Strong's Lexicon
G3994 — πενθερά
Greek entry for Bible study and original-language reference.
Definition / Gloss
| Strong's Number: | G3994 |
|---|---|
| Word: | πενθερά |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Etymology: | feminine of G3995 |
| Language: | Greek |
| Occurrences: | 6 |
| Transliteration: | penthera |
| Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation: | pen-ther-ah' |
| Meaning: | 1. a wife's mother |
| KJV Renderings: | mother in law, wife's mother |
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
πενθερά, πενθερᾶς, ἡ (feminine of πενθερός, which see), a mother-in-law, a wife’s mother: Mat 8:14; Mat 10:35; Mar 1:30; Luk 4:38; Luk 12:53. (Demosthenes, Plutarch, Lucian, others; the Sept. for çÈîåú.)
Englishman's Greek Concordance
πενθερά (mother in law)
Matthew 8:14
- KJV: And when Jesus was come into Peter’s house he saw his wife’s mother laid and sick of a fever
- GK: και ελθών ο Ιησούς εις την οικίαν Πέτρου είδε την πενθεράν αυτού βεβλημένην και πυρέσσσουσαν
Matthew 10:35
- KJV: For I am come to set a man at variance against his father and the daughter against her mother and the daughter in law against her mother in law
- GK: ήλθον γαρ διχάσαι άνθρωπον κατά του πατρός αυτού και θυγατέρα κατά της μητρός αυτής και νύμφην κατά της πενθεράς αυτής
Mark 1:30
- KJV: But Simon’s wife’s mother lay sick of a fever and anon they tell him of her
- GK: η δε πενθερά Σίμωνος κατέκειτο πυρέσσουσα και ευθέως λέγουσιν αυτώ περί αυτής
Luke 4:38
- KJV: And he arose out of the synagogue and entered into Simon’s house And Simon’s wife’s mother was taken with a great fever and they besought him for her
- GK: αναστάς δε εκ της συναγωγής εισήλθεν εις την οικίαν Σίμωνος η πενθερά δε του Σίμωνος ην συνεχομένη πυρετώ μεγάλω και ηρώτησαν αυτόν περί αυτής
Luke 12:53
- KJV: The father shall be divided against the son and the son against the father the mother against the daughter and the daughter against the mother the mother in law against her daughter in law and the daughter in law against her mother in law
- GK: διαμερισθήσεται πατήρ εφ΄ υιώ και υιός επί πατρί μήτηρ επί θυγατρί και θυγάτηρ επί μητρί πενθερά επί την νύμφην αυτής και νύμφη επί την πενθεράν αυτης
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