What does μήτηρ · θυγάτηρ mean in the Bible?
μήτηρ · θυγάτηρ is a Greek phrase meaning "mother against daughter".
Greek · G3384, G2364
μήτηρ ἐπὶ θυγατέρα
A "mother" (literally or figuratively, immediate or remote) · a female child, or (by Hebraism) descendant (or inhabitant)
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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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θυγάτηρ G2364 a female child, or (by Hebraism) descendant (or inhabitant)
Pronunciation thygátēr
Daughter of/inhabitant of used metaphorically for people groups, cities, posterity, reflecting Hebraic idiom.
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What does μήτηρ ἐπὶ θυγατέρα (mētēr epi thygatera) mean in the Bible?
μήτηρ · θυγάτηρ is a Greek phrase meaning "mother against daughter".
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Questions this entry answers
How many biblical occurrences are listed for G3384, G2364?
G3384, G2364 is connected to 83 lexical occurrence verses in the lexicon data.
Evidence Summary
Greek phrase. mother against daughter
Source Gloss
mother against daughter
Grammatical Forms
How this word appears across different grammatical cases and numbers.
This word appears as a noun across 5 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 5 Aligned forms 83 Case pattern Nominative (32) Number pattern Singular (81)
Nominative · Singular · Feminine Matt 12:46 · Matt 12:47 · Matt 12:48 · Matt 12:49 · Matt 12:50 · Matt 13:55 · Matt 20:20 · Matt 27:56 · Mark 3:31 · Mark 3:32 · Mark 3:33 · Mark 3:34 · Mark 3:35 · Mark 15:40 · Luke 1:43 · Luke 1:60 32×
Genitive · Singular · Feminine Matt 1:18 · Matt 2:11 · Matt 10:35 · Matt 14:8 · Matt 19:12 · Luke 1:15 · John 3:4 · John 19:25 · Acts 3:2 · Acts 12:12 · Acts 14:8 · Gal 1:15 12×
Dative · Singular · Feminine Matt 14:11 · Matt 15:5 · Mark 6:24 · Mark 6:28 · Mark 7:11 · Mark 7:12 · Luke 7:12 · Luke 7:15 · John 19:26 · Acts 1:14 · 2 Tim 1:5 11×
Accusative · Singular · Feminine Matt 2:13 · Matt 2:14 · Matt 2:20 · Matt 2:21 · Matt 10:37 · Matt 15:4 · Matt 19:5 · Matt 19:19 · Matt 19:29 · Mark 5:40 · Mark 7:10 · Mark 10:7 · Mark 10:19 · Mark 10:29 · Luke 2:34 · Luke 8:51 26×
Accusative · Plural · Feminine Mark 10:30 · 1 Tim 5:2 2×
Word Origins
μήτηρ ἐπὶ θυγατέρα is a primary word - no further derivation.
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