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Lexicon :: Strong's G3994 - penthera

Aa
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 be he that lieth with his mother-in-law. And all the people shall say, Amen.

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Unchecked Copy BoxRth 1:14

Unchecked Copy BoxRth 1:14 - And they lifted up their voice, and wept again: and Orpah kissed her mother-in-law, but Ruth clave unto her.

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Unchecked Copy BoxRth 2:11

Unchecked Copy BoxRth 2:11 - And Boaz answered and said unto her, It hath fully been showed me, all that thou hast done unto thy mother-in-law since the death of thy husband; and how thou hast left thy father and thy mother, and the land of thy nativity, and art come unto a people that thou knewest not heretofore.

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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 she brought forth and gave to her that which she had left after she was sufficed.

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Unchecked Copy BoxRth 2:19

Unchecked Copy BoxRth 2:19 - And her mother-in-law said unto her, Where hast thou gleaned to-day? and where hast thou wrought? blessed be he that did take knowledge of thee. And she showed her mother-in-law with whom she had wrought, and said, The man’s name with whom I wrought to-day is Boaz.

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Unchecked Copy BoxRth 2:21

Unchecked Copy BoxRth 2:21 - And Ruth the Moabitess said, Yea, he said unto me, Thou shalt keep fast by my young men, until they have ended all my harvest.

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Unchecked Copy BoxRth 2:23

Unchecked Copy BoxRth 2:23 - So she kept fast by the maidens of Boaz, to glean unto the end of barley harvest and of wheat harvest; and she dwelt with her mother-in-law.

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Unchecked Copy BoxRth 3:1

Unchecked Copy BoxRth 3:1 - And Naomi her mother-in-law said unto 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 unto the threshing-floor, and did according to all that her mother-in-law bade her.

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Unchecked Copy BoxRth 3:16

Unchecked Copy BoxRth 3:16 - And when she came to her mother-in-law, she said, Who art thou, my daughter? And she 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, These six measures of barley gave he me; for he said, Go not empty unto thy mother-in-law.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMic 7:6

Unchecked Copy BoxMic 7:6 - For the son dishonoreth the father, the daughter riseth up against her mother, the daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law; a man’s enemies are the men of his own house.
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