μήτηρmḗtēr

Meanings

Same root

• ἀμήτωρamḗtōr · G282motherless, i.e. of unknown maternity
• μήτραmḗtra · G3388the matrix
• μητρόπολιςmētrópolis · G3390a mother city, i.e. "metropolis"
• μητραλῴαςmētralṓias · G3389a mother-thresher, i.e. matricide

Where it appears

Appears 83 times in the Bible.

• Matthew 1:18 This is how Jesus the Messiah was born. His mother, Mary, was engaged to be married to Joseph. But before the marriage took place, while she was still a virgin, she became pregnant through the power of the Holy Spirit.
• Matthew 2:11 They entered the house and saw the child with his mother, Mary, and they bowed down and worshiped him. Then they opened their treasure chests and gave him gifts of gold, frankincense, and myrrh.
• Matthew 2:13 After the wise men were gone, an angel of the Lord appeared to Joseph in a dream. “Get up! Flee to Egypt with the child and his mother,” the angel said. “Stay there until I tell you to return, because Herod is going to search for the child to kill him.”
• Matthew 2:14 That night Joseph left for Egypt with the child and Mary, his mother,
• Matthew 2:20 “Get up!” the angel said. “Take the child and his mother back to the land of Israel, because those who were trying to kill the child are dead.”
• Matthew 2:21 So Joseph got up and returned to the land of Israel with Jesus and his mother.