ΜΗΤΡΑΝ, μητραν
MĒTRAN, mētran
Sounds Like: MEE-tran
Translations: womb, a womb, mother, a mother
From the root: ΜΗΤΡΑ
Part of Speech: Noun
Explanation: This word refers to the womb, the organ in which offspring are conceived and grow. It can also metaphorically refer to the mother herself, or the source or origin of something. In the provided examples, it is used in the sense of a physical womb, and in one instance as part of a compound word referring to a mother quail.
Inflection: Singular, Accusative, Feminine
Strong’s number: G3388 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Codex Sinaiticus
Justin Martyr
- Dialogue with Trypho the Jew — 21:4
Swete's Recension of the Greek Septuagint
- Genesis — 20:18, 29:31, 30:22
- Exodus — 13:2, 13:12, 13:13, 13:15, 34:19
- Numbers — 3:12, 8:16, 18:15
- 1 Samuel — 1:5, 1:6
- Judith — 9:2
- Ezekiel — 20:26
- Hosea — 9:14
Tischendorf's Greek New Testament
- Luke — 2:23
From the same root
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