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Old & New Testament Greek Lexical DictionaryGreek Lexicon

Strong's #3388 - μήτρα

Transliteration

mḗtra

Phonetics

may'-trah

Root Word (Etymology)

from (G3384)

Parts of Speech

Noun Feminine

TDNT

None

Definition

Thayer
Strong
Mounce

Thayer's

the womb

Hebrew Equivalent Words:

Strong #: 6897 ‑ קֹבָה (ko'‑baw); 7356 ‑ רַחֲמִים (rakh'‑am); 7358 ‑ רֶחֶם (rekh'‑em); 7698 ‑ שֶׁגֶר (sheh'‑ger);

Frequency Lists

Book
Word
Parsing

Verse Results

KJV (2)

Luke 1

Romans 1

NAS (2)

Luke 1

Romans 1

HCS (2)

Luke 1

Romans 1

BSB (2)

Luke 1

Romans 1

ESV (2)

Luke 1

Romans 1

WEB (2)

Luke 1

Romans 1

KJV (2)

womb 2

NAS (2)

WOMB 1

womb 1

HCS (2)

* 1

womb 1

BSB (2)

* 1

womb 1

ESV (2)

womb 2

WEB (2)

of 1

the womb 1

RAH

N-ASF 17

N-DSF 1

N-GSF 8

N-NSF 2

ANT

N-ASF 1

N-GSF 1

BEZ

N-ASF 1

N-GSF 1

BGB

N-AFS 1

N-GFS 1

BMT

N-ASF 1

N-GSF 1

BYZ

N-ASF 1

N-GSF 1

ELZ

N-ASF 1

N-GSF 1

NA26

N-ASF 1

N-GSF 1

SBL

N-ASF 1

N-GSF 1

SCV

N-ASF 1

N-GSF 1

STV

N-ASF 1

N-GSF 1

TIS

N-ASF 1

N-GSF 1

N-ASF 1

N-GSF 1

N-ASF 1

N-GSF 1

Liddell-Scott-Jones Definitions

Μήτρα

(A), Ion. μήρ-τρη, ἡ, (μήτηρ)

1. womb, Hp. Prorrh. 2.24, Hdt. 3.108 (dub.l.), Pl. Ti. 91d, etc.: also in pl., Hp. Loc.Hom. 47, Vict. 1.30, Hdt. l.c.: the cervix including the orifice of the womb, Arist. HA 510b14.

2. a swine's matrix, reckoned a great dainty, μήτρας τόμοις Telecl. 1.14; μήτραν.. πωλοῦσιν, ἥδιστον κρέας Antiph. 220; ὑπὲρ μήτρας.. ἀποθανεῖν Alex. 193, cf. Plu. 2.733e, Ath. 3.96f.

3. metaph., source, origin, D.L. 7.46; μῆτραι τῆς ψυχῆς Ph. 1.441.

II core, heart-wood of trees, Thphr. HP 1.6.1. diseased condition of the wood, 'soft-wood', ib. 2.7.3.

III queen-wasp, opp. ἐργάται, Arist. HA 627b32,al. μ. χελωνίων, χελωνίοις, bolts for locks, BGU 1028.20, 26 (ii A.D.); μ. θύρας, = repagulum, Gloss.

μήτρα

(B), ἡ, in pl.,

register of house-property, at Tarsus and Soli, Arist. in POxy. 1802.58; sg., = κλῆρος, at Tarsus and Soli, Clitarch. ap. Hsch. (Cf. Skt. mâtrâ 'measure' and ἐρεσιμήτρη.)

Thayer's Expanded Definition

μήτρα, μήτρας, ἡ (μήτηρ), the womb: Luke 2:23 (on which see διανοίγω, 1); Romans 4:19. (Herodotus, Plato, others; the Sept. for רֶחֶם.)

Abbott-Smith Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament

μήτρα , -ας , ἡ

(< μήτμρ ),

[in LXX chiefly for H7358;]

the womb: Luke 2:23 (LXX), Romans 4:19.†

Abbott-Smith Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament.
Copyright © 1922 by G. Abbott-Smith, D.D., D.C.L.. T & T Clarke, London.

Vocabulary of the Greek NT

Thieme (p. 40) quotes instances of this proper name from Magnesia (Magn 122 d.14—not later than iv/A.D.) and Hierapolis (Hierap. 80), proving that its occurrence outside Rome was well established, and consequently that the common identification of τοὺς ἐκ τῶν Ναρκίσσου (Romans 16:11) with the household of the well-known freedman of that name is by no means certain. Rouffiac (p. 90) cites also an ex. from Thasos IG XII. 8, 548, 2 : cf. Zahn Introd. i. p. 419, The word, as a plant-name, is probably derived from a Mediterranean tongue : for the termination -σσος cf. κυπάρισσος. As the plant is sedative, the influence of νάρκη upon the stem may be traced (Boisacq, p. 657).

List of Word Forms

μήτρα μητραν μήτραν μητρας μήτρας metran mētran mḗtran metras mētras mḗtras