Strong's Lexicon
G3388
G3388 — μήτρα
Greek entry for Bible study and original-language reference.
Definition / Gloss
| Strong's Number: | G3388 |
|---|---|
| Word: | μήτρα |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Etymology: | from G3384 |
| Language: | Greek |
| Occurrences: | 2 |
| Transliteration: | metra |
| Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation: | may'-trah |
| Meaning: | 1. the matrix |
| KJV Renderings: | womb |
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
μήτρα, μήτρας, ἡ (μήτηρ), the womb: Luk 2:23 (on which see διανοίγω, 1); Rom 4:19. (Herodotus, Plato, others; the Sept. for øÆçÆí.)
Other Resources
Englishman's Greek Concordance
μήτρα (womb)
Luke 2:23
- KJV: As it is written in the law of the Lord Every male that openeth the womb shall be called holy to the Lord
- GK: καθώς γέγραπται εν νόμω κυρίου ότι παν άρσεν διανοίγον μήτραν άγιον τω κυρίω κληθήσεται
Romans 4:19
- KJV: And being not weak in faith he considered not his own body now dead about an hundred years old neither yet the deadness of Sara’s womb
- GK: και μη ασθενήσας τη πίστει ου κατενόησε το εαυτού σώμα ήδη νενεκρωμένον εκατονταέτης που υπάρχων και την νέκρωσιν της μήτρας Σάρρας