GreekG3384Noun (Feminine)

μήτηρ

mētēr

78Occurrences
G3384Strong's #
Noun (Feminine)Part of Speech

Definition

Quick Definition(Strong's Concordance)

a "mother" (literally or figuratively, immediate or remote)

apparently a primary word;

Full Lexicon Entry(Abbott-Smith)
genitive, μητρός, ἡ, mother: figuratively, of one who takes the place of a mother, ἰδοὺ, ἡ μ. μου; of a city, ἥτις ἐσὶν μ. ἡμῶν; symbolically of Babylon, ἡ μ. πορνῶν
LXX: chiefly for אֵם

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Grammar & Morphology

Part of Speech

Noun (Feminine)

Morphology Code

G:N-F

Full Description

Greek Noun, Feminine

Occurrences

μήτηρ appears 78 times in the New Testament.

Distribution by Book

Matthew
24
Luke
17
Mark
16
John
9
Acts
4
Ephesians
2
Galatians
2
1 Timothy
1

Key Passages

1 Timothy 5:2BSB

older women as mothers, and younger women as sisters, with absolute purity.

John 2:5BSB

His mother said to the servants, “Do whatever He tells you.”

Luke 7:12BSB

As He approached the town gate, He saw a dead man being carried out, the only son of his mother, and she was a widow. And a large crowd from the town was with her.

Matthew 14:8BSB

Prompted by her mother, she said, “Give me here on a platter the head of John the Baptist.”

Mark 10:7BSB

‘For this reason a man will leave his father and mother and be united to his wife,

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