μητραλῴαςmētralṓias
a mother-thresher, i.e. matricide
Greek (New Testament) · G3389
Meanings
(a) a matricide: 1 Timothy 1:9 (AV, R, text, but see below)
(b) a smiter of his mother: 1 Timothy 1:9 (R, margin, cf. Exodus 21:15, and see Ellic., CGT, in l.).
Same root
Where it appears
Appears 1 times in the Bible.
- 1 Timothy 1:9 For the law was not intended for people who do what is right. It is for people who are lawless and rebellious, who are ungodly and sinful, who consider nothing sacred and defile what is holy, who kill their father or mother or commit other murders.
Source: G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament (1922), public domain.