Thayer's Greek Lexicon STRONGS NT 3384: μήτηρμήτηρ, genitive μητρός, dative μητρί, accusative μητέρα, ἡ (from Homer down; from Sanskritma, 'to measure'; but whether denoting the 'moulder,' or the 'manager' is debated; cf. Vanicek, p. 657; Curtius, § 472; (cf. μέτρον)), Hebrew אֵם, a mother; properly: Matthew 1:18; Matthew 2:11, and often; tropically, of that which is like a mother: Matthew 12:49; Mark 3:35; John 19:27; Romans 16:13, cf. 1 Timothy 5:2; a city is called ἡ μήτηρ τῶν πορνῶν, that produces and harbors the harlots, Revelation 17:5; of a city where races of men (i. e. Christians) originated, Galatians 4:26 (here G T Tr WH omit; L brackets παντον (on the origin of which cf. Lightfoot at the passage)). Forms and Transliterations μήτερ μητερα μητέρα μητερας μητέρας μητέρες μητέρων ΜΗΤΗΡ μητήρ μήτηρ μητράσιν μητρι μητρί μητρὶ μητρος μητρός μητρὸς MeTeR MĒTĒR mḗter mḗtēr metera metéra mētera mētéra meteras metéras mēteras mētéras metri metrí metrì mētri mētrí mētrì metros metrós metròs mētros mētrós mētròsLinks Interlinear Greek • Interlinear Hebrew • Strong's Numbers • Englishman's Greek Concordance • Englishman's Hebrew Concordance • Parallel Texts |