For an Informed Love of God
Bill Mounce
μήτηρ
Vocabulary form:
mhvthr, mhtrovV, hJ
Definition:
mother
Frequency:
83
GK:
3613
Root:
mhtr
Cognates:
A matriarchal society is one in which the mother is the dominant figure.
Notes:
Follows the same declension pattern as pathvr, losing the h elsewhere and adding an a in the dative plural.
Biblical Concordance
| Luke 8:20 | It was reported to him, “Your mother (mētēr | μήτηρ | nom sg fem) and your brothers are standing outside, wanting to see you.” |
| Luke 8:21 | In response he said to them, “Those who hear and do the word of God are my mother (mētēr | μήτηρ | nom sg fem) and my brothers.” |
| Luke 8:51 | When he went into the house he did not allow anyone to go in with him except Peter and John and James, and the father of the child and her mother (mētera | μητέρα | acc sg fem). |
| Luke 12:53 | father will be divided against son and son against father, mother (mētēr | μήτηρ | nom sg fem) against daughter and daughter against mother (mētera | μητέρα | acc sg fem), mother-in-law against her daughter-in-law and daughter-in-law against mother-in-law.” |
| Luke 14:26 | “If anyone comes to me and does not hate his own father and mother (mētera | μητέρα | acc sg fem), and wife and children, and brothers and sisters, and even his own life, he cannot be my disciple. |
| Luke 18:20 | You know the commandments: ‘You shall not commit adultery; You shall not murder; You shall not steal; You shall not bear false witness; Honor your father and mother.’ (mētera | μητέρα | acc sg fem) |
| John 2:1 | Now on the third day there was a wedding at Cana in Galilee, and the mother (mētēr | μήτηρ | nom sg fem) of Jesus was there. |
| John 2:3 | When the wine ran out, Jesus’ mother (mētēr | μήτηρ | nom sg fem) said to him, “They have no more wine.” |
| John 2:5 | His mother (mētēr | μήτηρ | nom sg fem) said to the servants, “Do whatever he tells you.” |
| John 2:12 | After this he went down to Capernaum with his mother (mētēr | μήτηρ | nom sg fem) and his brothers and his disciples, but they stayed there only a few days. |
| John 3:4 | Nicodemus said to him, “How can a man be born when he is old? He cannot enter into his mother’s (mētros | μητρός | gen sg fem) womb and be born a second time, can he?” |
| John 6:42 | And they were saying, “Is this not Jesus, the son of Joseph, whose father and mother (mētera | μητέρα | acc sg fem) we know? How can he now say, ‘I have come down from heaven’?” |
| John 19:25 | Now standing beside Jesus’ cross were his mother (mētēr | μήτηρ | nom sg fem), and his mother’s (mētros | μητρός | gen sg fem) sister, Mary the wife of Clopas, and Mary Magdalene. |
| John 19:26 | When Jesus saw his mother (mētera | μητέρα | acc sg fem) and the disciple whom he loved standing there, he said to his mother (mētri | μητρί | dat sg fem), “Woman, look, your son!” |
| John 19:27 | Then he said to his disciple, “Look, your mother!” (mētēr | μήτηρ | nom sg fem) And from that hour the disciple took her into his own home. |
| Acts 1:14 | These all were devoting themselves with a single purpose to prayer, with the women and Mary, the mother (mētri | μητρί | dat sg fem) of Jesus, and with his brothers. |
| Acts 3:2 | And a man lame from the womb of his mother (mētros | μητρός | gen sg fem) was being carried, whom they laid daily at the gate of the temple called the “Beautiful Gate” to ask alms from those entering into the temple. |
| Acts 12:12 | When he realized this, he went to the house of Mary, the mother (mētros | μητρός | gen sg fem) of John whose other name was Mark, where there were many gathered together and praying. |
| Acts 14:8 | Now there was a man sitting in Lystra, whose feet were useless, lame from the womb of his mother (mētros | μητρός | gen sg fem), who had never walked. |
| Romans 16:13 | Greet Rufus, an outstanding Christian, also his mother (mētera | μητέρα | acc sg fem) and mine. |
| Galatians 1:15 | But when God, who had set me apart from my mother’s (mētros | μητρός | gen sg fem) womb and called me by his grace, was pleased |
| Galatians 4:26 | But the Jerusalem above is the free woman, and she is our mother (mētēr | μήτηρ | nom sg fem). |
| Ephesians 5:31 | “For this reason a man shall leave his father and his mother (mētera | μητέρα | acc sg fem) and be joined to his wife, and the two shall become one flesh.” |
| Ephesians 6:2 | “Honor your father and mother” (mētera | μητέρα | acc sg fem) — which is the first commandment with a promise — |
| 1 Timothy 5:2 | older women as mothers (mēteras | μητέρας | acc pl fem), younger women as sisters with all purity. |
| 2 Timothy 1:5 | because I remember your sincere faith, which dwelt first in your grandmother Lois and your mother (mētri | μητρί | dat sg fem) Eunice, and I am confident that it is also in you. |
| Revelation 17:5 | And on her forehead was written a name, a mystery: “Babylon the great, mother (mētēr | μήτηρ | nom sg fem) of prostitutes and of the abominations of the earth.” |