Strong G3384μήτηρ

mother

Transliteration: mētēr
Pronunciation: may'-tare
Morphology: Greek Noun (Feminine)

Definition

Apparently a primary word; a mother (literally or figuratively immediate or remote): - mother.

Detailed definition

μήτηρ
genitive,
μητρός, ἡ,
[in LXX chiefly for אֵם;]
mother: Mat.1:18 2:11, al.; figuratively, of one who takes the place of a mother, ἰδοὺ, ἡ μ. μου, Mat.12:49 (cf. Mat.12:50, Mrk.3:35, Jhn.19:27, Rom.16:13, 1Ti.5:2); of a city, ἥτις ἐσὶν μ. ἡμῶν, Gal.4:26; symbolically of Babylon, ἡ μ. τ. πορνῶν, Rev.17:5
(AS)

In the Bible

Strong G3384 appears in 79 verses of the KJV.

Translated in the KJV by

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First verses

Matthew 1:18
Now the birth of Jesus Christ was on this wise: When as his mother Mary was espoused to Joseph, before they came together, she was found with child of the Holy Ghost.
Matthew 2:11
And when they were come into the house, they saw the young child with Mary his mother, and fell down, and worshipped him: and when they had opened their treasures, they presented unto him gifts; gold, and frankincense, and myrrh.
Matthew 2:13
And when they were departed, behold, the angel of the Lord appeareth to Joseph in a dream, saying, Arise, and take the young child and his mother, and flee into Egypt, and be thou there until I bring thee word: for Herod will seek the young child to destroy him.
Matthew 2:14
When he arose, he took the young child and his mother by night, and departed into Egypt:
Matthew 2:20
Saying, Arise, and take the young child and his mother, and go into the land of Israel: for they are dead which sought the young child’s life.
Matthew 2:21
And he arose, and took the young child and his mother, and came into the land of Israel.
Matthew 10:35
For I am come to set a man at variance against his father, and the daughter against her mother, and the daughter in law against her mother in law.
Matthew 10:37
He that loveth father or mother more than me is not worthy of me: and he that loveth son or daughter more than me is not worthy of me.
Matthew 12:46
While he yet talked to the people, behold, his mother and his brethren stood without, desiring to speak with him.
Matthew 12:47
Then one said unto him, Behold, thy mother and thy brethren stand without, desiring to speak with thee.
Matthew 12:48
But he answered and said unto him that told him, Who is my mother? and who are my brethren?
Matthew 12:49
And he stretched forth his hand toward his disciples, and said, Behold my mother and my brethren!
Matthew 12:50
For whosoever shall do the will of my Father which is in heaven, the same is my brother, and sister, and mother.
Matthew 13:55
Is not this the carpenter’s son? is not his mother called Mary? and his brethren, James, and Joses, and Simon, and Judas?
Matthew 14:8
And she, being before instructed of her mother, said, Give me here John Baptist’s head in a charger.
Matthew 14:11
And his head was brought in a charger, and given to the damsel: and she brought it to her mother.
Matthew 15:4
For God commanded, saying, Honour thy father and mother: and, He that curseth father or mother, let him die the death.
Matthew 15:5
But ye say, Whosoever shall say to his father or his mother, It is a gift, by whatsoever thou mightest be profited by me;
Matthew 15:6
And honour not his father or his mother, he shall be free. Thus have ye made the commandment of God of none effect by your tradition.
Matthew 19:5
And said, For this cause shall a man leave father and mother, and shall cleave to his wife: and they twain shall be one flesh?

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μήτηρ,
Doric dialect μάτηρ, ἡ: though paroxytone in nominative, it follows πατήρ in the accent of the indirect cases, genitive μητερος contraction μητρός, dative μητέρι, μητρί, both forms being found in [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Homerus Epicus)], but the longer forms rarely in Trag. exc. Lyric poetry, as ματέρος [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Supplices” 539; ματέρι 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Coloneus” 1481)]; μητέρος in iambics, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Hercules Furens” 843, “Or.” 580, “Rh.” 393: _accusative_ always μητέρα, μητέρας: _vocative_ μῆτερ)]:—mother, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 1.351, etc.)]; of animals, dam,[Refs 8th c.BC+ (17.4, 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 10.414)]; of a mother-bird, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 2.313)]; of queen bees, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Historia Animalium” 553a29, etc.)]; ἀπὸ ματρὸς φίλας, ἐκ ματρός, from one's mother's womb, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “P.” 5.114, 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Choephori” 422 (Lyric poetry))]: in plural, mother and grandmother, [Refs 1st c.AD+ (1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Agis” 9)]; as an address to elderly women, ὦ μῆτερ [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (1st c.BC: Diodorus Siculus Historicus 17.37, compare 3rd c.BC: Theocritus Poeta Bucolicus 15.60, etc.: in titles, μ. πατρίδος)], = Mater Patriae, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd-3rd c.AD: Dio Cassius Historicus 58.2)]; μ. τῶν ἀηττήτων στρατοπέδων, = Mater invictorum castrorum, of Julia Domna, [Refs 3rd c.AD+ (“BGU” 362 xi 16 (3rd c.AD).)]
2 of lands, μ. μήλων, θηρῶν, mother of flocks, of game, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 2.696, 8.47, etc.)]; frequently of Earth, γῆ πάντων μ. [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th-7th c.BC: Hesiodus Epicus “Opera et Dies” 563; πὰρ μέσον ὀμφαλὸν εὐδένδροιο.. ματέρος 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “P.” 4.74; γῆ μήτηρ 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Septem contra Thebas” 16, etc.; ὦ γαῖα μῆτερ 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Hippolytus” 601)]; ἡ Μήτηρ, ={Δημήτηρ}, τῇ Μητρὶ καὶ τῇ Κούρῃ ὁρτὴν ἄγουσι [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 8.65)]; also of Rhea, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “P.” 3.78; ὦ Πὰν.., Ματρὸς μεγάλας ὀπαδέ [prev. author] “fragment” 95, compare 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Helena” 1355 (Lyric poetry); μ. ὀρεία 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Aves” 746 (Lyric poetry); Γαλλαὶ μητρὸς ὀρείης φιλόθυρσοι δρομάδες “Lyrica Adespota” 121; M. θεῶν “SIG” 1044.8 (Halic., 4th c.BC))]; as title of Isis, [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (“PPetr.” 3p.2 (compare p.xi) (3rd c.BC).)]
3 frequently of one's native land, μᾶτερ ἐμά, Θήβα [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “I.” 1.1, compare “P.” 8.98, 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Septem contra Thebas” 416, 5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 4.25)]; and so, like{μητρόπολις}, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “O.” 9.20, compare 6.100; ἡ Σκῦρος ἀνδρῶν ἀλκίμων μ. 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Philoctetes” 326.)]
II poetry, the origin or source of events, μ. ἀέθλων, of Olympia, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “O.” 8.1; πειθαρχία γὰρ τῆς εὐπραξίας μ. 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Septem contra Thebas” 225; ἡ γνώμη κακῶν μ. 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Philoctetes” 1361)]; of night, as the mother of day, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Agamemnon” 265)]; the grape of wine, [Refs 5th c.BC+ ([prev. author] “Pers.” 614, compare 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Alcestis” 757; ματέρ᾽ οἰνάνθας ὀπώραν 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “N.” 5.6)]; Aphrodite of the Loves, [Refs ([prev. author] “fragment” 122.4)]; φάτις ὦ μᾶτερ αἰσχύνας ἐμᾶς, of a rumour, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Ajax” 174 (Lyric poetry))]: also in Prose, γεωργίαν τῶν ἄλλων τεχνῶν μητέρα [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Oeconomicus” 5.17)]; πολιτειῶν μητέρες δύο (i.e. μοναρχία and δημοκρατία) [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 693d)]. (Cf. Latin mater, O[Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus)] módor, etc.)