μήτηρ mētēr

Greek word for “mother” · Strong’s G3384 · used 83 times in 77 verses

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Meaning

μήτηρ; genitive; μητρός, ἡ;

How it is translated

Glosses given for mētēr in context, with how often each is used:

• mother 76
• mothers 2
• mother’ 1
• their mother 1
• mother.’ 1
• mother? 1
• his mother 1

Where it is used

Chapters where it is used most

Matthew 2 (5), Matthew 12 (5), Mark 3 (5), Matthew 19 (4), Mark 10 (4), Luke 2 (4), Luke 8 (4), John 2 (4), Mark 7 (3), Luke 1 (3)

Forms

• μήτηρ 32
• μητέρα 26
• μητρὸς 11
• μητρὶ 6
• μητρί 5
• μητέρας 2
• μητρός 1

Words used with it

Words that share verses with mētēr more often than their overall frequency would suggest:

• πατήρ patēr “father” 24
• ἀδελφός adelphos “brother” 20
• ἀδελφή adelphē “sister” 9
• Μαρία Maria “Mary” 9
• τιμάω timaō “to honor” 6
• κοιλία koilia “belly/womb/stomach” 6
• παιδίον paidion “child” 6
• ἤ ē “or” 9
• ἰδού idou “look!” 8
• οἰκία oikia “home” 6
• Ἰωσήφ Iōsēph “Joseph” 5
• γυνή gunē “woman” 7

Key verses

The verses using mētēr that are most connected by cross-references (King James Version):

• Matthew 2:11 — And when they were come into the house, they saw the young child with Mary his mother, and fell down, and worshipped him: and when they had opened their…
• Matthew 2:13 — And when they were departed, behold, the angel of the Lord appeareth to Joseph in a dream, saying, Arise, and take the young child and his mother, and flee…
• Matthew 10:37 — He that loveth father or mother more than me is not worthy of me: and he that loveth son or daughter more than me is not worthy of me.
• Matthew 12:50 — For whosoever shall do the will of my Father which is in heaven, the same is my brother, and sister, and mother.
• Matthew 19:29 — And every one that hath forsaken houses, or brethren, or sisters, or father, or mother, or wife, or children, or lands, for my name’s sake, shall receive an…
• Luke 1:15 — For he shall be great in the sight of the Lord, and shall drink neither wine nor strong drink; and he shall be filled with the Holy Ghost, even from his…
• Luke 2:34 — And Simeon blessed them, and said unto Mary his mother, Behold, this child is set for the fall and rising again of many in Israel; and for a sign which shall…
• Luke 14:26 — If any man come to me, and hate not his father, and mother, and wife, and children, and brethren, and sisters, yea, and his own life also, he cannot be my…
• John 2:5 — His mother saith unto the servants, Whatsoever he saith unto you, do it.
• Galatians 1:15 — But when it pleased God, who separated me from my mother’s womb, and called me by his grace,
• Galatians 4:26 — But Jerusalem which is above is free, which is the mother of us all.
• 2 Timothy 1:5 — When I call to remembrance the unfeigned faith that is in thee, which dwelt first in thy grandmother Lois, and thy mother Eunice; and I am persuaded that in…

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Hebrew and Greek text, tagging, glosses and lexicon definitions: STEPBible.org, Tyndale House Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG; CC BY 4.0), adapted. Counts follow King James verse numbering; a word counts each time it is written.