What does μήτηρ · Ἰησοῦς mean in the Bible?
μήτηρ · Ἰησοῦς is a Greek phrase meaning "a "mother" (literally or figuratively, immediate or remote)".
Greek · G3384, G2424
ἡ μήτηρ τοῦ Ἰησοῦ
A "mother" (literally or figuratively, immediate or remote) · Jesus (i.e. Jehoshua), the name of our Lord and two (three) other Israelites
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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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Ἰησοῦς G2424 Jesus (i.e. Jehoshua), the name of our Lord and two (three) other Israelites
Pronunciation Iēsoûs
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What does ἡ μήτηρ τοῦ Ἰησοῦ (hē mētēr tou Iēsou) mean in the Bible?
μήτηρ · Ἰησοῦς is a Greek phrase meaning "a "mother" (literally or figuratively, immediate or remote)".
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Questions this entry answers
How many biblical occurrences are listed for G3384, G2424?
G3384, G2424 is connected to 83 lexical occurrence verses in the lexicon data.
Evidence Summary
Greek phrase. a "mother" (literally or figuratively, immediate or remote)
Source Gloss
a "mother" (literally or figuratively, immediate or remote)
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
ἡ μήτηρ τοῦ Ἰησοῦ is a primary word - no further derivation.
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