What does Μαρία · Ἰάκωβος · Ἰωσήφ · μήτηρ mean in the Bible?
e. Mirjam), the name of six Christian females".
Greek · G3137, G2385, G2501, G3384
Μαρία ἡ τοῦ Ἰακώβου καὶ Ἰωσὴφ μήτηρ
Maria or Mariam (i.e. Mirjam), the name of six Christian females · Jacobus, the name of three Israelites · Joseph, the name of seven Israelites · a "mother" (literally or figuratively, immediate or remote)
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Μαρία G3137 Maria or Mariam (i.e. Mirjam), the name of six Christian females
Pronunciation María
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Ἰάκωβος G2385 Jacobus, the name of three Israelites
Pronunciation Iákōbos
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Ἰωσήφ G2501 Joseph, the name of seven Israelites
Pronunciation Iōsḗph
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μήτηρ G3384 a "mother" (literally or figuratively, immediate or remote)
Pronunciation mḗtēr
Mother extends figuratively to spiritual relationships and symbolic representations, not just biological connection.
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What does Μαρία ἡ τοῦ Ἰακώβου καὶ Ἰωσὴφ μήτηρ (Maria he tou Iakobou kai Ioseph meter) mean in the Bible?
Μαρία · Ἰάκωβος · Ἰωσήφ · μήτηρ is a Greek phrase meaning "Maria or Mariam (i.e. Mirjam), the name of six Christian females".
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How many biblical occurrences are listed for G3137, G2385, G2501, G3384?
G3137, G2385, G2501, G3384 is connected to 28 lexical occurrence verses in the lexicon data.
Evidence Summary
Greek phrase. Maria or Mariam (i.e. Mirjam), the name of six Christian females
Source Gloss
Maria or Mariam (i.e. Mirjam), the name of six Christian females
Grammatical Forms
How this word appears across different grammatical cases and numbers.
This word appears as a noun across 4 case and number patterns. The form changes show how the word functions in a sentence; they do not change the basic lexical meaning by themselves.
Form patterns 4 Aligned forms 28 Case pattern Nominative (19) Number pattern Singular (28)
Nominative · Singular · Feminine Matt 27:56 · Matt 27:61 · Matt 28:1 · Mark 15:40 · Mark 15:47 · Mark 16:1 · Luke 2:19 · Luke 8:2 · Luke 24:10 · John 11:20 · John 19:25 · John 20:1 · John 20:11 19×
Genitive · Singular · Feminine Matt 1:16 · Matt 1:18 · Matt 2:11 · Mark 6:3 · Luke 1:41 · John 11:1 · Acts 12:12 7×
Dative · Singular · Feminine Mark 16:9 1×
Accusative · Singular · Feminine Matt 1:20 1×
Cross-Language Connections
Hebrew roots and equivalents that share conceptual or etymological ground with this Greek word.
Sources
MorphGNT Strong's Dictionary XML — CC0 1.0 Public Domain
Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible (morphhb/OSHB) — CC BY 4.0
Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon — CC BY 4.0
Berean Standard Bible (BSB) source-word alignment - CC0 Public Domain