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Lexicon :: Strong's G3388 - mētra

Aa
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 BoxGen 20:18

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 20:18 - For Jehovah had fast closed up all the wombs of the house of Abimelech, because of Sarah, Abraham’s wife.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 29:31

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 29:31 - And Jehovah saw that Leah was hated, and he opened her womb: but Rachel was barren.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 30:22

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 30:22 - And God remembered Rachel, and God hearkened to her, and opened her womb.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 49:25

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 49:25 -
Even by the God of thy father, who shall help thee,
And by the Almighty, who shall bless thee,
With blessings of heaven above,
Blessings of the deep that coucheth beneath,
Blessings of the breasts, and of the womb.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 13:2

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 13:2 - Sanctify unto me all the first-born, whatsoever openeth the womb among the children of Israel, both of man and of beast: it is mine.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 13:12

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 13:12 - that thou shalt set apart unto Jehovah all that openeth the womb, and every firstling which thou hast that cometh of a beast; the males shall be Jehovah’s.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 13:13

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 13:13 - And every firstling of an ass thou shalt redeem with a lamb; and if thou wilt not redeem it, then thou shalt break its neck: and all the first-born of man among thy sons shalt thou redeem.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 13:15

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 13:15 - and it came to pass, when Pharaoh would hardly let us go, that Jehovah slew all the first-born in the land of Egypt, both the first-born of man, and the first-born of beast: therefore I sacrifice to Jehovah all that openeth the womb, being males; but all the first-born of my sons I redeem.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 34:19

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 34:19 - All that openeth the womb is mine; and all thy cattle that is male, the firstlings of cow and sheep.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 3:12

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 3:12 - And I, behold, I have taken the Levites from among the children of Israel instead of all the first-born that openeth the womb among the children of Israel; and the Levites shall be mine:

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 8:16

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 8:16 - For they are wholly given unto me from among the children of Israel; instead of all that openeth the womb, even the first-born of all the children of Israel, have I taken them unto me.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 12:12

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 12:12 - Let her not, I pray, be as one dead, of whom the flesh is half consumed when he cometh out of his mother’s womb.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 18:15

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 18:15 - Everything that openeth the womb, of all flesh which they offer unto Jehovah, both of man and beast shall be thine: nevertheless the first-born of man shalt thou surely redeem, and the firstling of unclean beasts shalt thou redeem.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 25:8

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 25:8 - and he went after the man of Israel into the pavilion, and thrust both of them through, the man of Israel, and the woman through her body. So the plague was stayed from the children of Israel.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 1:5

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 1:5 - but unto Hannah he gave a double portion; for he loved Hannah, but Jehovah had shut up her womb.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 1:6

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 1:6 - And her rival provoked her sore, to make her fret, because Jehovah had shut up her womb.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 3:26

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 3:26 - Then spake the woman whose the living child was unto the king, for her heart yearned over her son, and she said, Oh, my lord, give her the living child, and in no wise slay it. But the other said, It shall be neither mine nor thine; divide it.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 3:16

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 3:16 -
Or as a hidden untimely birth I had not been,
As infants that never saw light.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 22:10

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 22:10 -
I was cast upon thee from the womb;
Thou art my God since my mother bare me.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 58:3

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 58:3 -
The wicked are estranged from the womb:
They go astray as soon as they are born, speaking lies.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 1:5

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 1:5 - Before I formed thee in the belly I knew thee, and before thou camest forth out of the womb I sanctified thee; I have appointed thee a prophet unto the nations.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 20:17

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 20:17 - because he slew me not from the womb; and so my mother would have been my grave, and her womb always great.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 20:18

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 20:18 - Wherefore came I forth out of the womb to see labor and sorrow, that my days should be consumed with shame?

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 20:26

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 20:26 - and I polluted them in their own gifts, in that they caused to pass through the fire all that openeth the womb, that I might make them desolate, to the end that they might know that I am Jehovah.

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Unchecked Copy BoxHos 9:14

Unchecked Copy BoxHos 9:14 - Give them, O Jehovah—what wilt thou give? give them a miscarrying womb and dry breasts.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 1:11

Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 1:11 - Thus saith Jehovah: For three transgressions of Edom, yea, for four, I will not turn away the punishment thereof; because he did pursue his brother with the sword, and did cast off all pity, and his anger did tear perpetually, and he kept his wrath for ever.
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