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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

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number G3994 matches the Greek πενθερά (penthera),
which occurs 13 times in 12 verses in the LXX Greek.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 27:23

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 27:23 - Cursed is he that lies with his daughter-in-law: and all the people shall say, So be it. Cursed is he that lies with his wife's sister: and all the people shall say, So be it.

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Unchecked Copy BoxRth 1:14

Unchecked Copy BoxRth 1:14 - And they lifted up their voice, and wept again; and Orpha kissed her mother-in-law and returned to her people; but Ruth followed her.

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Unchecked Copy BoxRth 2:11

Unchecked Copy BoxRth 2:11 - And Booz answered and said to her, It has fully been told me how thou hast dealt with thy mother-in-law after the death of thy husband; and how thou didst leave thy father and thy mother, and the land of thy birth, and camest to a people whom thou knewest not before.

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Unchecked Copy BoxRth 2:18

Unchecked Copy BoxRth 2:18 - And she took it up, and went into the city: and her mother-in-law saw what she had gleaned, and Ruth brought forth and gave to her the food which she had left from what she had been satisfied with.

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Unchecked Copy BoxRth 2:19

Unchecked Copy BoxRth 2:19 - And her mother-in-law said to her, Where hast thou gleaned to-day, and where hast thou wrought? blessed be he that took notice of thee. And Ruth told her mother-in-law where she had wrought, and said, The name of the man with whom I wrought to-day is Booz.

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Unchecked Copy BoxRth 2:21

Unchecked Copy BoxRth 2:21 - And Ruth said to her mother-in-law, Yea, he said also to me, Keep close to my damsels, until the men shall have finished all my reaping.

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Unchecked Copy BoxRth 2:23

Unchecked Copy BoxRth 2:23 - And Ruth joined herself to the damsels of Booz to glean until they had finished the barley-harvest and the wheat-harvest.

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Unchecked Copy BoxRth 3:1

Unchecked Copy BoxRth 3:1 - And she lodged with her mother-in-law: and Noemin her mother-in-law said to her, My daughter, shall I not seek rest for thee, that it may be well with thee?

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Unchecked Copy BoxRth 3:6

Unchecked Copy BoxRth 3:6 - And she went down to the threshing-floor, and did according to all that her mother-in-law enjoined her.

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Unchecked Copy BoxRth 3:16

Unchecked Copy BoxRth 3:16 - And Ruth went in to her mother-in-law, and she said to her, My daughter! and Ruth told her all that the man had done to her.

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Unchecked Copy BoxRth 3:17

Unchecked Copy BoxRth 3:17 - And she said to her, He gave me these six measures of barley, for he said to me, Go not empty to thy mother-in-law.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMic 7:6

Unchecked Copy BoxMic 7:6 - For the son dishonours his father, the daughter will rise up against her mother, the daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law: those in his house shall be all a man's enemies.
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