Strong G4074G4074H[unnamed]

[wife of Peter]

One of the 3 senses of Strong G4074

Transliteration
Petros
Pronunciation
pet'-ros
Morphology
Proper Name (Feminine) of a Person

Definition

Apparently a primary word; a (piece of) rock (larger than G3037); as a name Petrus an apostle: - Peter rock. Compare G2786 .

Detailed definition

Πέτρος, -ου, ὁ (i.e. a stone, see: πέτρα, Κηφᾶς),
Simon Peter, the Apostle: Mat.4:18 10:2, Mrk.3:16, Luk.5:8, Jhn.1:41, 43, al.
(AS)

In the biblical story

a wife of Peter

Wife of Peter, whose mother Jesus healed

Peter's unnamed wife, whose mother Jesus healed of a fever.

Detailed Greek dictionary
πέτρος, ὁ
(in later Poets ἡ, [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (“Anthologia Graeca” 7.274 (1st c.BC(?): Honestus Epigrammaticus), 479 (3rd c.BC: Theodoridas Epigrammaticus)))], stone (distinguished from πέτρα, which see); in [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Homerus Epicus)], used by warriors, λάζετο πέτρον μάρμαρον ὀκριόεντα [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 16.734; βαλὼν μυλοειδέϊ πέτρῳ 7.270, compare 20.288, 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Andromache” 1128 (never in 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey”); ἔδικε πέτρῳ 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “O.” 10(11).72; ἄγαλμ᾽ Ἀΐδα ξεστὸν π. ἔμβαλον στέρνῳ [prev. author] “N.” 10.67; νιφάδι γογγύλων πέτρων 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Fragmenta - American Journal of Philology” 199.7; ἐκ χερῶν πέτροισιν ἠράσσοντο [prev. author] “Pers.” 460; λευσθῆναι πέτροις 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Coloneus” 435; πέτρους ἐπεκυλίνδουν 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Historia Graeca (Hellenica)” 3.5.20, etc.)]; ἐν πέτροισι πέτρον ἐκτρίβων, to produce fire, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Philoctetes” 296)]; of a boulder forming a landmark, [Refs 3rd c.BC+ ([prev. author] “OC” 1595; τόνδ᾽ ἀνέθηκα π. ἀειράμενος “IG” 42(1).125 (Epid., 3rd c.BC).)]
2 proverbial, πάντα κινῆσαι πέτρον 'leave no stone unturned', [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Heraclidae” 1002, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 843a)]; of imperturbability, καὶ γὰρ ἂν πέτρου φύσιν σύ γ᾽ ὀργάνειας [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Tyrannus” 334, compare 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Medea” 28.)]
II a kind of reed, [Refs (Peripl.M.Rubr. 65.)] —The usual Prose word is λίθος.