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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 caused infertility to strike every woman in the household of Abimelech because he took Sarah, Abraham's wife.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 29:31

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 29:31 - When the LORD saw that Leah was unloved, he enabled her to become pregnant while Rachel remained childless.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 30:22

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 30:22 - Then God took note of Rachel. He paid attention to her and enabled her to become pregnant.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 49:25

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 49:25 - because of the God of your father, who will help you, because of the sovereign God, who will bless you with blessings from the sky above, blessings from the deep that lies below, and blessings of the breasts and womb.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 13:2

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 13:2 - "Set apart to me every firstborn male - the first offspring of every womb among the Israelites, whether human or animal; it is mine."

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 13:12

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 13:12 - then you must give over to the LORD the first offspring of every womb. Every firstling of a beast that you have - the males will be the LORD's.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 13:13

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 13:13 - Every firstling of a donkey you must redeem with a lamb, and if you do not redeem it, then you must break its neck. Every firstborn of your sons you must redeem.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 13:15

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 13:15 - When Pharaoh stubbornly refused to release us, the LORD killed all the firstborn in the land of Egypt, from the firstborn of people to the firstborn of animals. That is why I am sacrificing to the LORD the first male offspring of every womb, but all my firstborn sons I redeem.'

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 34:19

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 34:19 - "Every firstborn of the womb belongs to me, even every firstborn of your cattle that is a male, whether ox or sheep.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 3:12

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 3:12 - "Look, I myself have taken the Levites from among the Israelites instead of every firstborn who opens the womb among the Israelites. So the Levites belong to me,

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 8:16

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 8:16 - For they are entirely given to me from among the Israelites. I have taken them for myself instead of all who open the womb, the firstborn sons of all the Israelites.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 12:12

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 12:12 - Do not let her be like a baby born dead, whose flesh is half-consumed when it comes out of its mother's womb!"

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 18:15

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 18:15 - The firstborn of every womb which they present to the LORD, whether human or animal, will be yours. Nevertheless, the firstborn sons you must redeem, and the firstborn males of unclean animals you must redeem.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 25:8

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 25:8 - and went after the Israelite man into the tent and thrust through the Israelite man and into the woman's abdomen. So the plague was stopped from the Israelites.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 1:5

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 1:5 - But he would give a double portion to Hannah, because he especially loved her. Now the LORD had not enabled her to have children.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 1:6

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 1:6 - Her rival wife used to upset her and make her worry, for the LORD had not enabled her to have children.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 3:26

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 3:26 - The real mother spoke up to the king, for her motherly instincts were aroused. She said, "My master, give her the living child! Whatever you do, don't kill him!" But the other woman said, "Neither one of us will have him! Let them cut him in two!"

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 3:16

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 3:16 - Or why was I not buried like a stillborn infant, like infants who have never seen the light?

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 22:10

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 22:10 - I have been dependent on you since birth; from the time I came out of my mother's womb you have been my God.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 58:3

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 58:3 - The wicked turn aside from birth; liars go astray as soon as they are born.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 1:5

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 1:5 - "Before I formed you in your mother's womb I chose you. Before you were born I set you apart. I appointed you to be a prophet to the nations."

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 20:17

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 20:17 - For he did not kill me before I came from the womb, making my pregnant mother's womb my grave forever.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 20:18

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 20:18 - Why did I ever come forth from my mother's womb? All I experience is trouble and grief, and I spend my days in shame.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 20:26

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 20:26 - I declared them to be defiled because of their sacrifices - they caused all their first born to pass through the fire - so that I would devastate them, so that they will 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 will you give them? Give them wombs that miscarry, and breasts that cannot nurse!

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Unchecked Copy Box Amo 1:11

Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 1:11 - This is what the LORD says: "Because Edom has committed three crimes - make that four! - I will not revoke my decree of judgment. He chased his brother with a sword; he wiped out his allies. In his anger he tore them apart without stopping to rest; in his fury he relentlessly attacked them.
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