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Lexicon :: Strong's G3384 - mētēr

Aa
μήτηρ
Transliteration
mētēr (Key)
Pronunciation
may'-tare
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Part of Speech
feminine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
Apparently a primary word
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Vine's Expository Dictionary: View Entry

TDNT Reference: 4:642,592

Strong’s Definitions

μήτηρ mḗtēr, may'-tare; apparently a primary word; a "mother" (literally or figuratively, immediate or remote):—mother.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 85x

The KJV translates Strong's G3384 in the following manner: mother (85x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 85x
The KJV translates Strong's G3384 in the following manner: mother (85x).

  1. a mother

  2. metaph. the source of something, the motherland

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
μήτηρ mḗtēr, may'-tare; apparently a primary word; a "mother" (literally or figuratively, immediate or remote):—mother.
STRONGS G3384:
μήτηρ, genitive μητρός, dative μητρί, accusative μητέρα, ἡ (from Homer down; from Sanskritma, 'to measure'; but whether denoting the 'moulder,' or the 'manager' is debated; cf. Vanicek, p. 657; Curtius, § 472; (cf. μέτρον)), Hebrew אֵם, a mother; properly: Matthew 1:18; Matthew 2:11, and often; tropically, of that which is like a mother: Matthew 12:49; Mark 3:35; John 19:27; Romans 16:13, cf. 1 Timothy 5:2; a city is called ἡ μήτηρ τῶν πορνῶν, that produces and harbors the harlots, Revelation 17:5; of a city where races of men (i. e. Christians) originated, Galatians 4:26 (here G T Tr WH omit; L brackets παντον (on the origin of which cf. Lightfoot at the passage)).
THAYER’S GREEK LEXICON, Electronic Database.
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All rights reserved. Used by permission.

BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

Matthew
1:18; 2:11; 12:49
Mark
3:35
John
19:27
Romans
16:13
Galatians
4:26
1 Timothy
5:2
Revelation
17:5

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number G3384 matches the Greek μήτηρ (mētēr),
which occurs 83 times in 77 verses in the MGNT Greek.

Page 2 / 2 (Luk 8:20–Rev 17:5)

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 8:20

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 8:20 - Someone told him, “Your mother and brothers are standing outside, wanting to see you.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 8:21

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 8:21 - He replied, “My mother and brothers are those who hear God’s word and put it into practice.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 8:51

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 8:51 - When he arrived at the house of Jairus, he did not let anyone go in with him except Peter, John and James, and the child’s father and mother.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 12:53

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

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 14:26

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 14:26 - “If anyone comes to me and does not hate father and mother, wife and children, brothers and sisters—yes, even their own life—such a person cannot be my disciple.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 18:20

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 18:20 - You know the commandments: ‘You shall not commit adultery, you shall not murder, you shall not steal, you shall not give false testimony, honor your father and mother.’[fn]”

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Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 2:1

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 2:1 - On the third day a wedding took place at Cana in Galilee. Jesus’ mother was there,

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Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 2:3

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 2:3 - When the wine was gone, Jesus’ mother said to him, “They have no more wine.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 2:5

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 2:5 - His mother said to the servants, “Do whatever he tells you.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 2:12

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 2:12 - After this he went down to Capernaum with his mother and brothers and his disciples. There they stayed for a few days.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 3:4

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 3:4 - “How can someone be born when they are old?” Nicodemus asked. “Surely they cannot enter a second time into their mother’s womb to be born!”

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Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 6:42

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 6:42 - They said, “Is this not Jesus, the son of Joseph, whose father and mother we know? How can he now say, ‘I came down from heaven’?”

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Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 19:25

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 19:25 - Near the cross of Jesus stood his mother, his mother’s sister, Mary the wife of Clopas, and Mary Magdalene.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 19:26

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 19:26 - When Jesus saw his mother there, and the disciple whom he loved standing nearby, he said to her, “Woman,[fn] here is your son,”

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Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 19:27

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 19:27 - and to the disciple, “Here is your mother.” From that time on, this disciple took her into his home.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 1:14 - They all joined together constantly in prayer, along with the women and Mary the mother of Jesus, and with his brothers.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 3:2

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 3:2 - Now a man who was lame from birth was being carried to the temple gate called Beautiful, where he was put every day to beg from those going into the temple courts.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 12:12

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 12:12 - When this had dawned on him, he went to the house of Mary the mother of John, also called Mark, where many people had gathered and were praying.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 14:8 - In Lystra there sat a man who was lame. He had been that way from birth and had never walked.

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Unchecked Copy BoxRom 16:13 - Greet Rufus, chosen in the Lord, and his mother, who has been a mother to me, too.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGal 1:15 - But when God, who set me apart from my mother’s womb and called me by his grace, was pleased

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Unchecked Copy BoxGal 4:26 - But the Jerusalem that is above is free, and she is our mother.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEph 5:31

Unchecked Copy BoxEph 5:31 - “For this reason a man will leave his father and mother and be united to his wife, and the two will become one flesh.”[fn]

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Unchecked Copy BoxEph 6:2

Unchecked Copy BoxEph 6:2 - “Honor your father and mother”—which is the first commandment with a promise—

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ti 5:2

Unchecked Copy Box1Ti 5:2 - older women as mothers, and younger women as sisters, with absolute purity.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ti 1:5

Unchecked Copy Box2Ti 1:5 - I am reminded of your sincere faith, which first lived in your grandmother Lois and in your mother Eunice and, I am persuaded, now lives in you also.

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Unchecked Copy BoxRev 17:5 - The name written on her forehead was a mystery: babylon the great the mother of prostitutes and of the abominations of the earth.

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