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Lexicon :: Strong's G3994 - penthera

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πενθερά
Transliteration
penthera (Key)
Pronunciation
pen-ther-ah'
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Part of Speech
feminine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
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Strong’s Definitions

πενθερά pentherá, pen-ther-ah'; feminine of G3995; a wife's mother:—mother in law, wife's mother.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 6x

The KJV translates Strong's G3994 in the following manner: mother in law (3x), wife's mother (3x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 6x
The KJV translates Strong's G3994 in the following manner: mother in law (3x), wife's mother (3x).

  1. mother-in-law, a wife's mother

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
πενθερά pentherá, pen-ther-ah'; feminine of G3995; a wife's mother:—mother in law, wife's mother.
STRONGS G3994:
πενθερά, πενθερᾶς, ἡ (feminine of πενθερός, which see), a mother-in-law, a wife's mother: Matthew 8:14; Matthew 10:35; Mark 1:30; Luke 4:38; Luke 12:53. (Demosthenes, Plutarch, Lucian, others; the Sept. for חָמות.)
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

Matthew
8:14; 10:35
Mark
1:30
Luke
4:38; 12:53

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Strong's Number G3994 matches the Greek πενθερά (penthera),
which occurs 6 times in 5 verses in the MGNT Greek.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 8:14

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 8:14 - And when Jesus was come into Peter’s house, he saw his wife’s mother lying sick of a fever.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 10:35

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 10:35 - For I came to set a man at variance against his father, and the daughter against her mother, and the daughter in law against her mother in law:

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Unchecked Copy Box Mar 1:30

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 1:30 - Now Simon’s wife’s mother lay sick of a fever; and straightway they tell him of her:

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 4:38

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 4:38 - And he rose up from the synagogue, and entered into the house of Simon. And Simon’s wife’s mother was holden with a great fever; and they besought him for her.

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 12:53

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 12:53 - They shall be divided, father against son, and son against father; mother against daughter, and daughter against her mother; mother in law against her daughter in law, and daughter in law against her mother in law.
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