Strong G3388μήτρα
womb
- Transliteration
- mētra
- Pronunciation
- may'-trah
- Morphology
- Greek Noun (Feminine)
Definition
From G3384; the matrix: - womb.
Detailed definition
μήτρα, -ας, ἡ
(μήτμρ), [in LXX chiefly for רֶחֶם;]
the womb: Luk.2:23 (LXX), Rom.4:19.†
(AS)
(μήτμρ), [in LXX chiefly for רֶחֶם;]
the womb: Luk.2:23 (LXX), Rom.4:19.†
(AS)
In the Bible
Strong G3388 appears in 2 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- womb2
- of1
First verses
- Luke 2:23(As it is written in the law of the Lord, Every male that openeth the womb shall be called holy to the Lord;)
- Romans 4:19And being not weak in faith, he considered not his own body now dead, when he was about an hundred years old, neither yet the deadness of Sara’s womb:
Occurrences by book
Related words
Word family
Detailed Greek dictionary
μήτρα,
AIonic dialect μήτρη, ἡ, (μήτηρ) womb, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “προρρητικόν” 2.24, 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 3.108 (uncertain reading), 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Timaeus” 91d, etc.)]: also in plural, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “περὶ τόπων τῶν κατὰ ἄνθρωπον” 47, “Vict.” 1.30, 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus)] [same place]: the cervix including the orifice of the womb, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Historia Animalium” 510b14.)]
A.2 a swine's matrix, reckoned a great dainty, μήτρας τόμοις [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Teleclides Comicus 1.14; μήτραν.. πωλοῦσιν, ἥδιστον κρέας 4th c.BC: Antiphanes Comicus 220; ὑπὲρ μήτρας.. ἀποθανεῖν 2nd c.AD: Alexander Rhetor 193, compare 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus 2.733e, 2nd c.AD: Athenaeus Epigrammaticus 3.96f.)]
A.3 metaphorically, source, origin, [Refs 1st c.AD+ (3rd c.AD(?): Diogenes Laertius 7.46; μῆτραι τῆς ψυχῆς 1st c.AD: Philo Judaeus 1.441.)]
A.II core, heart-wood of trees, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-3rd c.BC: Theophrastus Philosophus “Historia Plantarum” 1.6.1.)]
A.II.b diseased condition of the wood, 'soft-wood', [Refs ([prev. work] 2.7.3.)]
A.III queen-wasp, opposed to ἐργάται, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Historia Animalium” 627b32, +others)]
A.IV μ. χελωνίων, χελωνίοις, bolts for locks, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (“BGU” 1028.20, 26 (2nd c.AD))]; μ. θύρας, = repagulum, [Refs (“Corpus Glossariorum Latinorum”)]
AIonic dialect μήτρη, ἡ, (μήτηρ) womb, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “προρρητικόν” 2.24, 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 3.108 (uncertain reading), 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Timaeus” 91d, etc.)]: also in plural, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “περὶ τόπων τῶν κατὰ ἄνθρωπον” 47, “Vict.” 1.30, 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus)] [same place]: the cervix including the orifice of the womb, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Historia Animalium” 510b14.)]
A.2 a swine's matrix, reckoned a great dainty, μήτρας τόμοις [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Teleclides Comicus 1.14; μήτραν.. πωλοῦσιν, ἥδιστον κρέας 4th c.BC: Antiphanes Comicus 220; ὑπὲρ μήτρας.. ἀποθανεῖν 2nd c.AD: Alexander Rhetor 193, compare 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus 2.733e, 2nd c.AD: Athenaeus Epigrammaticus 3.96f.)]
A.3 metaphorically, source, origin, [Refs 1st c.AD+ (3rd c.AD(?): Diogenes Laertius 7.46; μῆτραι τῆς ψυχῆς 1st c.AD: Philo Judaeus 1.441.)]
A.II core, heart-wood of trees, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-3rd c.BC: Theophrastus Philosophus “Historia Plantarum” 1.6.1.)]
A.II.b diseased condition of the wood, 'soft-wood', [Refs ([prev. work] 2.7.3.)]
A.III queen-wasp, opposed to ἐργάται, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Historia Animalium” 627b32, +others)]
A.IV μ. χελωνίων, χελωνίοις, bolts for locks, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (“BGU” 1028.20, 26 (2nd c.AD))]; μ. θύρας, = repagulum, [Refs (“Corpus Glossariorum Latinorum”)]