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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.
All rights reserved. Used by permission. BibleSoft.com

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 all the women to be infertile because of what happened with Abraham’s wife, Sarah.

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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 have children, but Rachel could not conceive.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 30:22

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 30:22 - Then God remembered Rachel’s plight and answered her prayers by enabling her to have children.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 49:25

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 49:25 - May the God of your father help you;
may the Almighty bless you
with the blessings of the heavens above,
and blessings of the watery depths below,
and blessings of the breasts and womb.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 13:2

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 13:2 - “Dedicate to me every firstborn among the Israelites. The first offspring to be born, of both humans and animals, belongs to me.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 13:12

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 13:12 - you must present all firstborn sons and firstborn male animals to the LORD, for they belong to him.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 13:13

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 13:13 - A firstborn donkey may be bought back from the LORD by presenting a lamb or young goat in its place. But if you do not buy it back, you must break its neck. However, you must buy back every firstborn son.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 13:15

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 13:15 - Pharaoh stubbornly refused to let us go, so the LORD killed all the firstborn males throughout the land of Egypt, both people and animals. That is why I now sacrifice all the firstborn males to the LORD—except that the firstborn sons are always bought back.’

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 34:19

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 34:19 - “The firstborn of every animal belongs to me, including the firstborn males from your herds of cattle and your flocks of sheep and goats.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 3:12

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 3:12 - “Look, I have chosen the Levites from among the Israelites to serve as substitutes for all the firstborn sons of the people of Israel. The Levites belong to me,

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 8:16

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 8:16 - “Of all the people of Israel, the Levites are reserved for me. I have claimed them for myself in place of all the firstborn sons of the Israelites; I have taken the Levites as their substitutes.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 12:12

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 12:12 - Don’t let her be like a stillborn baby, already decayed at birth.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 18:15

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 18:15 - “The firstborn of every mother, whether human or animal, that is offered to the LORD will be yours. But you must always redeem your firstborn sons and the firstborn of ceremonially unclean animals.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 25:8

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 25:8 - and rushed after the man into his tent. Phinehas thrust the spear all the way through the man’s body and into the woman’s stomach. So the plague against the Israelites was stopped,

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 1:5

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 1:5 - And though he loved Hannah, he would give her only one choice portion[fn] because the LORD had given her no children.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 1:6

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 1:6 - So Peninnah would taunt Hannah and make fun of her because the LORD had kept her from having children.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 3:26

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 3:26 - Then the woman who was the real mother of the living child, and who loved him very much, cried out, “Oh no, my lord! Give her the child—please do not kill him!”
But the other woman said, “All right, he will be neither yours nor mine; divide him between us!”

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 3:16

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 3:16 - Why wasn’t I buried like a stillborn child,
like a baby who never lives to see the light?

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 22:10

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 22:10 - I was thrust into your arms at my birth.
You have been my God from the moment I was born.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 58:3

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 58:3 - These wicked people are born sinners;
even from birth they have lied and gone their own way.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 1:5

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 1:5 - “I knew you before I formed you in your mother’s womb.
Before you were born I set you apart
and appointed you as my prophet to the nations.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 20:17

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 20:17 - because he did not kill me at birth.
Oh, that I had died in my mother’s womb,
that her body had been my grave!

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 20:18

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 20:18 - Why was I ever born?
My entire life has been filled
with trouble, sorrow, and shame.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 20:26

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 20:26 - I let them pollute themselves[fn] with the very gifts I had given them, and I allowed them to give their firstborn children as offerings to their gods—so I might devastate them and remind them that I alone am the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy Box Hos 9:14

Unchecked Copy BoxHos 9:14 - O LORD, what should I request for your people?
I will ask for wombs that don’t give birth
and breasts that give no milk.

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Unchecked Copy Box Amo 1:11

Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 1:11 - This is what the LORD says:
“The people of Edom have sinned again and again,
and I will not let them go unpunished!
They chased down their relatives, the Israelites, with swords,
showing them no mercy.
In their rage, they slashed them continually
and were unrelenting in their anger.
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