GreekG3994Noun (Feminine)

πενθερά

penthera

5Occurrences
G3994Strong's #
Noun (Feminine)Part of Speech

Definition

Quick Definition(Strong's Concordance)

a wife's mother

feminine of G3995 (πενθερός);

Full Lexicon Entry(Abbott-Smith)
a mother-in-law.
LXX: for חֲמוֹת

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Grammar & Morphology

Part of Speech

Noun (Feminine)

Morphology Code

G:N-F

Full Description

Greek Noun, Feminine

Occurrences

πενθερά appears 5 times in the New Testament.

Distribution by Book

Luke
2
Matthew
2
Mark
1

Key Passages

Luke 12:53BSB

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.”

Luke 4:38BSB

After Jesus had left the synagogue, He went to the home of Simon, whose mother-in-law was suffering from a high fever. So they appealed to Jesus on her behalf,

Matthew 10:35BSB

For I have come to turn‘a man against his father,a daughter against her mother,a daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law.

Matthew 8:14BSB

When Jesus arrived at Peter’s house, He saw Peter’s mother-in-law sick in bed with a fever.

Mark 1:30BSB

Simon’s mother-in-law was sick in bed with a fever, and they promptly told Jesus about her.

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