their gifts, in that they caused all [fn]their firstborn to pass through the fire so that I might make them desolate, in order that they might know that I am Yahweh.”’

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Unchecked Copy Box Hos 9:14

Unchecked Copy BoxHos 9:14 -

Give them, O Yahweh—what will You give?

Give them a [fn]miscarrying womb and dry breasts.

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Unchecked Copy Box Amo 1:11

Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 1:11 -

Thus says Yahweh,

“For three transgressions of Edom and for four

I will not turn back its punishment

Because he pursued his brother with the sword

While he corrupted his compassion;

And his anger also tore continually,

And he kept his wrath forever.

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