What does Μαρία · Μαγδαληνή mean in the Bible?
Μαρία · Μαγδαληνή is a Greek phrase meaning "Mary Magdalene".
Greek · G3137, G3094
Μαρία ἡ Μαγδαληνή
Maria or Mariam (i.e. Mirjam), the name of six Christian females · a female Magdalene, i.e. inhabitant of Magdala
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Μαρία G3137 Maria or Mariam (i.e. Mirjam), the name of six Christian females
Pronunciation María
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Μαγδαληνή G3094 a female Magdalene, i.e. inhabitant of Magdala
Pronunciation Magdalēnḗ
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What does Μαρία ἡ Μαγδαληνή (Maria hē Magdalēnē) mean in the Bible?
Μαρία · Μαγδαληνή is a Greek phrase meaning "Mary Magdalene".
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How many biblical occurrences are listed for G3137, G3094?
G3137, G3094 is connected to 28 lexical occurrence verses in the lexicon data.
Evidence Summary
Greek phrase. Mary Magdalene
Source Gloss
Mary Magdalene
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