Strong's Lexicon
G282 — ἀμήτωρ
Greek entry for Bible study and original-language reference.
Definition / Gloss
| Strong's Number: | G282 |
|---|---|
| Word: | ἀμήτωρ |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Etymology: | from G1 (as a negative particle) and G3384 |
| Language: | Greek |
| Occurrences: | 1 |
| Transliteration: | ametor |
| Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation: | am-ay'-tore |
| Meaning: | 1. motherless, i.e. of unknown maternity |
| KJV Renderings: | without mother |
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
ἀμήτωρ, (ορος, ὁ, ἡ (μήτηρ), without a mother, motherless; in Greek writings:
1. born without a mother, e. g. Minerva, Euripides, Phoen. 666f, others; God himself, inasmuch as he is without origin, Lactantius, instt. 4, 13, 2.
2. bereft of a mother, Herodotus 4, 154, elsewhere.
3. born of a base or unknown mother, Euripides, Ion 109 cf. 837.
4. unmotherly, unworthy of the name of mother: μήτηρ ἀμήτωρ, Sophocles El. 1154. Cf. Bleek on Heb. vol. ii., 2, p. 305ff
5. in a significance unused by the Greeks, ’whose mother is not recorded in the genealogy’: of Melchizedek, Heb 7:3; (of Sarah by Philo in de temul. § 14, and rer. div. haer. § 12; (cf. Bleek as above)); cf. the classic ἀνολυμπιάς.
Other Resources
Englishman's Greek Concordance
ἀμήτωρ (without mother)
Hebrews 7:3
- KJV: Without father without mother without descent having neither beginning of days nor end of life but made like unto the Son of God abideth a priest continually
- GK: απάτωρ αμήτωρ αγενεαλόγητος μήτε αρχήν ημερών μήτε ζωής τέλος έχων αφωμοιωμένος δε τω υιώ του θεού μένει ιερεύς εις το διηνεκές