πενθερά
penthera
“mother-in-law”
Definition
a wife's mother
feminine of G3995 (πενθερός);
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logos (G3056)
word, saying, account
Grammar & Morphology
Noun (Feminine)
G:N-F
Greek Noun, Feminine
Occurrences
πενθερά appears 5 times in the New Testament.
Distribution by Book
Key Passages
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.”
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,
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.
When Jesus arrived at Peter’s house, He saw Peter’s mother-in-law sick in bed with a fever.
Simon’s mother-in-law was sick in bed with a fever, and they promptly told Jesus about her.
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