Strong's Lexicon
G3389
G3389 — μητραλῴας
Greek entry for Bible study and original-language reference.
Definition / Gloss
| Strong's Number: | G3389 |
|---|---|
| Word: | μητραλῴας |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Etymology: | from G3384 and the base of G257 |
| Language: | Greek |
| Occurrences: | 1 |
| Transliteration: | metraloas |
| Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation: | may-tral-ow"'-as |
| Meaning: | 1. a matricide, mother murderer 2. (literally) mother-thresher |
| KJV Renderings: | murderer of mothers |
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
μητραλωας (also μητραλοίας), L T Tr WH (see WH’s Appendix, p. 152) μητρολῴας, μητρολου, ὁ (μήτηρ, and ἀλοιάω to thresh, smite), a matricide: 1Ti 1:9. (Aeschylus, Plato, Lucian, others.)
Englishman's Greek Concordance
μητραλῴας (murderer of mothers)
1 Timothy 1:9
- KJV: Knowing this that the law is not made for a righteous man but for the lawless and disobedient for the ungodly and for sinners for unholy and profane for murderers of fathers and murderers of mothers for manslayers
- GK: ειδώς τούτο ότι δικαίω νόμος ου κείται ανόμοις δε και ανυποτάκτοις ασεβέσι και αμαρτωλοίς ανοσίοις και βεβήλοις πατραλώαις και μητραλώαις ανδροφόνοις