Strong G3994πενθερά
mother-in-law
- Transliteration
- penthera
- Pronunciation
- pen-ther-ah'
- Morphology
- Greek Noun (Feminine)
Definition
Feminine of G3995; a wife's mother: - mother in law wife´ s mother.
Detailed definition
πενθερά, -ᾶς, ἡ
(fem. of πενθερός), [in LXX for חֲמוֹת;]
a mother-in-law: Mat.8:14 10:35, Mrk.1:30, Luk.4:38 12:53.†
(AS)
(fem. of πενθερός), [in LXX for חֲמוֹת;]
a mother-in-law: Mat.8:14 10:35, Mrk.1:30, Luk.4:38 12:53.†
(AS)
In the Bible
Strong G3994 appears in 5 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- mother3
- law2
First verses
- Matthew 8:14And when Jesus was come into Peter’s house, he saw his wife’s mother laid, and sick of a fever.
- Matthew 10:35For 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.
- Mark 1:30But Simon’s wife’s mother lay sick of a fever, and anon they tell him of her.
- Luke 4:38And he arose out of the synagogue, and entered into Simon’s house. And Simon’s wife’s mother was taken with a great fever; and they besought him for her.
- Luke 12:53The father shall be divided against the son, and the son against the father; the mother against the daughter, and the daughter against the mother; the mother in law against her daughter in law, and the daughter in law against her mother in law.
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Detailed Greek dictionary
πενθερ-ά,
Ionic dialect πενθερή, ἡ, feminine of πενθερός, mother-in-law, [NT+4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 45.70, 3rd c.BC: Callimachus Epicus “Hymnus in Dianam” 149, NT.Mark.1.30, 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Tiberius Gracchus” 8, etc.)]
Ionic dialect πενθερή, ἡ, feminine of πενθερός, mother-in-law, [NT+4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 45.70, 3rd c.BC: Callimachus Epicus “Hymnus in Dianam” 149, NT.Mark.1.30, 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Tiberius Gracchus” 8, etc.)]