G3384

μήτηρ

mētēr

Feminine noun · Apparently a primary word

Apparently a primary word; a "mother" (literally or figuratively, immediate or remote):—mother.

Outline

  1. a mother
  2. metaph. the source of something, the motherland

Usages (1/2)

Matthew 2:13

Breakdown

Joseph was told to go into Egypt because there was a heavy concentration of Israelites in Egypt (In Josephus's history, it is claimed that, after the first Ptolemy took Judea, he led some 120,000 Jewish captives to Egypt from the areas of Judea).

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Matthew 19:5

Quoting Genesis 2:24

Therefore shall a man leave his father and his mother, and shall cleave unto his wife: and they shall be one flesh.

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Matthew 19:19

Quoting Leviticus 19:18

¶ Thou shalt not avenge, nor bear any grudge against the children of thy people, but thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself: I am the LORD.

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