GreekG3388Noun (Feminine)
μήτρα
mētra
“womb”
2Occurrences
G3388Strong's #
Noun (Feminine)Part of Speech
Definition
Quick Definition(Strong's Concordance)
the matrix
from G3384 (μήτηρ);
Full Lexicon Entry(Abbott-Smith)
the womb: (LXX).
LXX: chiefly for רֶחֶם
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Grammar & Morphology
Part of Speech
Noun (Feminine)
Morphology Code
G:N-F
Full Description
Greek Noun, Feminine
Occurrences
μήτρα appears 2 times in the New Testament.
Distribution by Book
Luke
1
Romans
1
Key Passages
Luke 2:23BSB
(as it is written in the Law of the Lord: “Every firstborn male shall be consecrated to the Lord”),
Romans 4:19BSB
Without weakening in his faith, he acknowledged the decrepitness of his body (since he was about a hundred years old) and the lifelessness of Sarah’s womb.
Lexicon data from STEPBible.org (Tyndale House, Cambridge) under CC BY 4.0 license.