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μήτρα

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Forms of the word
Dictionary: 
μήτρα, ας, ἡ
Greek transliteration: 
mētra
Simplified transliteration: 
metra
Numbers
Strong's number: 
3388
GK Number: 
3616
Statistics
Frequency in New Testament: 
2
Morphology of Biblical Greek Tag: 
n-1a
Gloss: 
womb
Definition: 
the womb, Lk. 2:23; Rom. 4:19*

Greek-English Concordance for μήτρα

Luke 2:23 (as it is written in the law of the Lord: “Every male who first opens the womb (mētran | μήτραν | acc sg fem) will be called holy to the Lord”)
Romans 4:19 Not being weak in faith, he considered his own body as dead (since he was about a hundred years old), and the barrenness of Sarah’s womb (mētras | μήτρας | gen sg fem).