Mētra μήτρα
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| μήτρα | |
|---|---|
| Transliteration | mētra |
| Strong's number | G3388 |
| Language | Greek |
| Part of speech | feminine noun |
| Gloss | womb |
| Occurrences | 2 in 2 verses |
| Most frequent in | Luke (1) |
Mētra (Greek μήτρα, Strong's G3388) is a Greek feminine noun meaning “womb”. It occurs 2 times in 2 verses of the New Testament.
Definition
From the STEPBible Brief Lexicon of Greek (based on Abbott-Smith), STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.
Translated as
| KJV | womb (2), of (1) |
|---|---|
| BSB | womb (1) |
Verses
Every verse with Mētra, with the English words that translate it highlighted (KJV or BSB; other translations show the KJV here).
Luke
- Luke 2:23(As it is written in the law of the Lord, Every male that openeth the womb shall be called holy to the Lord;)(as it is written in the Law of the Lord: “Every firstborn male shall be consecrated to the Lord”),
Romans
- Romans 4:19And being not weak in faith, he considered not his own body now dead, when he was about an hundred years old, neither yet the deadness of Sara’s womb:Without weakening in his faith, he acknowledged the decrepitness of his body (since he was about a hundred years old) and the lifelessness of Sarah’s womb.
Notes
- Definition and verse list from STEPBible's tagged Hebrew Old Testament (TAHOT) and Greek New Testament (TAGNT) and Brief Lexicons, STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.
- English renderings from the public-domain KJV with Strong's numbers (eBible.org) and the Berean Standard Bible interlinear (public domain).