ΜΗΤΗΡ, μητηρ
MĒTĒR, mētēr
Sounds Like: MAY-tair
Translations: mother, a mother
From the root: ΜΗΤΗΡ
Part of Speech: Noun
Explanation: This word refers to a female parent, a mother. It is a common noun used to denote the woman who has given birth to or raised a child. It can be used in various contexts to refer to a biological mother, an adoptive mother, or even a metaphorical mother figure.
Inflection: Singular, Nominative, Feminine
Strong’s number: G3384 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Clement of Alexandria
- Exhortation to the Greeks (Protrepticus) — 10:9
Clement of Rome
- Clement’s First Letter — 18:5
Codex Sinaiticus
- Judges — 5:7, 5:28
- Tobit — 1:8, 8:21, 10:8, 10:13, 14:12
- 4 Maccabees — 10:2, 14:12, 15:2, 15:6, 15:12, 15:24, 15:26, 15:29, 16:4, 16:5, 16:6, 17:2, 17:4, 17:13
- Psalms — 50:7, 86:5
- Proverbs — 23:22, 23:25, 31:1
- Song of Solomon — 3:11, 8:5
- Sirach — 3:11, 15:2
- Jeremiah — 15:10, 20:14, 27:12
- Matthew — 12:46, 20:20
- Mark — 15:40
- Luke — 1:60, 2:33, 2:48, 2:51, 8:19, 8:20, 8:21, 12:53
- John — 2:1, 2:3, 2:12, 19:25, 19:27
- Galatians — 4:26
- Revelation — 17:5
Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews
- Book 1 — 18:276, 19:290, 19:296
- Book 2 — 3:22
- Book 7 — 10:232
- Book 8 — 1:6, 11:286
- Book 9 — 7:157, 11:241
- Book 10 — 4:48, 5:83
- Book 13 — 8:232, 16:423
- Book 15 — 3:80, 7:213
- Book 16 — 4:110, 4:117
- Book 17 — 1:19, 4:63, 4:77, 5:92, 10:250
- Book 18 — 9:314
- Book 20 — 2:39, 2:49, 4:94, 4:95
Josephus' The Jewish War
Justin Martyr
Polycarp of Smyrna
- Polycarp’s Letter to the Philippians — 3:3
Swete's Recension of the Greek Septuagint
- Genesis — 3:20, 21:21, 24:55, 27:13, 27:14, 37:10, 48:7
- Exodus — 2:3
- Leviticus — 18:7
- Deuteronomy — 21:19, 22:6, 22:15
- Judges — 5:7, 5:28, 14:3, 14:4, 14:5, 17:2, 17:3, 17:4
- 1 Samuel — 1:25, 2:19, 15:33, 22:3
- 1 Kings — 2:20, 3:27
- 2 Kings — 1:18, 3:2, 4:30, 11:1, 24:12
- 1 Chronicles — 2:26, 4:9
- 2 Chronicles — 2:14, 22:3, 22:10
- Tobit — 1:8, 1:8, 4:13, 5:18, 5:18, 8:21, 10:7, 10:7, 10:12, 11:17, 14:12
- 2 Maccabees — 7:20, 7:41
- 4 Maccabees — 10:2, 14:12, 15:2, 15:6, 15:12, 15:14, 15:16, 15:22, 15:24, 15:26, 15:29, 16:1, 16:4, 16:5, 16:6, 16:11, 16:14, 17:2, 17:4, 17:13, 18:6
- Psalms — 26:10, 50:7, 86:5
- Proverbs — 23:22, 23:25, 24:69
- Song of Solomon — 3:11, 8:5
- Sirach — 3:11, 4:10, 15:2
- Isaiah — 66:13
- Jeremiah — 20:14, 20:17, 27:12
- Ezekiel — 16:3, 16:44, 16:45, 19:2, 19:10
- Hosea — 2:5
- Zechariah — 13:3
Tischendorf's Greek New Testament
- Matthew — 12:46, 12:47, 12:48, 12:49, 12:50, 13:55, 20:20, 27:56
- Mark — 3:31, 3:32, 3:33, 3:34, 3:35, 15:40
- Luke — 1:43, 1:60, 2:33, 2:48, 2:51, 8:19, 8:20, 8:21, 12:53
- John — 2:1, 2:3, 2:5, 2:12, 19:25, 19:27
- Galatians — 4:26
- Revelation — 17:5
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
- 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
- ΜΗΤΡΩΟΣ — (of) a mother, (of) the mother, maternal, mother'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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