2001 Translation

MĒTRŌOS, mētrōos

Sounds Like: may-TROH-os

Translations: (of) a mother, (of) the mother, maternal, mother's

From the root: ΜΗΤΗΡ

Part of Speech: Adjective

Explanation: This word is an adjective meaning 'of or belonging to a mother,' or 'maternal.' It describes something that is related to a mother, such as a mother's brother (maternal uncle) or a mother's side of the family. It is often used to specify a relationship through the mother.

Inflection: Masculine, Genitive, Singular

Strong’s number: G3385 (Lookup on BibleHub)

Instances

Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews

• Book 1 — 19:293

From the same root

Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΜΗΤΗΡ.

These could represent different words with related meanings, or different forms of the same word to fit different grammatical cases, numbers, or genders. This list may include spelling variants and even misspellings in the original manuscripts! Even more words from the same root may exist in other ancient texts that aren't in our database.

• ΜΕΝΜΗΤΕΡΑ — mother, a mother
• ΜΗΤ? — mother, a mother
• ΜΗΤΕΡ — mother, a mother
• ΜΗΤΕΡΑ — mother, a mother
• ΜΗΤΕΡΑΣ — mothers
• ΜΗΤΕΡΕΣ — mothers
• ΜΗΤΕΡΩΝ — of mothers
• ΜΗΤΗΡ — mother, a mother
• ΜΗΤΗΡʼ — mother, a mother
• ΜΗΤΗΡἘΝ — unknown
• ΜΗΤΡ — mother, a mother, (of) a mother, (to) a mother, womb, a womb, (of) a womb, (to) a womb
• ΜΗΤΡΙ — (to) mother, (to) a mother
• ΜΗΤΡΟΣ — of mother, of a mother, mother's
• ΜΗΤΡΩΑΣ — maternal, of a mother, mother's, of a stepmother, stepmother's
• ΜΗΤΩ — mother, a mother
• Μ‾ΗΡ‾ — mother, a mother
• Μ‾Η‾Ρ — Mother, a mother
• Μ‾ΡΑ‾ — mother, a mother
• Μ‾ΡΣ‾ — of mother, of a mother
• ΤΕΜΗΤΕΡΑ — mother, a mother
• ΤΗΝΜΗΤΕΡΑ — the mother
• ΤΗΣΜΗΤΡΟΣ — of the mother, of a mother
• ‾ΜΗΡ‾ — mother, a mother
• ‾ΜΗ‾Ρ — mother, a mother
• ‾ΜΡΑ‾ — mother, a mother
• ‾ΜΡΣ‾ — (of) mother, (of) a mother
• ‾ΜΡ‾Α — mother, a mother
• ‾ΜΡ‾Ι — (to) mother, (to) a mother
• ‾ΜΡ‾Σ — (of) mother, (of) a mother

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